Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Santa Rosa, NM: High Wind Watch

1. Fire Weather Watch for: Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines

2. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Deserts and Lowlands; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; Capitan And Sacramento Mountains; El Paso; Hudspeth

3. High Wind Watch for: Chaves County Plains

4. High Wind Watch for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Guadalupe County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County; De Baca County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

5. High Wind Watch for: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Eddy County Plains; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Eastern Culberson County

6. High Wind Watch for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

7. High Wind Watch for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet

8. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands

9. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Highlands

10. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; East Central Plains

11. Winter Storm Watch for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

12. Winter Storm Watch for: Tusas Mountains Including Chama

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds