Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 41, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 18, 2011, 3:53 AM MDT for 9 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2011, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2:41 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Ene Clayton, NM | KCAO ASOS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 37 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
600 WWUS85 KABQ 180953 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 353 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE STEADILY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY...WHEN VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY...WITH POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. NMZ103>105-107>109-190300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0038.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0041.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0040.110418T1500Z-110419T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 353 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY...PERSISTING TO NEAR SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. EVEN STRONGER SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 OR 65 MPH ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-102-106-190300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0040.110418T1500Z-110419T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 353 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING... PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 45 OR 50 MPH. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 13 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
5 follow-up statements
599 WWUS85 KABQ 182130 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND WITH VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET AND POSSIBLY LONGER IN SOME LOCAL AREAS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY...WHEN VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY NOON FOLLOWING POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NMZ103>105-107>109-190300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 330 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING...PERSISTING TO NEAR SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY EVENING. EVEN STRONGER SPEEDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 OR 65 MPH ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-102-106-190300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 330 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP 35 OR 40 MPH. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE WEST OR SOUTHWEST. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 13 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
896 WWUS85 KABQ 190301 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 901 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TUESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN ON TUESDAY...WHEN VERY STRONG WINDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY NOON FOLLOWING POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. FOR PORTIONS OF THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG BUT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. NMZ103>105-107>109-191400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 901 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...ON TUESDAY MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING...PERSISTING TO NEAR SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 OR 65 MPH ARE LIKELY ON TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-102-106-190415- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 901 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ENOUGH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TO ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO INCREASE STEADILY THIS EVENING. $$ 40
306 WWUS85 KABQ 191052 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 452 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TODAY...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY NOON FOLLOWING POOR OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES THIS MORNING IN MANY AREAS. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE QUITE AS STRONG FOR THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS BUT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE AFTERNOON. NMZ103>105-107>109-192130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1700Z-110422T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.110419T1500Z-110420T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 452 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING...PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-192130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1700Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 452 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS WITHIN THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS BY MID MORNING THURSDAY... PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ GUYER
635 WWUS85 KABQ 192040 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 240 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND FOR MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THURSDAY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK LEVELS EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPERIENCED TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP THURSDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO BY MID MORNING THURSDAY AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. NMZ103-104-107-108-200300- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1700Z-110422T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0042.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSIST UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...AND DEVELOP AGAIN BY MID THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT MOST AREAS...10 TO 15 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ NMZ105-109-200300- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS PERSIST UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING...AND DEVELOP AGAIN FROM MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ102-106-200300- /O.EXB.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-200300- /O.EXT.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 240 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS WITHIN THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE MORNING THURSDAY...AND PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
