Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2012, 3:14 PM MST for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2012, 3:14 PM MST (22:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 8:13 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Harding County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 38 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
- 2324 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841 WWUS85 KABQ 052214 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 314 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A SURFACE TROUGH OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL STRENGTHEN TUESDAY AND COMBINE WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS AND GOOD VERTICAL MIXING RESULTING IN MODERATELY STRONG SURFACE WINDS OVER FAR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THIS ALONG WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ON WEDNESDAY...MID LEVEL WINDS AND MIXING WILL INCREASE FURTHER AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE GREAT BASIN. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. NMZ104-108-060000- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0013.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 314 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR MOST OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AS WELL AS QUAY AND CURRY COUNTIES IN THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. ON TUESDAY... CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL FAVOR ALL OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND AREAS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ103-105-107-109-060000- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0013.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 314 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK ACROSS THE SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINA MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS AREAS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ106-060000- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 314 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL RIO GRANDE VALLEY AREAS INCLUDING SANTA FE...ALBUQUERQUE AND CITIES SOUTH TO SOCORRO. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-060000- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 314 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU FROM SHIPROCK AND FARMINGTON SOUTHEAST ALONG US 550 TO THE TORREON NAVAJO MISSION. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 19
5 follow-up statements
964 WWUS85 KABQ 060010 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 510 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN 10 AM AND 9 PM TUESDAY FOR ALL AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK EXCEPT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A STRENGTHENING SURFACE TROUGH OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO COMBINED WITH INCREASING MID LEVEL WINDS AND GOOD VERTICAL MIXING WILL PRODUCE STRONG SURFACE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK. ON WEDNESDAY...MID LEVEL WINDS AND MIXING WILL INCREASE FURTHER AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS...THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO. NMZ104-108-061500- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- 510 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ON TUESDAY...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. ON WEDNESDAY...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 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. && $$ NMZ103-105>107-109-061500- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 103 NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS/EASTERN CARSON AND SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 510 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...ON TUESDAY...THIS INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF I-25 ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AS WELL AS AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK ACROSS THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. SIMILAR AREAL COVERAGE AND TIMING IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-061500- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 510 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MST TUESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 550. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 34
536 WWUS85 KABQ 061438 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 738 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT BETWEEN 10 AM AND 9 PM FOR ALL AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK EXCEPT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A VIGOROUS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SLOWLY CREEP OVER THE WESTERN U.S. BRINGING STRONG WINDS ALOFT TO NEW MEXICO. AS THESE STRONG WINDS ARE MIXED DOWN TO THE SURFACE TODAY...A DRY AND WARM AIR MASS WILL REMAIN INTACT...LEADING TO WIDESPREAD LOW HUMIDITY. THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE ESPECIALLY PREVALENT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THE STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST INTO WEDNESDAY...AND ANOTHER ROUND OF LOW HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO FORM WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY WILL GENERALLY REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF A QUEMADO TO LOS ALAMOS TO CLAYTON LINE. NMZ103>109-062300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ 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 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 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- 738 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...TODAY...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. ON WEDNESDAY...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 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. && $$ NMZ101-062300- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.120306T1700Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 738 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 550. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 52
