Weather Alerts for New Mexico
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Middle Rio Grande Valley
2. High Wind Warning for: East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County
3. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands
4. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
5. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
6. High Wind Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
7. High Wind Warning for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
8. High Wind Warning for: Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range
9. High Wind Warning for: Southwest Mountains
10. High Wind Warning for: West Central Plateau
11. High Wind Warning for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County
12. Red Flag Warning for: Central Highlands
13. Red Flag Warning for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Loving; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills
14. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; East Central Plains
15. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth
16. Wind Advisory for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County
17. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills
18. Wind Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Far Northwest Highlands; Northwest Highlands; West Central Mountains; San Francisco River Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands
19. Wind Advisory for: Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley
20. Wind Advisory for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; De Baca County
21. 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; Sierra County Lakes; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Otero Mesa; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; 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
22. Wind Advisory for: West Central Highlands; Jemez Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley
23. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; Tusas Mountains Including Chama
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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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