...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...
.AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD
MOISTURE...CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVEL WILL START HIGH
AROUND 9000 FEET BUT IN THE GILA REGION IT WILL DROP TO 7500 BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND IN THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAIN BY SATURDAY
EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL TOTAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ABOVE 7500
FEET. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST.
SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILVER CITY...LAKE ROBERTS...KINGSTON...
FORT BAYARD
338 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM
MST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM SATURDAY TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL START SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING
* IMPACT: 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500
FEET...RESULTING IN SLIPPERY AND TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
* WINDS: WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH
* SNOW LEVELS: LOCATIONS ABOVE 7500 FEET
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.