884 WWUS85 KABQ 062239 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 339 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR ALL AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOWPACK EXCEPT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY FOR ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH A DRY AIR MASS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING EXCEPT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. ON WEDNESDAY...EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE ALREADY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE THAT WILL BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A GALLUP TO LOS ALAMOS TO TAOS LINE. NMZ103>109-070645- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0014.120307T1700Z-120308T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0015.120307T1600Z-120308T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ 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 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 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- 339 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS EVENING...WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AS WELL AS AREAS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...AND THE MID RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE WILL OCCUR THROUGH 6 PM. ON WEDNESDAY... WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ONCE AGAIN IN THESE SAME AREAS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 45 MPH. SLIGHTLY STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 7 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-070400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 339 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU SOUTHWEST OF HIGHWAY 550. THE MOST WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 8 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 19
243 WWUS85 KABQ 070308 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 808 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THROUGH 8 PM BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EXCEPT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING...EXCEPT ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOON. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITIES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT IN MANY LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WEDNESDAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS AS THE JET STREAM MOVES OVERHEAD AND A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST. HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN CRATER BELOW 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE WITH SUNSET...EASING THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ103>109-071500- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0015.120307T1600Z-120308T0300Z/ 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 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 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- 808 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...SPOTTY AND BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST UNTIL 9 PM ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. OTHERWISE...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE FINISHED FOR THE NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO REDEVELOP DURING MID MORNING WEDNESDAY BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...EXCEPT ACROSS UNION COUNTY WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 4 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-070415- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 808 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FINISHED FOR THE EVENING...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ 44
067 WWUS85 KABQ 070314 CCA RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 813 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELED FOR THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK FOR ALL AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE EXCEPT FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .WIND SPEEDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS IN MOST LOCATIONS THIS EVENING...EXCEPT ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE SOON. IN ADDITION...HUMIDITIES ARE BEGINNING TO RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT IN MANY LOCATIONS. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELED. WEDNESDAY...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS AS THE JET STREAM MOVES OVERHEAD AND A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE STATE FROM THE NORTHWEST. HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN CRATER BELOW 15 PERCENT...EXCEPT ALONG AND WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL WEAKEN AND HUMIDITIES WILL RISE WITH SUNSET...EASING THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. NMZ103>109-071515- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0015.120307T1600Z-120308T0300Z/ 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 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- 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- 813 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MST WEDNESDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...SPOTTY AND BRIEF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY PERSIST UNTIL 9 PM ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. OTHERWISE...CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE FINISHED FOR THE NIGHT. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BEGIN TO REDEVELOP DURING MID MORNING WEDNESDAY BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK AND EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...EXCEPT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH...EXCEPT ACROSS UNION COUNTY WHERE WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 4 AND 15 PERCENT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-070415- /O.CAN.KABQ.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120307T0400Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 813 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FINISHED FOR THE EVENING...SO THE RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ 44
