Alert archive / New Mexico / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 13, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 13, 2013, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 21:00 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, 8.9 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
- 2385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
095 WWUS85 KABQ 132056 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 256 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS CIRCULATING AROUND A LARGE STORM SYSTEM INVADING THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION AND A DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH FROM SOUTHERN NEVADA ACROSS THE NORTHERN BORDER OF NEW MEXICO TO WESTERN KANSAS WILL SET UP GUSTY WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS DURING EACH AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RED FLAG CONDITIONS THAT WILL PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. MONDAY FIRE DANGER MAY REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY OVER MUCH OF THE SAME AREA. NMZ103-104-141400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130414T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ 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- 256 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY... CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY THEN PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY PORTIONS OF EACH EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 9 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ106>109-141400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 256 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 8 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-105-141400- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 256 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ SHY
3 follow-up statements
696 WWUS85 KABQ 140221 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 821 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND NORTHEASTWARD OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .TODAYS RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...EVEN THOUGH POCKETS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LINGER UNTIL 10 PM AS HUMIDITIES SLOWLY RISE. WEST SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG OVERNIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND AS FAR SOUTH AS CLINES CORNERS. THOUGH WINDS WONT BE AS STRONG...HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL REMAIN POOR OVERNIGHT IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SUNDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO ALL ZONES EXCEPT THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AS THE POLAR JET STREAM PASSES OVERHEAD. SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST FROM 30 TO 60 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL VARY FROM THE MID AND LOW TEENS IN WESTERN AREAS TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...EXCEPT FOR POCKETS OF HIGHER READINGS ACROSS THE HIGHEST TERRAIN. WINDS ALOFT WILL WEAKEN SUNDAY NIGHT ONLY TO RESTRENGTHEN MONDAY...WHEN THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CRITICAL CONDITIONS TO RETURN ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM QUEMADO TO RATON. MUCH OF THE SAME AREA COULD SEE A REDEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY. NMZ103-104-141400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130414T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ 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- 821 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY MID DAY SUNDAY AND PROBABLY ALSO MONDAY...THEN THEY WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE MOST CRITICAL CONDITIONS MONDAY ARE LIKELY FROM MID DAY THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON WHEN WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 55 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WINDS WILL BLOW OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 9 TO 14 PERCENT. AN EXCEPTION WILL BE ABOVE 8000 FEET WHERE SOME PLACES MAY ONLY DROP AS LOW AS 30 PERCENT...ESPECIALLY WHERE SNOW STILL COVERS THE GROUND. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 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. && $$ NMZ106>109-141400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ 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- 821 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID DAY BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 60 MPH ON SUNDAY WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AROUND CLINES CORNERS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. FROM 30 TO 50 MPH ON MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT WITH THE HIGHEST READINGS FAVORING THE HIGHEST TERRAIN AND LOCATIONS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-105-141400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 821 PM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON SUNDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 10 TO 18 PERCENT WITH THE LOWEST READINGS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ 44
074 WWUS85 KABQ 141025 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 425 AM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY SUNDAY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A LARGE UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL SAG SOUTHWARD...ALLOWING FOR STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TO LINGER OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THROUGH TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING TO ABOVE SEASONAL VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR MINIMUM RH VALUES RANGING FROM AROUND 7 TO 15 PERCENT ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THEREFORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE WIDESPREAD OVER AREAS BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK. NMZ103-104-106>109-150200- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ 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 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- 425 AM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY BOTH TODAY AND MONDAY AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENINGS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS TUESDAY WILL DEVELOP LATE MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 55 MPH TODAY. SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 OR 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY AND MONDAY...AND 7 TO 13 PERCENT TUESDAY. PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER MAY SEE MIN RH VALUES GREATER THAN 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ105-150200- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 