Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Nogal, NM: Wind Advisory

1. High Wind Warning for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County

2. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains

3. High Wind Warning for: Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County

4. Red Flag Warning for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Loving; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills

5. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Central Highlands; East Central Plains

6. Wind Advisory for: Eastern Black Range Foothills; Otero Mesa; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range; West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands

7. Wind Advisory for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; South Central Mountains; Far Northeast Highlands; Harding County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

8. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Southern Lea County; Gaines; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor

9. Wind Advisory for: West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

10. Winter Storm Warning for: Tusas Mountains Including Chama

11. Winter Weather Advisory for: Far Northwest Highlands

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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Mammatus Clouds Next Topic: Nimbostratus Clouds

A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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