Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Albuquerque, NM

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 PM MDT MON MAY 28 2001

CLOUD COVER TODAY HAS KEPT TEMPERATURES LOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY
FORECAST. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MIGRATING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST IS
GENERATING SIGNIFICANT DRYING ACROSS AZ AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO.
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...LOW LEVEL EAST AND NORTHEAST
WINDS HAVE KEPT SURFACE AIR MASS SUFFICIENTLY MOIST. ADDITIONAL
DAYTIME HEATING HAS CAUSED THE AIR MASS TO BECOME RATHER UNSTABLE AND
IS PRIMED FOR LATE DAY/OVERNIGHT THUNDERSTORMS. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS
FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL
PROPAGATE INTO THE UNSTABLE AIR MASS AND DEVELOP INTO NOCTURNAL MCC.
PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT LOOKS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE PASSING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
SOMETIME WEDNESDAY AND MOST AREAS WILL RETURN TO DRY AND WARM. THE
NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE WILL BE SLIGHTLY COOLER AND CONTINUE TO
HAVE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE HIGHER TERRAIN. BY FRIDAY UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE STATE
AND LASTS INTO THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES THE
REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...BRINGING INCREASED MID AND HIGH
LEVEL CLOUDS AND BREEZY CONDITITONS.

ABQ BU 056/088 055/088 057 33000
SAF BU 050/080 050/082 048 33101
TCC BB 057/087 055/088 058 33211

.ABQ...NONE.

NMZ001>021-026-281500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM...CORRECTED
1100 AM MDT MON MAY 28 2001

...CORRECTED TO ADD CURRY COUNTY...

NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

WEATHER SYNOPSIS...LOW LEVEL EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED
THE SURFACE MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE APPROACH OF AN
UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOWER PRESSURE FROM THE WEST COULD TRIGGER
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE...SOME COULD
BECOME SEVERE.

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE
REQUIRED...

UNION  HARDING  CURRY QUAY  ROOSEVELT

THIS OUTLOOK PRODUCT IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
HAZARDOUS OR LIFE THREATENING WEATHER. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE
SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS RELATED TO FLASH FLOODS AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KMAF.
FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KEPZ.

NMZ001>021-026-281500-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM...CORRECTED
1100 AM MDT MON MAY 28 2001

...CORRECTED TO ADD CURRY COUNTY...

NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT...A FEW
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

WEATHER SYNOPSIS...LOW LEVEL EAST AND NORTHEAST WINDS HAVE INCREASED
THE SURFACE MOISTURE ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THE APPROACH OF AN
UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOWER PRESSURE FROM THE WEST COULD TRIGGER
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE...SOME COULD
BECOME SEVERE.

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHERE SKYWARN SPOTTERS MAY BE
REQUIRED...

UNION  HARDING  CURRY QUAY  ROOSEVELT

THIS OUTLOOK PRODUCT IS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL
HAZARDOUS OR LIFE THREATENING WEATHER. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE
SPECIFIC STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS RELATED TO FLASH FLOODS AND SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
FOR FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KMAF.
FOR SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICON USE PRODUCT WWUS84 KEPZ.