Weather Alerts for New Mexico
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Middle Rio Grande Valley; North Central Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley; Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia and Manzano Mountains
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Highlands
3. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains; Central Highlands; East Central Plains
4. Fire Weather Watch for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range
5. Fire Weather Watch for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Loving; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills
6. High Wind Watch for: Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
7. High Wind Watch for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands
8. Red Flag Warning for: Middle Rio Grande Valley; North Central Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley; Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia and Manzano Mountains
9. Red Flag Warning for: Middle Rio Grande Valley; North Central Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley; Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia and Manzano Mountains
10. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
11. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
12. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Central Highlands; East Central Plains
13. Red Flag Warning for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range
14. Red Flag Warning for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range
15. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
16. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
17. Wind Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; West Central Plateau
18. Wind Advisory for: Far Northeast Highlands
19. Wind Advisory for: Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?
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Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds
A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles
a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.
In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly
in the Midwest and eastern regions.
While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form
under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds
warn that severe weather is close.
Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds
Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Precipitation
Next Topic: Rain
Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that
may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to
the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.
In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for
precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface.
When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga.
Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog
and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which
constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.
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