978 WWUS85 KABQ 200256 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 856 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT THURSDAY FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK LEVELS EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT THURSDAY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP THURSDAY ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO BY MID MORNING THURSDAY AND PERSIST INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. NMZ103-104-107-108-201400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0042.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 856 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP AGAIN BY MID THURSDAY MORNING...PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET THURSDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT MOST AREAS...10 TO 15 PERCENT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THESE RED FLAG WARNINGS. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ105-109-201400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0041.000000T0000Z-110420T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 856 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-102-106-201400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0039.110421T1600Z-110422T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 856 PM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE HIGHEST TERRAIN WILL SEE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE THURSDAY MORNING...AND PERSISTING TO AROUND SUNSET. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 40
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Apr 18, 3:26 AM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 3:26 AM MDT, 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 326 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...STRONG WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THE MAIN STORY THIS WEEK... .DISCUSSION... BREEZY CONDITIONS AND A LAYER OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE DETERRED OVERNIGHT TEMPS FROM FALLING VERY MUCH. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW MEXICO THUS FAR HAVE ONLY DIPPED BACK TO THE 50S AND 60S WITH A FEW 40S OVER THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN. WE EXPECT THE SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO REMAIN TIGHT ENOUGH TO KEEP THE BREEZY CONDITIONS IN PLACE. FORECAST CHALLENGES FOR TODAY WILL BE WIND SPEEDS AND EXTENT OF BOTH ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NAM-WRF 700MB ANALYSIS STILL DOES NOT SHOW IMPRESSIVE WIND SPEEDS BUT A STRONG SURFACE LOW WILL TAKE SHAPE WHICH WILL MAKE UP FOR IT AT THE SURFACE. GUIDANCE HAS HAD A TOUGH TIME RESOLVING WIND SPEEDS AS OF LATE AND THE WEAK 700MB FLOW PORTRAYED IN THE NAM-WRF LOOKS A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST WINDS A TAD ABOVE GUIDANCE AND DEWPOINTS BELOW. WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ALL SECTIONS AND HOIST A WIND ADVISORY MAINLY FOR THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS NORTH TO LAS VEGAS. SOME BLOWING DUST WILL BE KICKED UP IN THOSE AREAS. IN ADDITION...JET ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH A SUBTLE SHORTWAVE IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SUITE OF GFS/NAM/UKMET AND ECMWF ALL SHOWING SOME QPF DEVELOPING. LIFTED INDICES APPROACH 0 AND PERHAPS -1 AND WILL CONTINUE ISOLATED THUNDER MENTION MAINLY FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN RATHER HIGH OVERNIGHT BUT THE HIGHER TERRAIN WILL LIKELY SEE SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH THIS SHORTWAVE. AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...POSSIBLY 3 WILL BE FOUND OVER THE SAN JUANS CLOSEST TO THE COLORADO BORDER. ON TUESDAY...MODELS ARE ADAMANT ABOUT DRIVING A 50 TO 60+ KT 700MB JET ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WITH MOUNTAIN WAVE ACTIVITY EXPECTED. STRONGER WINDS WILL CRASH DOWN TO THE SURFACE AS EARLY AS SUNRISE TUESDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR DAMAGING GUSTS. WILL LIKELY SEE A DECENT SWATH OF HIGH END ADVISORY WINDS BUT EXTENT OF WARNING LEVEL WINDS IS UNCERTAIN AND WILL ALLOW THE DAY SHIFT ANOTHER INSPECTION BEFORE ISSUING A WATCH. WILL UPGRADE FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO A WARNING. IN ADDITION...NAM12 CONTINUES TO EDGE A COLD FRONT INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CONVERGENCE AND ADDED MOISTURE WITH THE BOUNDARY MAY BE ENOUGH TO SPARK A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. DID ADD THIS TO THE GRIDS. WEDNESDAY STILL LOOKS LIKE A RETURN SURGE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE EAST AND A CONTINUATION OF VERY DRY CONDITIONS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. ANY MOISTURE RETURN WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS THURSDAY LOOKS TO BE SHAPING UP TO BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNING TO NEW MEXICO. LONG RANGE GFS AND TO MORE EXTENT THE ECMWF SHOW A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING NEW MEXICO BY NEXT SUNDAY. WAY TOO EARLY TO MAKE ANY ASSUMPTIONS WITH THIS STORM BUT AS HAS BEEN THE CASE ALL SPRING...SYSTEMS TEND TO TRACK FURTHER AND FURTHER NORTH WITH TIME. WILL CONTINUE A FORECAST TOWARD PERSISTENCE ATTM. KW && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ALL AIRPORTS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRONGER TODAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION...ESPECIALLY FROM THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN EAST INTO THE PLAINS WHERE GUSTS UP TO 45 KTS ARE POSSIBLE. VERY DRY SOIL WILL LEAD TO AREAS OF BLDU WITH VSBYS AS LOW AS 5-6SM POSSIBLE FROM AROUND CLINES CORNERS EAST TO NEAR LAS VEGAS AND PERHAPS TUCUMCARI. AWW CRITERIA WINDS MAY BE REACHED FOR AN HOUR OR TWO AT ALBUQUERQUE DEPENDING ON STRENGTH OF MIXING TODAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN WHERE DOWNSLOPE FLOW WILL LEAD TO ERRATIC GUSTY WINDS THRU SUNRISE. