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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
1047 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES...
.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AFFECTING THE AREA HAS BEEN WEAKER
THAN EXPECTED. OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGH ELEVATIONS WAS FAR
BELOW EXPECTATIONS. THE UPPER LOW WAS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE
BOOTHEEL AT 1030 AM. WRAP-AROUND LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS
STRETCHED FROM THE GILA REGION INTO SOUTHEAST ARIZONA... WHILE
CONVECTIVE SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING WHERE THE SUN HAS BROKEN
THROUGH OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. EXPECT LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS IN THE GILA REGION...
WITH MORE INTERMITTENT CONVECTIVE SHOW SHOWERS OVER THE
SACRAMENTOS LASTING THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE GILA...AND 2 TO 5
INCHES IN THE SACRAMENTOS.

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SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MESCALERO...CLOUDCROFT...TIMBERON
1047 AM MST FRI FEB 17 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT...
...THIS REPLACES AND DOWN GRADES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT MST TONIGHT. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM
WARNING THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL RETURN TO THE
  SACRAMENTOS THIS AFTERNOON... WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OFF AND
  ON THROUGH TONIGHT. 
* SNOW LEVELS: SNOW LEVELS WILL STAY AROUND 6500 FEET...WITH MIXED
  PRECIPITATION BETWEEN 6000 AND 6500 FEET.
* SNOW AMOUNTS: ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. STORM TOTAL
  ACCUMULATIONS 2 TO 5 INCHES. 
* IMPACT: ROADS WILL BE BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED AND
  HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVELERS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS
  THAN A MILE DURING SNOW AND FOG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
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