Another winter storm is expected to hit New Mexico tonight. It was pleasant this morning, and didn’t get colder than 34 degrees Fahrenheit in many areas of Las Cruces and Doña Ana County.
By midday, the temperature was already pushing 50 degrees, and by midmorning it almost seemed like you could see all the way to California.By this time tomorrow there’s a real good chance temperatures could be 20 degrees colder and snow on the ground.
Friday: A 70 percent chance of snow is likely, with accumulation of one to three inches possible..
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 38. North-to-northeast wind between 6 and 9 mph. Mostly clear Christmas Eve, with a low around 21.
Christmas Day: Sunny, light wind from the North, with a high near 45. Clear Saturday night, with a low around 22.
Tropical hurricane Twenty-seven is forecast to hit the Philippines as a typhoon at about 18:00 GMT on 16 December. The data was announced by the US Navy and Air Force Joint Typhoon Warning Center suggest that the point of landfall will benear10.4 N,125.6 E.
Twenty-seven is expected to bring 1-minute maximum sustained winds to the region of around120 km/h (74 mph).Wind gusts in the area maybe considerably higher.
According to the Saffir-Simpson damage scale the potential property damage and flooding from a storm of Twenty-seven’s strength (category 1) at landfall includes:
There is also the potential for flooding further inland due to heavy rain.
Folks in the communities along the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida are getting prepared for their yearly dose of dread.
Hurricane season enters June 1, and residents of coastal areas will switch on the evening news each night wondering if there will be a small swirl off the coast of Africa that could grow a few weeks later into their worst nightmare.
This year, Gulf Coast residents may want to omit the weather report and pray instead.If a hurricane batters the region in 2010, it could slit into some communities already hanging by a thread.The massive oil polished from the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig catastrophe is threatening the livelihood of shrimpers, fishermen and businesses along the hurricane-exposed coast in Louisiana and Alabama.
