SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 324 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 530 PM CST WED DEC 02 2009
...COLD TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO AFFECT ALL OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND MOST OF WEST TEXAS FRIDAY MORNING...
A STRONG COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH THROUGH NEW MEXICO AND WEST
TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT HAVE
STRUGGLED TO CLIMB OUT OF THE 30S THIS AFTERNOON WITH ABUNDANT
LOW CLOUD IN PLACE. STRONG NORTH WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT HAVE
RESULTED IN WIND CHILLS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S FOR MOST OF THE
DAY.
COLD...ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...AND LIKELY WILL NOT ALLOW HIGH TEMPERATURES TO EXCEED
THE MID 30S ALONG AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER. AS THE COLD AIR MASS
SETTLES IN THROUGH THE REST OF THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY...LOW TEMPERATURES FRIDAY MORNING WILL DROP INTO THE LOW
20S ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...AND THE DAVIS AND GUADALUPE
MOUNTAINS. MID TO UPPER 20S ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. HIGH
TEMPERATURES FRIDAY COULD VERY WELL STAY BELOW FREEZING OVER ALL
BUT THE RIO GRANDE RIVER VALLEY...BIG BEND REGION AND LOWER TRANS
PECOS.
THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP RAPIDLY SOUTH
INTO NEW MEXICO THURSDAY NIGHT...THEN REMAIN OVER THE REGION
THROUGH FRIDAY. SINCE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF COLD AIR ALREADY IN
PLACE...THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THEN...SNOW CHANCES WILL INCREASE
DRASTICALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO...THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...THE
PERMIAN BASIN...AND UPPER TRANS PECOS BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A
CHANCE OF SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY ACROSS MOST OF WEST
TEXAS BEFORE DECREASING FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...IN
WHICH CASE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WOULD BE ISSUED.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MAF FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECAST.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 207 PM CST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 215 PM CST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
A COLD ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE ENTIRE
REGION THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL CHANCES WILL
INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM
CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND THE PERMIAN BASIN
WHERE 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON. SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR BY FRIDAY NIGHT ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE 20S AND TEENS ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA. IN ADDITION...A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE
GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY NIGHT AS SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 40 AND
45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN
TO MODIFY ON SATURDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES REBOUNDING INTO THE
40S.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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