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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
526 PM MST THU FEB 9 2012

A FAST MOVING WEATHER DISTURBANCE PUSHED ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY
DELIVERING WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW. RESORT AREAS ACROSS THE
HIGH TERRAIN OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO PICKED UP 1 TO 3
INCHES OF NEW SNOW. THE BIGGEST WINNERS FOR RAINFALL WERE OVER THE
ALBUQUERQUE METRO. THE AREA NEAR BRIDGE AND COORS PICKED UP A QUICK
0.21 INCHES...WHILE AREAS NEAR SPAIN AND TRAMWAY REPORTED 0.19.

TEMPERATURES COOLED SEVERAL DEGREES FROM YESTERDAY OVER NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO WHERE A COLD FRONT SURGED SOUTH INTO THE AREA. THIS FRONT
WILL FLIRT WITH THE NORTHEAST THROUGH FRIDAY THEN SURGE WEST TOWARD
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BY SATURDAY. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL
REMAIN IN THE 30S ALONG THE TEXAS STATE LINE WITH LOTS OF 40S OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.

A FAIRLY ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SET UP ACROSS THE REGION NEXT
WEEK...WITH THE FIRST SHOT OF MORE RAIN AND SNOW SUNDAY. A BRIEF
BREAK WILL OCCUR OVER THE REGION MONDAY AND TUESDAY BEFORE THE NEXT
WEATHER SYSTEM SLIDES ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SNOW
WILL BE MOSTLY RELEGATED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH THIS PERIOD
AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE ONLY SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

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GUYER