GUSTY WINDS, SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND COLD TEMPERATURES. AR ALL PART OF A WINTRY STORM HITTING NEW MEXICO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST JENNIFER PALUCKI SAYS IT'LL AFFECT NEW MEXICO FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SHE SAYS IT'S A WIDE SPREAD EVENT AFFECTING MANY AREAS OF THE STATE. IT'LL LAST THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING BEFORE IT STARTS TO TAPER OFF.
TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. THE MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CREATE TRAVEL HAZARDS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR EAST OF SANTA FE TOWARDS RATON, AND EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE FROM EDGEWOOD AND MORIARTY OUT TO THE TEXAS STATE LINE. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS COULD GET UP TO THREE FEET OF SNOW.
EVEN ALBUQUERQUE COULD SEE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN…ALONG WITH VERY STRONG WINDS. THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA…MAYBE FOUR INCHES AT MOST…WILL FALL ON THE WEST SIDE.
