Weather Alerts for New Mexico

Recent Locations: Portales, NM

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 Contrails?

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Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds

A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Drizzle

Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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