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Red Flag Warning 17, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this red flag warning at Apr 10, 2014, 3:25 PM MDT for 8 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 10, 2014, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Union County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 4544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
532 WWUS85 KABQ 102125 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SANDIA...MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... .AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. ADDITIONALLY...WINDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON SATURDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SYSTEM APPROACHES. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING...FAVORING THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY. OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR THROUGH THIS PERIOD. NMZ107-108-110100- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0023.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140411T0100Z/ 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- 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS MOST OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. MORE WIDESPREAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TODAY. SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH SATURDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...3 TO 8 PERCENT TODAY. 8 TO 13 PERCENT SATURDAY. * 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. && $$ NMZ104-106-109-110100- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0023.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 325 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AREA AND TIMING...WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTO THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
6 follow-up statements
701 WWUS85 KABQ 110202 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 802 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. NMZ104-106>109-111015- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ 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- 802 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS MOST OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$
031 WWUS85 KABQ 110949 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 349 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. NMZ104-106>109-112130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 106 MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE-SOCORRO BLM/ABZ-GLZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 107 SANDIA-MANZANO AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS/EASTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 108 EAST CENTRAL PLAINS/WESTERN KIOWA GRASSLANDS BLM/ABZ-SNZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 109 WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS/SOUTHWEST CIBOLA NF AND SOCORRO BLM/ABQ- GLZ- 349 AM MDT FRI APR 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS THROUGH MOST OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
253 WWUS85 KABQ 112119 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 319 PM MDT FRI APR 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM SATURDAY FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL RETURN TO PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO SATURDAY. WINDS WILL EXCEED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. NMZ104-106>109-121400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ 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- 319 PM MDT FRI APR 11 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS THROUGH MOST OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$ 34
509 WWUS85 KABQ 120910 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 310 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FROM THE WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS...THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...AND ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO AS MINIMUM HUMIDITIES FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS...AND HAINES INDICES RISE TO 5 AND 6. STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST FLOW OVERHEAD AND AT THE SURFACE ON SUNDAY IN ADVANCE OF A SOUTHWARD PLUNGING COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITIES AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RED FLAG CONDITIONS. NMZ106>109-122130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0024.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ 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- 310 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS THROUGH MOST OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. FORECASTS CALL FOR REDEVELOPING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ON SATURDAY...SHIFTING TO WEST TO NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT ON SATURDAY...AND 9 TO 15 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. * 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. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ NMZ104-122130- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.140412T1700Z-140413T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- 310 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 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. && $$ NMZ101-105-122130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.A.0024.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 310 AM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FALLING TO 10 TO 15 PCT BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ SHY
091 WWUS85 KABQ 122128 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 328 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND MOST OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... .DRY...WINDY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WIDESPREAD 5 TO 6 HAINES INDICES AND EVEN SEVERAL HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL YIELD CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE EVENING. WARM...DRY...WINDY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS EASTWARD TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS REMAIN MORE UNCERTAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO...DUE TO CLOUD COVER...PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL AND MARGINAL HUMIDITIES. NMZ106>109-130200- /O.UPG.KABQ.FW.A.0024.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.FW.W.0018.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ 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- 328 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM 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. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH TODAY...SHIFTING TO WEST TO NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT TODAY...AND 9 TO 15 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. * 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. && $$ NMZ104-130200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- 328 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...6 TO 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ NMZ101-105-130200- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0024.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 328 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 12 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ 34