425 AM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND LATE MORNING TO MIDDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 40 TO 50 MPH TODAY. SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 OR 50 MPH MONDAY AND TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...VARYING FROM 12 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY AND MONDAY AND RANGING FROM 9 TO 15 PERCENT TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ101-150200- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0010.130414T1800Z-130415T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 425 AM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AND WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON TUESDAY CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING...AND SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH MID EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH TODAY. SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS RANGING FROM 45 TO 50 MPH TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM 12 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY AND 10 TO 15 PERCENT TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
882 WWUS85 KABQ 150211 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 811 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING FOR ALL LOCATIONS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL SAG SOUTHWARD EARLY IN THE WORK WEEK CAUSING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TO RETURN TO MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO MONDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD TUESDAY REACHING ALL LOCATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS ALLOWING FOR MINIMUM HUMIDITIES RANGING FROM AROUND 7 TO 16 PERCENT BELOW SIGNIFICANT SNOW PACK MONDAY...WITH EVEN MORE WIDESPREAD AND DRIER CONDITIONS TUESDAY. NMZ103>109-151400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0011.130415T1800Z-130416T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ 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- 811 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS...EASTERN PLAINS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE SANDIA/MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY MONDAY AND BY LATE MORNING TUESDAY. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS BOTH DAYS...A LITTLE LATER TUESDAY THAN MONDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH. THE WEAKER WINDS WILL BE FELT NEAR NEW MEXICOS EASTERN BORDER. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 8 TO 16 PERCENT MONDAY...AND 7 TO 13 PERCENT TUESDAY. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT MAY KEEP HUMIDITIES FROM DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST AREAS NEAR THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. 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. && $$ NMZ101-151400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0010.000000T0000Z-130415T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- 811 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHWEST PLATEAU. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP DURING LATE MORNING OR MID DAY TUESDAY...THEN PERSIST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ102-151400- /O.EXA.KABQ.FW.A.0012.130416T1700Z-130417T0300Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 102 NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS/WESTERN CARSON-SANTA FE NF/SNZ-TAZ- 811 PM MDT SUN APR 14 2013 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING OR MIDDAY TUESDAY...THEN LAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...RANGING FROM AROUND 8 TO 15 PERCENT WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES IN AREAS WITH SNOW PACK. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 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 Apr 13, 11:23 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 11:23 AM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1123 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CIGS AND VIZ NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH GUSTS 30 KTS OR LESS SAT AFTERNOON REDEVELOPING RAPIDLY ACROSS THE STATE FROM 14Z AND BEYOND SUN MORNING. SURFACE TROUGH DEEPENING FROM EASTERN COLORADO ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY...AS WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY OVER NEW MEXICO ON SOUTH SIDE OF MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. GUSTS SUFFICIENT FOR LOCAL BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES SUNDAY MORNING SHY && .PREV DISCUSSION...338 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2013... ...EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... BAGGY TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH OF NEW MEXICO TODAY WHILE SHORT WAVE ENERGY PASSES NORTHEAST OF THE STATE. AN UPTICK IN WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT ALONG WITH A LEE SIDE SURFACE TROUGH WILL SPELL BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS...MOSTLY IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE. MID LEVEL DRYING IS STILL ADVERTISED BY THE MODELS...PERHAPS A BIT MORE THAN 24 HOURS AGO. THIS WILL LIMIT THE SHOWER/TSTORM COVERAGE TODAY...AND SHIFT THE FOCUS MORE TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD. HAVE PUT SOME DRY STORM AND SPRINKLES IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY WITH VERY ISOLATED COVERAGE AND LOW PROBABILITIES FOR MEASURABLE PRECIP GIVEN DRY BOUNDARY LAYER AND INVERTED V SOUNDINGS. TONIGHT...THE MODELS ARE QUICKLY RAMPING UP THE BELT OF WESTERLIES OVER NORTHERN NM AND CO. AS MUCH AS 50-60 KT OF FLOW IS DEPICTED ALONG AND TO THE LEE OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...PARTICULARLY THE SANGRES. THIS MID LEVEL JET WILL STAY FAIRLY STRONG THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS ONE LOW WORKS INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS AND ANOTHER HUSKY TROUGH IS CARVED OUT OVER THE GREAT BASIN IN ITS WAKE. HAVE OPTED TO HOIST A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR THE SANGRES AND A FEW ADJACENT HIGHLAND ZONES WHERE CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST. THIS WILL START EARLY SUNDAY AND RUN THROUGH THE DAYTIME. OTHERWISE EXPECT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE A FEW DEGREES IN THE EAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO DOWN SLOPING...AND ALL ZONES SHOULD BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGY. A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT WILL SNEAK TOWARD THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT THE SURFACE LOW WILL STAND ITS GROUND...NOT LETTING THE BOUNDARY ADVANCE VERY FAR. ANOTHER WINDY DAY IS IN STORE FOR MONDAY...LIKELY THE WINDIEST DAY OF THE UPCOMING STRETCH. SURFACE LOW BOTTOMS OUT NEAR THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF NM AT 993 MB...AND PLENTY OF STIFF FLOW IN THE H7-H5 LAYER WILL BE EASILY MIXED TOWARD THE SURFACE. TEMPERATURES WILL CHANGE LITTLE FROM SUNDAY...AS WILL POPS...JUST VERY ISOLATED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SEE FIRE WX DISCUSSION BELOW FOR DETAILS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY DRYING AND WATCH ISSUANCE. BY TUESDAY THE SURFACE LOW DOES APPEAR TO RETROGRADE WESTWARD SOME AS IT EXPANDS OVER A LARGER AREA OF NM. