000 FLUS44 KEPZ 091303 HWOEPZ HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 603 AM MST THU FEB 9 2012 NMZ022>025-030>032-TXZ055-056-101315- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/LOWER GILA REGION-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES REGION- TULAROSA BASIN/SOUTHERN DESERT-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST DESERT/BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- SOUTHERN DESERT-EL PASO-HUDSPETH- 603 AM MST THU FEB 9 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHWEST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A PAIR OF UPPER STORMS WILL SWING THROUGH THE BORDERLAND TODAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN...WITH HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE. TODAY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE FOCUS WILL BE NORTHERN AREAS EARLY THEN EAST AREAS LATER. SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO SHOULD STAY DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE RELATIVELY MILD AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT. TONIGHT THE SYSTEM EXITS AND IS QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A BACKDOOR SURFACE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE STORM TRACK WILL STAY SOUTH AND STEER A SERIES OF UPPER-LEVEL STORM SYSTEMS THROUGH THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. WE WILL BE DRY AND MILD ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNDER SHORT-LIVED RIDGING. THE FIRST STORM ARRIVES SUNDAY WITH SLIGHT PCPN CHANCES AND INCREASED WINDS. MORE STORMS FOLLOW THROUGH THE WEEK WITH BREEZY TO WINDY AFTERNOONS AND SLIGHT LOWLAND RAIN AND HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. $$ BIRD