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Current Alerts for Tesuque, NM: Wind Advisory

1. Blowing Dust Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; 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: West Central Tularosa Basin/White Sands; Eastern/Central El Paso County

3. Fire Weather Watch for: East Central Plains

4. High Wind Warning for: Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass; Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Central Highlands; South Central Mountains; Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass; Far Northeast Highlands; Northeast Highlands; Guadalupe County; Eastern Lincoln County; Southwest Chaves County

5. High Wind Warning for: Sacramento Mountains Above 7500 Feet; East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Southern Gila Region Highlands/Black Range

6. High Wind Warning for: West Central Plateau; Southwest Mountains

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

8. Red Flag Warning for: East Central Plains

9. Red Flag Warning for: Middle Rio Grande Valley

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

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

12. Wind Advisory for: Northwest Plateau; Far Northwest Highlands; Northwest Highlands; West Central Mountains; West Central Highlands; San Francisco River Valley; Jemez Mountains; Upper Rio Grande Valley; Espanola Valley; Santa Fe Metro Area; Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area; Lower Rio Grande Valley; Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood; Estancia Valley; South Central Highlands; Upper Tularosa Valley; San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands

13. Wind Advisory for: Southwest Desert/Lower Gila River Valley; Lowlands of the Bootheel; Uplands of the Bootheel; Southwest Desert/Mimbres Basin; Northern Dona Ana County; Southern Dona Ana County/Mesilla Valley; Otero Mesa; Southeast Tularosa Basin; Western El Paso County; Northern Hudspeth Highlands/Hueco Mountains; Salt Basin; Rio Grande Valley of Eastern El Paso/Western Hudspeth Counties

14. Wind Advisory for: Union County; Harding County; Eastern San Miguel County; Quay County; Curry County; De Baca County

15. Wind Advisory for: Upper Gila River Valley; Southern Gila Foothills/Mimbres Valley; Eastern Black Range Foothills; Sierra County Lakes; West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet; Central Grant County/Silver City Area; East Central Tularosa Basin/Alamogordo

16. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chuska Mountains; Tusas Mountains Including Chama

17. Winter Weather Advisory for: Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains; Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

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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.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Drizzle

Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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