Time To Transition From Winter To Spring.

IR Satellite Image At 8 AM MST.

Upper-Level Low Was Located Just Off The Southern California Coast.

There Isn't A Lot Of Mid-Level Subtropical Moisture Associated With It.

The Pacific Ocean Is Cooler Than Normal Due To The Ongoing La Nina,

So There Is Less Available Moisture For These Storms To Work With.

This Is The 500 MB/18,000' MSL Map At 11 PM Last Night.

It Shows The Upper Level Storm Digging Southward Just

Off The Southern California Coast. Southwesterly Flow Aloft

Covers The Desert Southwest.

This Is The GFS 500 MB/18,000 MSL Forecast Map Valid

At 5 AM MST Thu Feb 24, 2011.

Our Southern California Storm Opens Up Into An Open Trough Of Low Pressure, And Moves Across SE New Mexico As Another Dry-Windy Storm.

Most Of Us Here In SE NM Will See High Temps In The Upper 70's - Low 80's

This Week. Strong SW Winds Will Return Wednesday Afternoon & Thursday.

A Red Flag Warning Is In Effect For The Guadalupe Mtn's Today.
A Fire Weather Watch Has Been Issued For SE NM For Thursday.

Surface Map Forecast At 5 PM MST Wed Feb 23, 2011.

The Dryline Becomes Established Across West Texas,

As Low-Level Gulf Of Mexico Moisture Surges Northwestward.

A Dry Pacific Cold Front Approaches NM From AZ In

Association With The Upper Level Storm Approaching

From The West.

Storm Prediction Centers (SPC) T-Storm Outlook For Wednesday.

A Few T-Storms May Break Out Across

Parts Of West & Central Texas, Along And East Of The

Dryline Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning. A Few Of
These May Become Severe Wednesday Evening.

Storm Prediction Centers (SPC) Day 3 Severe Weather Outlook.

There Is A Slight Risk Of Severe T-Storms Within The Green Circle.

The Seasons First Severe Weather Outbreak Will Likely

Occur On Thursday As The Upper-Level Storm Moves

Eastward Across The Southern States.

The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!