Weather Alerts for New Mexico
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Middle Rio Grande Valley; East Central Plains
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range; North Central Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley; Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia and Manzano Mountains
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Scurry; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Mitchell; Loving; Winkler; Ector; Midland; Glasscock; Ward; Crane; Upton; Reagan; Pecos; Terrell; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills; Central Brewster County; Chisos Basin; Presidio Valley; Lower Brewster County
5. Fire Weather Watch for: South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; El Paso; Hudspeth
6. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Mountains
7. High Wind Warning for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
8. High Wind Watch for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; Central Highlands; South 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
9. High Wind Watch for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
10. High Wind Watch for: West Central Mountains; Southwest Mountains
11. Red Flag Warning for: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
12. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands
13. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains
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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Hole Punch Clouds
Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds
A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.
When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
skypunch, and cloud hole.
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Nimbostratus Clouds
Next Topic: Precipitation
A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless,
smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud,
because it is thicker.
Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat
of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate
before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.
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