Weather Alerts for New Mexico

Recent Locations: Baldwin, GA Tesuque, NM Kearney, NE

Current Alerts for Tesuque, NM: Wind Advisory

1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

2. Blowing Dust Advisory for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

3. Fire Weather Watch for: East Central Plains

4. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

5. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains

6. High Wind Warning for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range

7. High Wind Warning for: West Central Plateau; Southwest Mountains

8. High Wind Warning for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

9. Red Flag Warning for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Loving; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

10. Red Flag Warning for: East Central Plains

11. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands

12. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth

13. Wind Advisory for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County

14. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

15. Wind Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Far Northwest Highlands; Northwest Highlands; West Central Mountains; West Central Highlands; San Francisco River Valley; Jemez Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands

16. Wind Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

17. Wind Advisory for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; De Baca County

18. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Eastern Black Range Foothills; Sierra County Lakes; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; Tusas Mountains Including Chama

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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Mammatus Clouds Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds

A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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