A Change in the Weather...

The WX forecast changed. Now we have this…

O.EXB.KABQ.WW.Y.0013.061130T0000Z- 061130T0400Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CARRIZOZO...RUIDOSO...FORT SUMNER... ROSWELL...PORTALES...CLOVIS 1158 AM MST WED NOV 29 2006

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING.

A COLD FRONT ALONG INTERSTATE 40 WILL DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...PRODUCING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS.

FOR DE BACA...CURRY...AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTIES...EXPECT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING.

FOR CHAVES AND SOUTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTIES...EXPECT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL TAPER OFF RAPIDLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH DECREASED WINDS TO EASE THE WINTER STORM DANGER.

DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT THE FULL SLATE OF WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS...WITH DRIFTING SNOW OVER EXPOSED ROADS... PATCHES OF SLICK ROAD...AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. CONSIDER DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL LATER IN THE WEEK IF POSSIBLE. THOSE OUTDOORS SHOULD DRESS WARMLY AND BE PREPARED FOR WINTER WEATHER.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY.

Oh, Goody. P-Town is in “northern Roosevelt County” (should I have made that all caps?), so that means snow. Just how much remains to be seen, because…well...you know how those WX forecasters can be. Doom, gloom, and all that. But: I’m glad I’m not going anywhere. The Green Hornet hates snow.