Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Santa Rosa, NM: High Wind Warning

1. Fire Weather Watch for: Middle Rio Grande Valley

2. High Wind Warning for: East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

3. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands

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

5. High Wind Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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

7. High Wind Warning for: Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range

8. High Wind Warning for: Southwest Mountains

9. High Wind Warning for: West Central Plateau

10. High Wind Warning for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

11. Red Flag Warning for: Central Highlands

12. Red Flag Warning for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Loving; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

13. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; East Central Plains

14. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth

15. Wind Advisory for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County

16. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

17. Wind Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Far Northwest Highlands; Northwest Highlands; West Central Mountains; San Francisco River Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands

18. Wind Advisory for: Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley

19. Wind Advisory for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; De Baca County

20. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; 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; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

21. Wind Advisory for: West Central Highlands; Jemez Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; Tusas Mountains Including Chama

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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Fractus Clouds Next Topic: Freezing Rain

A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

Next Topic: Freezing Rain

Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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