Note that if drought conditions are not being experienced, or in the case of river flooding or heavy rain, this statement may be used to indicate river flows or flood potential.
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX
1200 AM MST MON MAR 8 2010
SPRING FLOOD OUTLOOK
THE WATER SUPPLY FORECAST FOR FAR WEST TEXAS AND THE SOUTHERN THIRD
OF NEW MEXICO IS FOR AN ABOVE NORMAL SNOW MELT RUNOFF FOR THE REST
OF MARCH THROUGH MAY 2010.
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
IN SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND THE GILA WILDERNESS IN SOUTHWESTERN
NEW MEXICO IS MODERATE TO HIGH. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING ACROSS
THE LOWLANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND FAR WEST TEXAS IS LOW AT
THIS TIME. THE SNOW PACK ACROSS THE GILA WILDERNESS AND THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS IS RUNNING WELL ABOVE NORMAL. IN THE
SHORT TERM THE STORM TRACK CONTINUES TO BRING STORM SYSTEMS ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE U.S. WHICH WILL ONLY ADD TO THE SNOW
PACK. IF A WARM SYSTEM WERE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA AND PUT RAIN ON
TOP OF THE SNOW PACK THERE IS A GOOD LIKELIHOOD THAT WE WOULD SEE
SOME FLOODING.
THE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THE SPRING IS FOR NEAR NORMAL TO WETTER THAN
NORMAL CONDITIONS WITH LINGERING EL NINO INFLUENCES FAVORING WETTER
THAN NORMAL SPRING WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.
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