Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Santa Rosa, NM: High Wind Warning

1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Eastern Culberson County

2. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southern Lea County; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Davis Mountains Foothills

3. Fire Weather Watch for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines

4. Fire Weather Watch for: Middle Rio Grande Valley; Central Highlands

5. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Highlands

6. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains; East Central Plains

7. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth

8. High Wind Warning for: Eddy County Plains; Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Eastern Culberson County

9. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Chaves County Plains; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

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

11. High Wind Warning for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

12. High Wind Watch for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

13. Red Flag Warning for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines

14. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands

15. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; East Central Plains

16. Wind Advisory for: Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; 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; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range; West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Eastern/Central El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

17. Wind Advisory for: Southern Lea County; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Davis Mountains Foothills

18. Wind Advisory for: West Central Highlands; Southwest Mountains; Jemez Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley

19. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

20. Winter Storm Warning for: Tusas Mountains Including Chama

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chuska Mountains

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrus Clouds

Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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