Winter storm to impact New Mexico - KOAT New Mexico

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Winter tempest to interaction New Mexico

JUST MOMENTS. KOAT 7 WEATHER TEAM HAS BEEN WARNING YOU ABOUT THIS WINTRY BLAST ALL WEEK. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST JOE DIAZ WITH THE LATEST. OKAY. HERE’S WE’RE LOOKING AT. WE HAVE THIS AIR OF LOW PRESSURE DROPPING SUDDENLY THE AREA AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT, YOU CAN SEE A WAVES OF RAIN AND SNOW ALONG THAT I-40 CORRIDOR. SO AS THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP, THE ROADS WILL BECOME MORE SLICK OVER IN THIS AREA. RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL BELOW FREEZING IN SOME AREAS. BUT AS THIS CONTINUE USE TO SINK IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND OVER SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. AND THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM CARLSBAD, CLOVIS ON INTO THE SANTA ROSA AREA CONTINUES NOT JUST FOR TONIGHT, NOT JUST FOR TOMORROW, BUT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT, BECAUSE THAT’S HOW LONG THIS STORM IS GOING TO BE WITH US. NOW, CHECK OUT THE TIMING. THIS NOTICE THAT HERE’S WHERE THE MOISTURE IS RIGHT NOW WITH THE FUTURE TRACK AS WE ADVANCE IT IN THE MORNING. THERE MAY NOT BE A WHOLE LOT IN THE ROSWELL AND MORE THROUGHOUT CARLSBAD, BUT AS THE DAY PROGRESSES, MORE OF THIS MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP ON IN. SO ROAD CONDITIONS WILL PROBABLY START TO DETERIORATE. THERE. AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE EVENING HOURS, THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND. THIS WOULD BE FRIDAY, AROUND 10:00 BEFORE FINALLY STARTS TO EXIT AS WE GET ON INTO THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY MORNING. SO WHAT WE’RE CONCERNED WITH WOULD BE SLICK AND TRAVEL ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT, AREAS WHE

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Winter tempest to interaction New Mexico

A wintertime tempest is expected to interaction parts of New Mexico connected Friday. 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, and Roosevelt County has been cancelled.A wintertime tempest informing remains for Eddy and Lea Counties. TimingFridaySnow continues successful southeast New Mexico connected Friday. Heavy snowfall is expected to physique and grow successful the country passim the day. The heaviest snowfall volition stay southbound of Roswell. However, areas astir Roswell could inactive spot a fewer inches of snow. Winter tempest warnings successful southeast New Mexico proceed into Friday nighttime and into Saturday. ImpactsEastern and southeast New Mexico volition spot the top impacts from this wintertime storm. In the areas nether a wintertime tempest warning, 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 imaginable if dense snowfall develops connected roadways. 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 snow.

A wintertime tempest is expected to interaction parts of New Mexico connected Friday.

Here's what you request to cognize arsenic the tempest approaches.

Watches and Warnings

A wintertime tempest informing has been issued for Chaves, Curry, De Baca Guadalupe, and Roosevelt County has been cancelled.

A wintertime tempest informing remains for Eddy and Lea Counties.

Timing

Friday

Snow continues successful southeast New Mexico connected Friday. Heavy snowfall is expected to physique and grow successful the country passim the day. The heaviest snowfall volition stay southbound of Roswell. However, areas astir Roswell could inactive spot a fewer inches of snow.

Winter tempest warnings successful southeast New Mexico proceed into Friday nighttime and into Saturday.

Impacts

Eastern and southeast New Mexico volition spot the top impacts from this wintertime storm.

In the areas nether a wintertime tempest warning, 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 imaginable if dense snowfall develops connected roadways.