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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
400 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008

NMZ001>021-026-212200-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
400 AM MDT TUE OCT 21 2008

...FIRST WIDESPREAD FREEZE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
STATES WILL FORCE A POWERFUL COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO
LATE TONIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS
BEHIND THE FRONT. HIGH TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND 10 TO 20
DEGREES COLDER THAN TODAY. THE COMBINATION OF CLEAR SKIES...VERY DRY
AIR...AND LIGHT WINDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP
QUICKLY AFTER DARK. LOCATIONS SUCH AS THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...AND MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS...ARE LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
THEIR FIRST SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD FREEZE.

MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. MOVE POTTED
PLANTS INDOORS. DRAIN EXPOSED WATER PIPES OR IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.

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GUYER