Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...EL PASO TX-HUDSPETH TX-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION NM- SOUTHERN DESERT NM-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS NM- SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN NM-SOUTHWEST DESSERT/BOOTHEEL NM- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION NM- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT NM- 309 PM MST MON FEB 2 2004
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO HAS ISSUED WINTER STORM WATCH FOR SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS. A PACIFIC STORM WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THAT WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW FALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE LOWLAND DESERTS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS....


Thank you Mr. Groundhog!! Finally--we get to watch for snow!! LOL!