Expires:200903272145;Remove:200903272145;335324 WWUS45 KABQ 272040 WSWABQ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 240 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...POWERFUL WINTER STORM CONTINUES OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS... .A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CHURNING OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LOCALLY STRONG NORTH WINDS ALONG THE TEXAS STATE LINE WILL COMBINE WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DEPART THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. FOR THE LATEST NEW MEXICO ROAD CONDITIONS CALL 5 1 1 OR 1.800.432.4269. NMZ009-010-016-017-019-272145- /O.CAN.KABQ.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-090328T0000Z/ MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...ROSWELL 240 PM MDT FRI MAR 27 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON HOWEVER ANY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL HAS ENDED. $$