WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 5 TO 9 INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. THIS SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN A BROAD BAND FROM SOCORRO COUNTY NORTHEAST TO THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA THE EAST MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES AND CLINES CORNERS. * TIMING SNOW SHOWERS WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING TURNING HEAVIER AND MORE STEADY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO HAVE FULLY EXITED THE AREA BY EARLY MORNING SATURDAY * WINDS NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. * SNOW LEVELS TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS. * LOCAL IMPACTS IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED DUE TO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS INCLUDING PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25. IN ADDITION TO SNOW PACKED AND ICY ROADS REDUCED VISIBILITY IS ALSO EXPECTED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND FREEZING FOG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 18:46:59 +0000
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