Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Dora, NM: Wind Advisory

1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

2. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin

3. Blowing Dust Advisory for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

4. Fire Weather Watch for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands; East Central Plains

5. Fire Weather Watch for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County

6. High Wind Warning for: Central Highlands; South Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

7. High Wind Warning for: Eddy County Plains; Eastern Culberson County

8. High Wind Warning for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains

9. High Wind Warning for: Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County

10. High Wind Warning for: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

11. High Wind Warning for: West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

12. Red Flag Warning for: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains

13. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands; East Central Plains

14. Red Flag Warning for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County

15. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Mountains; Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; El Paso; Hudspeth

16. Red Flag Warning for: West Central Mountains; Middle Rio Grande Valley; West Central Basin and Range; Sandia and Manzano Mountains

17. Wind Advisory for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Upper Tularosa Valley; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Chaves County Plains

18. Wind Advisory for: Northern Lea County; Central Lea County; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor

19. Wind Advisory for: Sierra County Lakes; Northern Dona Ana County

20. Wind Advisory for: Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

21. Wind Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin

22. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Eastern Black Range Foothills; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range

23. Wind Advisory for: West Central Plateau; West Central Mountains; West Central Highlands; Southwest Mountains; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet 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.

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