Fort Sumner, NM Hazardous Weather Outlook

Fort Sumner, New Mexico

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 556 AM MDT TUE OCT 7 2008
Expiration: 500 AM MST WED OCT 08 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO NEAR FREEZING IN COLFAX COUNTY LATE
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ABOVE 6600 FEET IN
ELEVATION HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING FREEZING
TEMPERATURES. THIS INCLUDES PARTS OF THE RATON AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THIS WEEKEND...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
SATURDAY MAY BRING THE MOST WIDE SPREAD STRONG WINDS...WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SPEEDS REACHING 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 50
MPH ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WINDS MAY BE
EQUALLY STRONG ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY. THE POTENTIAL ALSO EXISTS FOR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST
PLATEAU ON SATURDAY...DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE STRONG WINDS.

MONDAY...BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WHILE HUMIDITIES PLUMMET.
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AFTERNOON
IN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...EAST SLOPES OF THE
SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST PLAINS AND CENTRAL
EASTERN PLAINS.

MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THE FIRST HARD FREEZE OF THE
SEASON WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.
THE BEST CHANCE FOR FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL FAVOR LOCATIONS ABOVE
6000 FEET IN ELEVATION IN COLFAX...UNION...MORA...HARDING...SAN
MIGUEL AND TORRANCE COUNTIES...AS WELL AS ESPANOLA AND THE UPPER RIO
GRANDE VALLEY.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.