Oh, Goody.

This kinda-sorta just in from The National WX Service:

Winter Storm Warning.

Harding county-far northeast plains- Conchas Lake/Guadalupe county- Quay county-De Baca county-Chaves county Plains-Roosevelt county- Curry county- including the cities of...Roy... Clayton...Santa Rosa... Tucumcari... Fort Sumner...Roswell...Portales... Clovis 335 pm mst Sun Dec 9 2007

...Winter storm warning in effect from midnight tonight to 6 am mst Tuesday...

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a winter storm warning...which is in effect from midnight tonight to 6 am mst Tuesday. The winter storm watch is no longer in effect.

The potential exists for freezing rain and sleet to produce greater than or equal to one quarter inch of ice accumulation by Monday night across New Mexico’s eastern plains. Areas of dense fog may also develop and reduce visibility below one half mile at times. North of I-40...the freezing rain could change over to snow with light snow accumulation on top of the ice by Tuesday morning. Ice accumulation could make driving hazardous and may topple power lines and other fragile structures.

Snow doesn’t bother me. Ice, on the other hand, scares the BeJeebus out of me. Power lines going down is not a nice thing at any time, but it’s a life threatening thing in winter.

It’s not like we haven’t done this sort of thing before — the pic is from January 14^th of this year, which was a minor sort of ice-storm. Let’s hope the one that’s on the way is minor, as well.