Expires:200904121900;Remove:200904121900;868998 WWUS45 KABQ 121754 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1154 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...A FINAL BURST OF SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGH THE EVENING... .THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE ITS WAY EASTWARD AND OUT OF NEW MEXICO. ANY ACCUMULATIONS THAT FALL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WILL GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE 8500 FEET...BUT COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW SNOW LEVELS TO FALL TO NEAR 6000 AND 7000 FEET...AS A FINAL BURST OF SNOW DEVELOPS WITH WRAP AROUND ENERGY FROM THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. NMZ003-007-121900- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090413T0600Z/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESPANOLA...CLAYTON 1154 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. TEMPERATURES HAVE CREPT ABOVE FREEZING IN MUCH OF THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. THUS ANY LINGERING SNOW ON THE GROUND IS EXPECTED TO MELT. SOME SPOTTY AREAS OF PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE...BUT MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL FALL AS LIGHT RAIN. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLY MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING...HOWEVER ANY NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT. $$