Expires:No;;560808 ASUS65 KABQ 301521 RTPNM NEW MEXICO TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 813 AM MST SUN NOV 30 2008 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR YESTERDAY. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 5AM MST MEASURED IN INCHES AND HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW. TEMPERATURES PRECIP SNOW DEPTH MAX MIN ALAMOGORDO 57 32 ALBUQUERQUE (AIRPORT) 53 39 ALBUQUERQUE (SOUTH VALLEY) M M ANGEL FIRE M M ANTELOPE WELLS 60 28 ARTESIA 52 28 CARLSBAD 56 29 CHAMA 37 6 CLAYTON 51 32 T CLINES CORNERS 43 28 CLOUDCROFT 39 M CLOVIS 52 28 CORONA 50 29 DEMING 61 32 FARMINGTON 51 37 GALLUP 49 31 GRANTS 51 27 HOBBS 50 28 LAS CRUCES (UNIVERSITY) 62 34 LAS CRUCES (AIRPORT) 61 34 LAS VEGAS 48 22 LOS ALAMOS ALL CONTINUED LOW CHANCE POPS WITH THE FROPA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT WITH COOLER AND DRIER AIR. SOME QUESTIONS REMAIN HOW COLD IT WILL BE. THE GFS/ECMWF/GFS ENSEMBLES BEGIN TO DIVERGE REGARDING THE AMPLITUDE OF THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH. OVERALL STAYED CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE WITH 1000-500 DM THICKNESSES DROPPING AT LEAST INTO THE 520S. DAILY TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A GOOD 10 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR THROUGH 18Z AS CEILINGS LOWER TO 8-10KFT 14-15Z WITH LIGHT SHSNPL KBDL-KPVD-KHYA-KFMH AND LIGHT SHRAPL KACK VCNTY. WINDS BECOME E/NE 10KT. CONDITIONS LOWER TO MVFR WITH ONSET OF PRECIPITATION 19Z- 22Z BEFORE IFR/LIFR DOMINATES 00Z-12Z MON. IT WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SN AT START KBAF/KORH/KMHT WITH TRANSITION TO RAPL AFTER A FEW HOURS AND EVENTUALLY RA BY 00Z MON. KBDL PROBABLE FOR RAPL AT START BEFORE A QUICK CHANGE TO RA WHILE REMAINING TERMINALS BEGIN AS RA. KFMH/KHYA/KACK TERMINALS LIKELY TO HAVE 25-30KT E GUSTS BETWEEN 22Z SUN AND 06Z MON. OUTLOOK...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... MONDAY...CIGS AND VSBYS IMPROVE TO MVFR OR VFR FROM S TO N IN THE MORNING AS LOW PRES LIFTS N. SW WINDS COULD GUST UP TO 35 KT IN THE ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN TERMINALS WITH MECHANICAL SHEAR POSSIBLE. MONDAY NIGHT...MVFR/VFR CEILINGS. W WIND GUSTS 25 TO 30 KT POSSIBLE. TUESDAY...VFR/MVFR CEILINGS AND VFR VSBYS WITH BKN STRATOCUMULUS. SCT -SHRA OR -SHSN POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE BERKSHIRES WITH APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...VFR. HIGH PRESSURE. THURSDAY...VFR WITH AREAS MVFR CEILINGS AND VSBYS -SHRA/-SHSN. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO CROSS THE AREA. && .MARINE... GALE WARNINGS POSTED FOR S COASTAL WATERS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT IN COLLABORATION WITH WFO UPTON. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM BOTH 00Z NAM AND GFS SHOW SOLID GALE POTENTIAL ON E FLOW WITH 35 TO 40KT GUSTS LIKELY OVER WATERS. TIMING OF STRONGEST WINDS APPEARS TO BE FROM 5 PM TO 10 PM SUN. WINDS SHIFT TO SW OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG MON AND MON NIGHT. HOWEVER WIND FIELD IS SLIGHTLY WEAKER AND ODDS OF HITTING GALES ARE A BIT LOWER. OUTLOOK... MONDAY NIGHT...SW GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 35 KT MAINLY S WATERS. SCA LIKELY ELSEWHERE. SEAS 10 TO 13 FT ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. TUESDAY...W WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO GUST 25 TO 30 KT. SCA LIKELY WITH SEAS 8 TO 10 FT ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. TUESDAY NIGHT...W WINDS DIMINISH. LEFTOVER SCA FOR 6 TO 8 FOOT HAZARDOUS SEAS. WEDNESDAY...LEFTOVER SCA FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS MAY STILL BE NECESSARY ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. WINDS SHIFTING TO SW WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KT LATE. THURSDAY...SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY WITH SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT ACROSS THE OUTER WATERS. && .BOX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CTZ002>004. MA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR MAZ008-009-011-012. NH...NONE. RI...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR RIZ001. MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT FOR ANZ232>235-237-254-255. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM EST MONDAY FOR ANZ230-231-236-250. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JWD NEAR TERM...STRAUSS/RLG/JWD SHORT TERM...JWD LONG TERM...STRAUSS AVIATION...STRAUSS/JWD MARINE...STRAUSS/JWD