Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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1. Fire Weather Watch for: Central Highlands

2. Fire Weather Watch for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Loving; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

3. Fire Weather Watch for: East Central Plains

4. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains

5. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

6. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains

7. High Wind Watch for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains

8. Red Flag Warning for: East Central Plains

9. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands

10. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains

11. Wind Advisory for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; De Baca County

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

Next Topic: Condensation