I'd really like to be on the road, but ...
here's what the National Weather Service has to say about that idea:
... WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... A FEW INCHES EXPECTED BELOW 7500 FEET WITH SIGNIFICANT... PLOWABLE AMOUNTS ABOVE 7500 FEET.
* TIMING... LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY... THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AND BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
* WINDS... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
* SNOW LEVELS... WILL BE AROUND 7500 FEET MONDAY THEN TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
* LOCAL IMPACTS... MODERATE WINDS WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. ROADS MAY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY... INCLUDING INTERSTATE 25 FROM WATROUS TO RATON PASS... U.S. HIGHWAYS 64... 87... 412 AND 56. HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.
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ACI Big Red Number 21043
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