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from NOAA:
Special Weather StatementSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ALBUQUERQUE NM254 PM MDT FRI OCT 3 2008NMZ001>021-026-041200-NORTHWEST
PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY
WINDS MOVING IN FOR THE WEEKEND...A POWERFUL GULF OF ALASKA STORM SYSTEM MOVING
ASHORE OVER NORTHERNCALIFORNIA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL SLIDE RAPIDLY
TOWARD THEFOUR CORNERS REGION SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLYEASTWARD
ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND.AS NEW MEXICO SAYS GOODBYE
TO AN EXTENDED ROUND OF ABOVE NORMALTEMPERATURES...WEEKEND HIGH TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL TO 5 TO 10DEGREES BELOW NORMAL BY SUNDAY. WITH COLDER
TEMPERATURES...ACLOUDY AND RAINY WEEKEND HEADLINES THE WEEKEND WEATHER
STORY.WITH THE COLD AND RAIN...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 9000 FEET OVERTHE HIGHER
PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...AND THENORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF RIO
ARRIBA COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY 84...INADDITION TO THE PEAKS OF THE JEMEZ
MOUNTAINS ALONG THE RIO ARRIBAAND SANDOVAL COUNTY LINE. ACCUMULATIONS PUSHING
SIX INCHES AREPOSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER COUNTRY ABOVE THE SNOW LINE.... THOSE
PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND SHOULD PREPARE FORWET AND BLUSTERY
WEATHER...WITH SNOW A GOOD BET OVER THE HIGHCOUNTRY. STAY IN TOUCH WITH YOUR
PREFERRED WEATHER INFORMATIONSOURCE AS YOU MAKE WEEKEND PLANS.

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