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By Nancy Tipton
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Monday, 13 October 2008 03:57 |
Weather Service says upper elevations to get a foot of snow
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for much of Northern New Mexico (see map) Here's the text of the warning: A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AND PERHAPS A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DURING THE EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STILL FURTHER TUESDAY MORNING WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING THROUGH THAT PERIOD. AS THIS SYSTEM HAS YET TO DEVELOP...THERE IS NO PAST HISTORY WITH THIS SYSTEM WHICH MAKES PINPOINTING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AT THIS TIME QUITE DIFFICULT. BUT AT LEAST 4 TO 8 INCHES GENERALLY ABOVE 7500 SEEMS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY WITH POSSIBLY UP TO 10 OR 12 INCHES ON THE HIGHER PEAKS.
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