Weather Alerts for New Mexico

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Current Alerts for Lake Arthur, NM: Red Flag Warning Wind Advisory

1. Fire Weather Watch for: Southwest Mountains; South Central Lowlands And Southern Rio Grande Valley; El Paso; Hudspeth

2. High Wind Warning for: De Baca County

3. High Wind Warning for: Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands

4. High Wind Warning for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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

6. High Wind Warning for: Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; South Central Highlands

7. High Wind Warning for: Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County

8. High Wind Warning for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; Roosevelt County

9. Red Flag Warning for: Capitan And Sacramento Mountains

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

11. Red Flag Warning for: Northeast Plains; Northeast Highlands; Central Highlands

12. Red Flag Warning for: Northwest Plateau; West Central Mountains; Middle Rio Grande Valley; West Central Basin and Range; North Central Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley and Lower Chama River Valley; Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Sandia and Manzano Mountains; East Central Plains

13. Red Flag Warning for: Sacramento Foothills and Guadalupe Mountains; Chaves County Plains; Eddy Plains; Lea; Gaines; Dawson; Borden; Scurry; Andrews; Martin; Howard; Mitchell; Loving; Winkler; Ector; Midland; Glasscock; Ward; Crane; Upton; Reagan; Pecos; Terrell; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains; Van Horn and Highway 54 Corridor; Eastern Culberson County; Reeves County Plains; Chinati Mountains; Marfa Plateau; Davis Mountains; Davis Mountains Foothills; Central Brewster County; Chisos Basin; Presidio Valley; Lower Brewster County

14. Wind Advisory for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Chaves County Plains; Southwest Chaves County

15. Wind Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Northwest Highlands

16. Wind Advisory for: West Central Mountains; West Central Highlands; Southwest Mountains; Jemez Mountains

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds

A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds