HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 136 PM CST TUE DEC 29 2009
Expiration: 145 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEW
MEXICO...SOUTHWEST TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
AN EXITING STORM SYSTEM WILL LEAVE MANY ROAD SURFACES COVERED IN
SNOW...RAIN...OR A MIX OF BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS
MUCH OF WEST TEXAS AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. ANY MOISTURE LEFT ON
ROADWAYS WILL QUICKLY REFREEZE THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES FALL
BELOW FREEZING IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS BLACK
ICE IN MANY LOCATIONS. THIS TYPE OF ICE IS VIRTUALLY INVISIBLE ON
THE ROAD SURFACE...AND CAN CAUSE MOTORISTS TO LOSE CONTROL OF
THEIR VEHICLES. IN ADDITION...PATCHY FREEZING FOG WILL DEVELOP IN
THE GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS...EDDY COUNTY...AND ALL AREAS GENERALLY EAST
OF THE PECOS RIVER. THIS WILL ONLY EXACERBATE BLACK ICE
CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW AND RAIN MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY. OTHERWISE...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS LOW.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
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