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 Mar 5, 3:28 AM MST, 11 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 3:28 AM MST, 11 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 328 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...WEAKENING NORTHWEST FLOW BACKING TO ZONAL ACROSS NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING AS UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE AMPLIFIES OVER THE CANADIAN WEST COAST AND INBOUND FOR A MIDWEEK APPOINTMENT OVER NEW MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WELL IN CONTROL CENTERED OVER UTAH AND WESTERN COLORADO...WITH SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENING FROM EASTERN COLORADO INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. DISTURBANCE VISIBLE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP SIFT SOME ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER EASTWARD OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF CANADIAN SYSTEM BY MIDWEEK. MODELS...IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT THROUGH LATE THIS WORK WEEK...BUT SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AND ASSOCIATED LOW FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN HANDLING OF MAJOR SYSTEM CROSSING THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. EMERGE FOR THE WEEKEND...WITH SOLUTIONS GRADUALLY LINING BACK UP A LITTLE BETTER AS THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK GETS UNDERWAY. DOMESTIC GFS OFFERING A NEW SOLUTION TO THE WEEKEND PROBLEM...BUT LACK OF RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY WILL UNDERPIN TILT TOWARD EUROPEAN COLLEAGUES THIS ROUND WITH ECMWF SOLUTION APPEARING TO BE SLIGHTLY MORE ROBUST IN AN OVERALL PERFORMANCE DECIDEDLY LOW IN ROBUSTNESS. ACCEPTABLE STORY KICKS OFF WITH AMPLIFYING SHORTWAVE OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY AS DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC MOVES ASHORE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WASHES OUT RAPIDLY OVER THE LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AMPLIFYING SHORTWAVE WILL DIG RAPIDLY TO THE MOJAVE DESERT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TUESDAY TO BACK FLOW ALOFT TO SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE SPEEDS OVER NEW MEXICO. TROUGH ENDING UP IN A CLOSED LOW OVER NORTHERN ARIZONA ON WEDNESDAY WITH PLUNGE OF COOLER AIR PACKED IN AND MOVING TO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA THURSDAY MORNING...AND STALLING OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. GFS SOLUTION NEEDS TO BE WATCHED FOR FRIDAY...AS SOLUTION FLOPS TROUGH INTO POSITIVE TILT AND ALLOWS RIDGE TO PENETRATE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INTO THE CENTRAL ROCKIES...WITH COMPANION TROUGH LYING FROM OKLAHOMA ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. WILL HANG WITH A LOW CONFIDENCE TILT TO THE QUASI STATIONARY ECMWF SOLUTION FOR NOW AND SEE WHAT CHANGES IN FUTURE RUN. ECMWF ALSO ENJOYS CANADIAN GEM MODEL SUPPORT FOR A MUCH SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE CLOSED LOW AS IT BECOMES CUT OFF FROM THE MAIN FLOW. WITH WEEKEND DISHARMONY REMAINING UNRESOLVED...MODELS TRYING TO GET BACK TOGETHER FOR LATE WEEKEND INTO THE FOLLOWING WORK...AS BOTH EJECT SYSTEMS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TO THE MIDWEST...AND PUTTING NEW MEXICO IN ZONAL FLOW OR SLIGHT RIDGING BY MONDAY. NEXT SYSTEM DIGGING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA LATE MONDAY AND HINTING AT A SHEARING MOMENT EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES BY MIDWEEK AND LEAVING NEW MEXICO PRETTY MUCH OUT OF THE ACTION TO THE SOUTH. NEAR TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...WEAK DISTURBANCE RIPPLING IN ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE STATE TODAY WILL INTRODUCE A MODEST UPTICK IN CLOUD COVER...AS WARMING TEMPERATURES BRING THE MAXIMUMS TO DOUBLE DIGITS ABOVE NORMAL OVER THE EAST...AND SINGLE DIGIT DEPARTURES ABOVE NORMAL CENTRAL AND WEST. SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENING OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE WILL SET UP SOME SOUTHWEST GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER DRY COUNTRY...AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH WILL UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING WITH THE MORNING PACKAGE OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. TOP WIND SPEEDS WILL COME IN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS CLOSER TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. MILD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AFTER A REASONABLY WARM DAY. FOR TUESDAY...FLOW ALOFT BACKING TO SOUTHWEST OVER NEW MEXICO AS INBOUND SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FRONTS LIE FROM SALT LAKE CITY TO THE NORTHERN MARGINS OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN. TROUGH REMAINING IN PLACE FROM EASTERN COLORADO ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE...AND WITH UPTICK IN WIND SPEEDS ALOFT...