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FPUS75 KABQ 110648
NOWABQ

SHORT TERM FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1248 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008

NMZ008>011-014>017-110930-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBUQUERQUE...CARRIZOZO...GALLUP/GRANTS...
GLENWOOD...MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...RUIDOSO...SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST...
SOCORRO
1248 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RACE NORTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH AND IMPACT THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
AS WELL AS THE RIO GRANDE AND ESTANCIA VALLEYS THROUGH 330 AM MDT.
THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO
50 MPH AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE
IMPACTED BY THE PRECIPITATION INCLUDE DATIL...MAGDALENA...SOCORRO...
THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...MOUNTAINAIR AND CAPITAN. RAINFALL WILL
RANGE FROM ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

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NMZ004>007-012-110930-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAYTON...LAS VEGAS/RATON...ROY...
SANTA FE/TAOS/RED RIVER...SANTA ROSA
1248 AM MDT SAT OCT 11 2008

.NOW...
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO RACE NORTHEAST
AROUND 45 MPH AND IMPACT THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS
THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH 330 AM MDT. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING. A FEW AREAS THAT MAY BE IMPACTED BY THE ACTIVITY
INCLUDE RED RIVER...COWLES...LAS VEGAS...ROY...RATON AND GLADSTONE.
ANTICIPATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

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