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE STATE TO OBSERVE A BETTER BACK DOOR FRONTAL INTRUSION WHILE 30-50 KT WINDS IN THE H7-H5 LAYER CONTINUE TO OVERLAY THE STATE. THE POSITION OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL PULL THE WINDIEST AREAS FARTHER SOUTHWEST ON TUESDAY...AND LITTLE PROSPECTS FOR PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE STORY...EVEN IN THE NORTHEAST WHERE SOME MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE WILL SEEP IN. TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE BEST WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIPITATION AS THE SYNOPTIC COLD POOL ALOFT FINALLY OVERTAKES THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NM. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW FOR SOME SNOW IN NORTHERN ZONES. MODELS SEEMINGLY INCH THIS SYSTEM FATHER SOUTH EACH RUN...WHICH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL AS THE MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL NOT ALLOW ANY PRECIP OUTSIDE THE ACTUAL CORE OF THE SYSTEM/COLD POOL ALOFT. 52 .FIRE WEATHER... ...RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR ALL BUT THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD...THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY DROPPED INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS FRIDAY EVENING...AND COMBINED WITH THE SOUTHWARD SAGGING UPPER TROUGH...KICKED OFF SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. NOT MUCH WETTING PRECIPITATION NOTED HOWEVER WITH THIS ACTIVITY. THE SLIGHT INCREASE IN DEW POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BOUNDARY TO BE NEGATED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS ALOFT STRENGTHEN AND SFC LEE TROUGH DEVELOPS. MODELS NOW INDICATE THE SPOTTY CRITICAL CONDITIONS EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS 24 HOURS AGO FOR THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD...SO HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THAT PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY FOR ISOLD MAINLY DRY SHOWERS/STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EASTERN PLAINS WHILE SOME HIGHER DEW POINTS LINGER IN THE EAST CENTRAL/SOUTHEAST CLOSER TO THE TX BORDER. VENTILATION EXCELLENT TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MID APRIL. WIDESPREAD CRITICAL CONDITIONS STILL ON TRACK FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT TO BE ONLY FAIR TO POOR OVER THE RGV...CENTRAL AND NE HIGHLANDS AS WELL AS IN SOME OF THE WESTERN VALLEYS. MODELS REALLY CRANK UP THE WINDS ALOFT TONIGHT NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR GUSTS OF 55 TO 65 MPH OVER THE RIDGE TOPS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MTS LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THESE STRONGER WINDS THEN SAG SOUTH INTO THE SOUTHERN SANGRES AND OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SUNDAY MIDDAY. SOME HIGHER RH/S FORECAST IN THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND NORTH CENTRAL WHERE A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE...AND MAY MAKE FOR LESS THAN CRITICAL CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON THERE BUT WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND RH DECREASED FOR ZONE 109 SO HAVE ADDED THEM TO THE WATCH. SINGLE DIGIT RH IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE MIDDLE RGV...CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FORECAST HAINES VALUES REMAIN ONLY MODERATE THOUGH. ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY SAGS INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT BACKS OUT MONDAY. RH RECOVERIES SUNDAY NIGHT REMAIN POOR TO FAIR OVER MUCH OF THE AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND NORTHWEST INTO THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. HAVE DECIDED TO HOIST A WATCH FOR THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND NE OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FOR MONDAY. ON TUESDAY MODEL DIFFERENCES BECOME MORE APPARENT WITH THE LOCATION OF THE SURFACE FRONT IN THE EASTERN PLAINS. CRITICAL CONDITIONS COULD FAVOR THE WEST CENTRAL...RGV AND CENTRAL TO NE HIGHLANDS AS POPS INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA WHILE THE LARGE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ALOFT SINKS INTO THE GREAT BASIN AND NORTHERN AZ. THIS SYSTEM EXITS NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH LINGERING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND CRATERING HUMIDITIES BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES FALLING TO 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101-103>109. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-106>109. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ512>515-523-529. && 52
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 5:21 AM MDT, 9 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 521 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 NMZ501>540-141200- 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- 521 AM MDT SAT APR 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AND NORTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS OF NEW MEXICO WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FEW STRAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY BRIEF AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TODAY...MOSTLY ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A PERIOD OF WINDY AND DRY WEATHER WILL QUICKLY UNFOLD SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EACH DAY WITH PERIODIC BOUTS OF LOW HUMIDITY CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. SOME STRONG AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ON SUNDAY...AND PERHAPS AGAIN ON MONDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WINDS OF 50 MPH OR GREATER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. 52
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 4:34 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 10 hr | |
| Apr 13, 4:36 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 13, 4:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 15 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:56 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | ABQ | 29 hr | |
| Apr 13, 2:56 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.