Weather Alert in New Mexico
High Wind Warning issued February 17 at 5:10AM MST until February 17 at 8:00PM MST by NWS Albuquerque NM
AREAS AFFECTED: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Chaves County Plains; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County
DESCRIPTION: * WHAT...Southwest to west winds 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 70 mph expected. * WHERE...The eastern plains, east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Northeast and Central Highlands, Sandia and Manzano Mountains, and the south central mountains. * WHEN...From 8 AM this morning to 8 PM MST this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Visibility may drop below one mile at times in blowing dust on the eastern plains, especially around Roswell.
INSTRUCTION: Take action to secure trash cans, lawn furniture, and other loose or lightweight outdoor objects. Dangerous driving conditions can be expected, especially for motorists in high profile vehicles and during periods of dense blowing dust.
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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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