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. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
7. Flood Advisory for: Rio Arriba, NM
8. High Wind Warning for: Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
9. High Wind Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands
10. 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
11. 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
12. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
13. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
14. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Central Highlands; East Central Plains
15. Red Flag Warning for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range
16. Red Flag Warning for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Basin and Range
17. Red Flag Warning 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
18. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
19. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains
20. Wind Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; West Central Plateau
21. Wind Advisory for: Far Northeast Highlands
22. Wind Advisory for: Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass
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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Shelf Clouds
Next Topic: Sleet
A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front
of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.
A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing
storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen.
As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it,
because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud,
it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.
Next Topic: Sleet
Weather Topic: What is Snow?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Snow
Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds
Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake,
has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure.
Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup
of snow on the ground.
On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt
it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of
sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense
and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.
Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds
