Weather Alerts for New Mexico
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands; East Central Plains
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County
3. High Wind Warning for: Central Highlands; South Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County
4. High Wind Warning for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County
5. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
6. High Wind Warning for: Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County
7. High Wind Warning for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County
8. High Wind Warning for: West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
9. Red Flag Warning for: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
10. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands; East Central Plains
11. Red Flag Warning for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County
12. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; El Paso; Hudspeth
13. Red Flag Warning for: West Central Mountains; Middle Rio Grande Valley; West Central Basin and Range; Sandia and Manzano Mountains
14. Wind Advisory for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Upper Tularosa Valley; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Chaves County Plains
15. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor
16. Wind Advisory for: Sierra County Lakes; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties
17. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Eastern Black Range Foothills; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range
18. Wind Advisory for: West Central Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Highlands; Southwest Mountains; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Shelf Clouds
Next Topic: Sleet
A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
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Weather Topic: What is Snow?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Snow
Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds
Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake,
has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure.
Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup
of snow on the ground.
On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt
it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of
sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense
and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.
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