Weather Alerts for New Mexico
1. Fire Weather Watch for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines
2. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth
3. High Wind Watch for: Chaves County Plains
4. High Wind Watch for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County
5. High Wind Watch for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Eddy County Plains; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Eastern Culberson County
6. High Wind Watch for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
7. High Wind Watch for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet
8. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
9. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands
10. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; East Central Plains
11. Winter Storm Watch for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains
12. Winter Storm Watch for: Tusas Mountains Including Chama
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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?
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Next Topic: Snow
Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
freezing rain.
Next Topic: Snow
Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Stratocumulus Clouds
Next Topic: Stratus Clouds
Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their
fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.
A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure
the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally
an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a
stratocumulus cloud.
It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do
it is usually a light rain or snow.
Next Topic: Stratus Clouds
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