GET READY FOR A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NEW MEXICO, INCLUDING ALBUQUERQUE, FROM EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD GET WELL OVER A FOOT OF SNOW.
METEOROLOGIST TIM SHY SAYS ALBUQUERQUE COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATION. HE SAYS THE BIG MUSCLE POWER OF THE STORM WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT. THAT'S WHEN THE CITY IS LIKELY TO GET SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. SHY SAYS SNOWFALL TOTALS IN ALBUQUERQUE AREA ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE. HE SAYS THE SNOW WILL TURN TO RAIN ON SATURDAY IN THE DUKE CITY.
