New Mexico Thanksgiving Winter Weather Storm - KOAT New Mexico

A wintertime tempest is coming toward New Mexico successful clip for Thanksgiving. Here's what you request to cognize arsenic the tempest approaches. Watches and WarningsA wintertime tempest informing has been issued for Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lea, Eddy, Quay and Lincoln Counties until 5 p.m. connected Friday. A wintertime upwind advisory for parts of Bernalillo, Torrance, San Miguel, and Santa Fe Counties until 11:00 p.m. Thursday night. A upwind advisory successful effect for Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, Eastern San Miguel County, Far Northeast Highlands, Harding County, and Union County until 5 p.m. connected ThursdayTiming Thursday morningSnow volition statesman to signifier successful the Sangre de Cristo mountains and successful areas adjacent the Raton Pass aboriginal Thursday morning. Thursday afternoonSnow volition grow successful sum passim the time connected Thursday. impacting areas on Interstate 40 from Edgewood eastbound toward the Texas authorities line. Thursday nightSnow volition proceed to grow connected Thursday nighttime to areas southbound of Interstate 40. Travel impacts volition statesman to beryllium felt astatine this clip arsenic temperatures commencement to autumn and snowfall begins to accumulate successful eastbound cardinal and southeast New Mexico.FridaySnow continues successful eastbound and southeast New Mexico connected Friday. Heavy snowfall is expected successful immoderate areas of southeast New Mexico starring to issues connected roadways. ImpactsEastern and southeast New Mexico volition spot the top impacts from this wintertime storm. In the areas nether a wintertime tempest informing the top impacts volition beryllium connected roadways. Roads, bridges and overpasses volition apt go slick with snowfall and ice. Visibilities connected roadways whitethorn driblet to little than a 4th of a mile owed to dense snowfall astatine times. Travel is expected to go hard successful eastbound cardinal and southeast New Mexico. Officials accidental roadworthy closures could beryllium possible. For areas nether a wintertime upwind advisory, roads are expected to go snowfall packed and icy. This includes Interstate 40 done Tijeras Canyon done Clines Corners. Wind is besides expected successful parts of New Mexico, gusting arsenic precocious arsenic 55 miles per hr successful areas nether a upwind advisory. Snow amountsSnow amounts volition beryllium top implicit eastbound cardinal and southeast New Mexico connected Thursday and Friday. Those nether a wintertime tempest informing tin expect to spot betwixt 4 to 8 inches of snowfall done Friday. Higher snowfall amounts astir a ft could beryllium seen successful parts of Lincoln and Chaves counties.