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL BUMP UP AGAINST ADVISORY SPEEDS FROM THE ARIZONA LINE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE WEST...AND FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SUMMITS...EAST SLOPES...AND ADJACENT PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SET UP ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER SOUTH AND EAST. TUESDAY TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN MOST SPOTS...10 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE EAST...AND 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL CENTRAL AND WEST. INBOUND STORM SYSTEM WILL START EASTBOUND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ARIZONA TO THE FOUR CORNERS TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE FIRST OF THE SHOWERS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTH AND WEST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. SOME MODEST ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE OVER SUMMITS OF THE CHUSKA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR WEDNESDAY...CLOSED LOW MOVING INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO WITH ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE IN A VERY BAROCLINIC WESTWARD TILTED SYSTEM. COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ARIZONA BORDER ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND TEMPERATURES WILL DIVE BELOW NORMAL FOR ALL BUT THE EASTERN END OF THE STATE. SNOW COVERAGE WILL EXPAND EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO SUMMITS AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS TO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND ALONG THE SUMMITS AND SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE FIELDS SOMEWHAT UNIMPRESSIVE WITH THE SYSTEM...AND SNOW AMOUNTS ARE RUNNING AT ADVISORY LEVELS OR LESS FOR RIGHT NOW. WILL CONTINUE WITH SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT PROVIDING OUTLOOK FOR THIS SYSTEM WITH SNOW COVERAGE AND ACCUMULATION NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR WATCHES THIS ROUND. GUSTY WINDS WILL RUN STRONGEST OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN QUADRANT OF THE STATE IN TIGHTEST PRESSURE GRADIENT AND IN PROXIMITY TO EASTBOUND COLD FRONT...AGAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS FOR NOW. WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL SET UP AN AFTERNOON OF FIRE WEATHER PROBLEMS OVER THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THURSDAY...CONFIDENCE ERODING IN TIMING OF CLOSED LOW MOVEMENT ACROSS NEW MEXICO...WITH DIFFERENCE SPLIT PLACING FEATURE SQUARELY OVER THE CENTER OF THE STATE. COLD FRONT WILL HAVE MOVED WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE STATE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWS CONTINUING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS..AND SPREADING SOUTHWARD TO INTERSTATE 40 OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE DAY IN COLD AIR. THURSDAY TEMPERATURES RUNNING 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL CENTRAL AND EAST...AND 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL OVER THE WEST. LOW LEVEL WINDS WILL WHIP AROUND TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST AS SECONDARY PUSH OF COLDER AIR INVADES FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND MOVES WESTWARD TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY THURSDAY NIGHT. SOME GAP FLOW INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AS THIS COLD AIR PLUNGE BARRELS THROUGH. OUTLOOK...FRIDAY THROUGH WEEKEND...CLOSED LOW MOVEMENTS DOMINATED BY UNCERTAINTY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH CHOSEN COMPROMISE LEAVING CLOSED LOW IN WOBBLE OVER THE STATE TO KEEP SHOWERS GOING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE INTO SATURDAY. WARMING TREND WILL HELP PUSH TEMPERATURES BACK UP TO NEAR NORMAL BY SUNDAY...AND TAKING EDGE OFF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST AS SYSTEM WINDS DOWN. ZONAL FLOW OR WEAK RIDGING BUILDING IN SUNDAY SHOULD HELP STABILIZE THE WEATHER PATTERN IN ADVANCE OF NEXT LARGE TROUGH DIGGING DOWN THE WEST COAST. SHY && .AVIATION... REMNANTS OF THE EARLIER STRONG UPPER RIDGE TO MOVE OVER S ROCKIES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE A WEAK SHORT WAVE TRAVELS THROUGH IT TODAY. WINDS SFC AND ALOFT TO INCREASE 5 TO 15 KTS AT LEAST OVER SUN VALUES...MAINLY E AND N CENTRAL. VFR CONDITIONS ALL TERMINALS THROUGH NEXT 24 HOURS. SURFACE WINDS INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY GENERATING THE POTENTIAL FOR TURBULENCE AT LOW LEVELS AND OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. 43 && .FIRE WEATHER... REMNANTS OF THE EARLIER STRONG UPPER RIDGE TO MOVE OVER S ROCKIES LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT WHILE A WEAK SHORT WAVE TRAVELS THROUGH IT TODAY. THIS LATTER FEATURE WILL HELP TIGHTEN THE GRADIENT ALOFT AND INCREASE WINDS ACROSS E CENTRAL AND NE NM A LITTLE MORE THAN WAS EXPECTED TO BE THE CASE BACK EARLY SUN. THIS INCREASING WIND ALOFT SCENARIO WILL MAGNIFY TUE AND PERHAPS FURTHER STILL S AND E SECTIONS WEDNESDAY...SETTING UP CRITICAL FIRE WX POTENTIAL. FIRE WX WATCH EARLIER ISSUED FOR TODAY FOR FIRE WX ZONES 104 AND 108 WILL BE UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING WITH THIS PACKAGE. FIRE WX WATCH TUE FOR WEST CENTRAL NM...ZONES 105 AND 109...AND FOR CENTRAL MTN CHAIN ON EAST...ZONES 103...104...107 AND 108...WILL BE KEPT AS IS FOR NOW. HAINES VALUES TO REACH AT LEAST 5 ALL BUT THE NORTH CENTRAL ZONES AND SUFFICIENTLY HIGH LAPSE RATES IN NE AND E CENTRAL SECTIONS SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO RAISE THE WINDS TO THOSE CRITICAL VALUES THIS AFTN FOR AT LEAST 2 TO 4 HOURS...THIS THE RED FLAG WARNING UPGRADE. TUE IS A MORE WIDESPREAD COVERAGE PATTERN AND HAINES OF 5 TO 6 PRETTY WIDESPREAD ACROSS FCST AREA...BUT INDICATIONS OF A LOT OF HIGH CLOUD COVER COMING ACROSS FROM THE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OFF THE NORTHERN BAJA CA COAST WAS ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE UPGRADING THAT WATCH TO A WARNING AT THIS TIME AS THAT COULD KEEP WINDS SUPPRESSED JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP CRITICAL CONDITIONS JUST BELOW THE 3 HOUR THRESHOLD. NEXT FEW SHIFTS WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS. THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE STATE ARRIVES ON THE WED TO THU TIME FRAME BRINGING WITH IT ADDITIONAL MOISTURE THAT WILL RAISE RH VALUES ACROSS THE REGION BEFORE DROPPING AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND TRACKS TO NW ARIZONA BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. BY WED CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS FOR SOUTH THIRD TO HALF OF ZONES 106 AND 107...AND FAR WESTERN ZONE 108...BUT NOT ENOUGH COVERAGE IN THOSE ZONES AND NOT A SLAM DUNK ENOUGH INDICATION OF GREATER THAN 3 HOUR WINDOW...SO NO FIRE WX WATCH ISSUED JUST YET FOR WED. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HAINES VALUES OF 5 TO 6 ARE INDICATED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER...BUT DROPPING TO 3 TO 4 MOST OTHER AREAS. EXCELLENT AFTERNOON VENTILATION RATES ALL ZONES EXCEPT BETWEEN GOOD AND EXCELLENT ACROSS FAR NORTHWEST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS OVER THE POTENTIAL FOR WETTING PRECIPITATION WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM. BIGGEST INCONSISTENCY IN MODELS IS WHETHER OR JUST WHERE THIS SYSTEM DECIDES TO STALL FOR A DAY OR TWO. THE SLOWER THE MOVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM AND THE FARTHER WEST IT STALLS BOTH WOULD BRING BETTER CHANCES OF WETTING PCPN TO PORTIONS OF THE STATE. BUT CURRENTLY CONFIDENCE OF THIS IS LOW TO MODERATE. 43 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 57 29 64 32 / 0 0 0 10 DULCE........................... 53 22 57 26 / 0 0 0 10 CUBA............................ 57 29 61 29 / 0 0 0 5 GALLUP.......................... 62 24 61 25 / 0 0 0 5 EL MORRO........................ 58 27 59 26 / 0 0 0 5 GRANTS.......................... 62 28 63 29 / 0 0 0 0 QUEMADO......................... 63 33 62 32 / 0 0 0 5 GLENWOOD........................ 70 32 68 33 / 0 0 0 5 CHAMA........................... 48 21 51 26 / 0 0 0 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 55 32 58 34 / 0 0 0 5 PECOS........................... 55 34 59 33 / 0 0 0 0 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 53 23 56 27 / 0 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 47 26 50 26 / 0 0 0 0 ANGEL FIRE...................... 49 27 53 27 / 0 0 0 5 TAOS............................ 54 26 58 30 / 0 0 0 0 MORA............................ 55 30 58 31 / 0 0 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 62 31 65 33 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 56 34 60 34 / 0 0 0 5 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 60 32 64 33 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 64 40 68 42 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 64 39 68 40 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 67 38 71 41 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 67 37 71 40 / 0 0 0 0 LOS LUNAS....................... 68 36 71 38 / 0 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 65 37 69 39 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 72 39 74 39 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 61 37 66 35 / 0 0 0 5 TIJERAS......................... 64 37 68 37 / 0 0 0 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 60 34 64 35 / 0 0 0 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 59 35 63 34 / 0 0 0 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 62 36 65 36 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 68 38 69 40 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 61 38 62 39 / 0 0 0 0 CAPULIN......................... 60 32 63 33 / 0 0 0 5 RATON........................... 66 31 68 33 / 0 0 0 5 SPRINGER........................ 64 34 68 35 / 0 0 0 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 61 34 65 33 / 0 0 0 0 CLAYTON......................... 69 40 72 39 / 0 0 0 0 ROY............................. 66 38 69 38 / 0 0 0 5 CONCHAS......................... 72 40 75 43 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 71 40 74 43 / 0 0 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 74 41 77 44 / 0 0 0 0 CLOVIS.......................... 72 39 75 41 / 0 0 0 0 PORTALES........................ 74 41 77 43 / 0 0 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 76 41 79 44 / 0 0 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 77 40 81 44 / 0 0 0 0 PICACHO......................... 74 41 75 44 / 0 0 0 0 ELK............................. 68 40 69 41 / 0 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103>105-107>109. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ104-108. && SHY/43
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 5, 5:28 AM MST, 9 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 528 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 NMZ501>540-061300- 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- 528 AM MST MON MAR 5 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS...AND FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS EAST TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA STATE LINES AS GUSTY WINDS COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...A WINTER STORM MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO MAY PRODUCE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALLS OVER THE CHUSKA AND SAN JUAN MOUNTAIN SUMMITS THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...WITH SNOW COVERAGE SHIFTING TO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SUMMITS...EASTERN FOOTHILLS AND THE ADJACENT EASTERN AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS BEFORE ENDING LATE FRIDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 5:28 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:28 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 3 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 5, 6:27 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 11 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:14 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 5, 3:49 PM MST | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 27 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.