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 21Z. GUYER && .FIRE WEATHER... ...VERY ACTIVE FIRE WX PATTERN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THIS WEEK... WIDESPREAD POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NM WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL AND LOCALLY EXTREME FIRE WX CONDITIONS TODAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS... SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES...STEEP LAPSE RATES...AND EXCEPTIONALLY DRY SOIL MOISTURE VALUES WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE DANGEROUS FIRE ACTIVITY. AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL SLIDE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO TONIGHT ALLOWING WINDS TO STAY BREEZY OVERNIGHT IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES WHERE ERRATIC WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE FLOW EXISTS. RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR AGAIN ACROSS MAINLY THE EASTERN PLAINS... LEADING INTO ANOTHER DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR TUESDAY. HAVE UPGRADED THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS...SW MTS AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. A SURFACE FRONT WILL SLIP SOUTH DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS BEHIND THIS WAVE TUESDAY NIGHT. RECOVERIES WILL TREND MUCH BETTER BEHIND THIS FRONT. STRONG WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ALLOW SURFACE WINDS TO VEER BACK TO THE SW OVER THE NE PLAINS WHERE CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE LOCALIZED AREA. WILL HOLD OFF ON HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME. ANOTHER FAST MOVING UPPER WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THURSDAY AND INTO THE PLAINS FRIDAY...ALLOWING FOR STRONG WINDS OVER NM ONCE AGAIN. THIS WILL LEAD TO A NEAR REPEAT OF TODAY AND TUESDAY. EXPECT STRONG SW FLOW THURSDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES...AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS...THEN STRONG DRY WEST TO NW FLOW FRIDAY. ANOTHER WAVE SLIDES TOWARD THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...CONTINUING THIS VERY ACTIVE FIRE WX SEASON. GUYER && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 77 47 68 38 / 0 40 20 0 DULCE........................... 71 38 60 29 / 5 50 30 0 CUBA............................ 74 41 65 31 / 0 20 20 0 GALLUP.......................... 74 40 65 32 / 0 20 10 0 EL MORRO........................ 69 38 64 32 / 0 20 10 0 GRANTS.......................... 77 42 69 30 / 0 10 10 0 QUEMADO......................... 76 40 69 36 / 0 5 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 80 45 77 43 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 65 40 55 30 / 5 60 40 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 72 45 64 41 / 0 20 10 0 PECOS........................... 70 41 66 37 / 0 10 20 0 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 69 38 60 28 / 0 30 20 0 RED RIVER....................... 61 33 50 28 / 0 40 30 0 ANGEL FIRE...................... 64 35 55 28 / 0 20 20 0 TAOS............................ 72 40 63 28 / 0 20 20 0 MORA............................ 69 42 63 33 / 0 10 10 0 ESPANOLA........................ 79 42 70 36 / 0 10 5 0 SANTA FE........................ 76 42 68 36 / 0 10 10 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 78 45 70 38 / 0 10 5 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 80 49 73 44 / 0 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 81 51 74 48 / 0 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 82 47 76 42 / 0 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 82 48 75 44 / 0 5 0 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 84 48 77 39 / 0 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 82 48 75 44 / 0 5 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 86 51 82 51 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 77 43 70 41 / 0 5 5 0 TIJERAS......................... 78 46 72 41 / 0 5 5 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 77 43 73 36 / 0 0 0 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 75 43 69 40 / 0 0 0 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 78 48 74 42 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 81 50 78 46 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 72 47 69 46 / 0 0 0 0 CAPULIN......................... 78 44 68 34 / 0 10 5 5 RATON........................... 81 46 73 33 / 0 10 5 5 SPRINGER........................ 80 47 73 37 / 0 10 5 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 76 47 70 36 / 0 5 5 0 CLAYTON......................... 86 50 73 38 / 0 5 10 0 ROY............................. 81 46 73 40 / 0 5 0 0 CONCHAS......................... 87 55 83 46 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 86 53 81 46 / 0 0 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 91 55 84 43 / 0 0 0 0 CLOVIS.......................... 87 52 82 44 / 0 0 0 0 PORTALES........................ 88 53 83 46 / 0 0 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 89 55 84 49 / 0 0 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 93 56 87 50 / 0 0 0 0 PICACHO......................... 85 54 81 49 / 0 0 0 0 ELK............................. 79 49 75 45 / 0 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101>109. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103>105-107>109. WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ523-529. && 17/GUYER
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 5:32 AM MDT, 22 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 532 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 NMZ501>540-181200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 532 AM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WHERE SOME OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 45 AND 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE STRONGER WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS...GENERALLY FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND INTO THE ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS OF EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY...TUESDAY...AND THURSDAY. DRY CONDITIONS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EACH OF THESE DAYS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY. 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 3:39 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 38 hr | |
| Apr 18, 3:59 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 26 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.