Mostly cloudy. Scattered thunderstorms with rain and snow showers in the evening...then numerous rain and snow showers after midnight. Patchy fog. Snow accumulation around 1 inch. Lows in the upper 20s to mid 30s. East winds 10 to 15 mph in the evening.
Sunday
Breezy. Patchy fog in the morning. Numerous rain and snow showers in the morning...then numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Snow accumulation 1 or 2 inches. Highs in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Northeast winds 10 to 20 mph increasing to north 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Breezy. Numerous thunderstorms with rain and snow showers in the evening...then numerous snow showers after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Colder. Lows in the 20s to lower 30s. North winds 15 to 25 mph becoming northwest 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Gusts up to 35 mph.
Monday
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Patchy fog. Highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the north 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
... Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from this evening through late Sunday night...
A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from this evening through late Sunday night.
Snow developing over the northeast Highlands and adjacent plains this evening will continue through late Sunday night. Conditions are favorable for significant snow accumulation across the Johnson Mesa and Raton ridge areas... with snow coverage expanding to the northeast plains as snow levels fall to the surface.
Forecasts call for snow showers to taper off early Monday morning to ease these hazardous winter weather conditions.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Remember... a Winter Storm Watch means conditions are favorable for a hazardous winter weather event in and close to the watch area.
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Public Information Statement
Statement as of 10:52 am MST on November 14, 2009
... NOAA Weather Radio remains out of service across northern and central New Mexico...
Multiple communication and hardware failures Thursday morning caused a NOAA Weather Radio outage throughout northern and central New Mexico. Since then... state technicians have been working earnestly to restore the system. Multiple parts have been replaced... however the new equipment is not robust enough to carry the signal. Therefore... more parts have been ordered. At this time... the earliest the NOAA Weather Radio broadcast will be restored is Monday.
Please note... this outage does not affect the Roswell transmitter... wwg-36.
We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.
For complete weather information... please visit the National Weather Service website at weather.Gov/abq.