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Mesoscale Discussion 2295

October 5, 20045 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 5, 2004, 1:57 AM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2004, 1:57 AM MDT (07:57 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 3:00 AM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2004-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2004-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 4:53 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Doña Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Roosevelt67 min
Oct 5, 9:20 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Quay, Roosevelt and 3 more115 min
Oct 5, 11:55 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCBernalillo, Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Sandoval and 4 more6 hr
Oct 5, 1:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBernalillo, Eddy, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Otero, Rio Arriba and 5 more117 min
Oct 5, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDoña Ana, Eddy, Lea, Otero5 hr
Oct 5, 4:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoña Ana, Eddy, Lea, Otero90 min
Oct 5, 5:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea91 min
Oct 5, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Otero4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.