135 WWUS85 KABQ 130209 RFWABQ URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 809 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM SUNDAY ACROSS THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS... EASTWARD ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... DESPITE SOME COOLING ON SUNDAY...ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP BY MID DAY AND STRENGTHEN DURING THE AFTERNOON AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES UNSTABLE. THUS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ON SUNDAY FROM THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS EASTWARD TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS REMAIN MORE UNCERTAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO...DUE TO CLOUD COVER...PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL AND MARGINAL HUMIDITIES. NMZ106>109-131400- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ /O.CON.KABQ.FW.W.0018.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ 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- 809 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AREA AND TIMING...THE WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 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. && $$ NMZ104-130315- /O.EXP.KABQ.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140413T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 104 NORTHEAST PLAINS/EASTERN KIOWA AND RITA BLANCA GRASSLANDS/ABZ-TNZ- 809 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... WHILE DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST...WINDS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AND THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. $$ NMZ101-105-131400- /O.CON.KABQ.FW.A.0024.140413T1700Z-140414T0200Z/ NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 101 NORTHWEST PLATEAU/FARMINGTON BLM/ABZ- NEW MEXICO FIRE WEATHER ZONE 105 NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS/WESTERN CIBOLA NF/ABZ- 809 PM MDT SAT APR 12 2014 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AREA AND TIMING...THE NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS AND THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * 20 FOOT WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUMS 12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS OR FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
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 10, 3:00 PM MDT, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 3:00 PM MDT, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT THU APR 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS... COOL FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR RATON TO CLOVIS THIS AFTERNOON WHILE HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUE TO STREAM OVER NEW MEXICO. SOMEWHAT HIGHER HUMIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT COULD SPARK A STRAY SHOWER OR STORM OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST THIS EVENING. FRIDAY WILL SEE MORE HIGH CLOUDS WITH SOMEWHAT LIGHTER WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD THICKER CLOUDS OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH INCREASING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS CENTRAL AND WEST. ONCE THAT SYSTEM PASSES TO OUR EAST...A COLDER UPPER SYSTEM ALONG WITH A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD SUNDAY. THE FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE BEST CENTRAL AND EAST...AND SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY STRETCH FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST. HIGH TEMPERATURES FALL TO BELOW AVERAGE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...REMAINING CLOSER TO NORMAL INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... COOL FRONT STRETCHED FROM NEAR RATON TO CLOVIS THIS AFTERNOON WHILE HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUED TO STREAM OVER NEW MEXICO. SOMEWHAT HIGHER HUMIDITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT NOTED AND LAPS SHOWING A SMALL AREA OF INSTABILITY ALONG THE RATON/JOHNSON MESA TO CAPULIN THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP THE SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING FOR THAT REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN WARM AND ABOVE AVERAGE FOR MID APRIL. SOME HIGHER DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO SLOSH ALONG THE STATE/S EASTERN BORDER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. GFS HAD SOME SLIGHT CHANCE POPS FOR THE REGION BUT DID NOT CHANGE THE WX GRID FROM NOW. WINDS WILL BE A BIT LIGHTER FRIDAY AND HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE WELL ABOVE AVERAGE...BUT NOT MANY SITES...IF ANY...LOOK TO WARM TO RECORD HIGHS. AS A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE OK/TX PANHANDLES SAT AND A WEAK UPPER LOW/TROUGH TRACKS INTO WESTERN NM...EXPECT POTENTIAL FOR SPOTTY SHOWERS AND STORMS NORTHWEST HALF WITH THIS FEATURE. SOME OF THE SHOWERS MAY BE DRY WITH GUSTY WINDS...ALTHOUGH AT THIS TIME DID NOT PUT DRY STORMS IN THE WX GRIDS. A VIGOROUS COLD FRONT IS STILL SCHEDULED TO SWEEP INTO AND ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS SUNDAY THEN MAY PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SUNDAY NIGHT TO MONDAY MORNING. HIGHS FALL A GOOD 10 TO 20 DEGREES OR MORE CENTRAL AND EAST MONDAY...AND WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE OVER MOST AREAS...ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND EAST...FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVERAL DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME...A MUCH COLDER TROUGH SWEEPING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE GREAT BASIN/CENTRAL ROCKIES MAY BE ABLE TO INITIATE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SNOW OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MTS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...WHERE MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. ANOTHER TROUGH MAY APPROACH FROM THE WEST BY NEXT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY BUT THIS LOOKS TO NOT BE AS COLD. && .FIRE WEATHER... DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY... THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING MEASURED PW OF ONLY .09 INCHES AT ABQ THIS MORNING AND SATELLITE AND CIRA PW ESTIMATES SHOWS A DRY SLOT EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH ARIZONA AND INTO NEW MEXICO. WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER MOST ZONES... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE MAINLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS. ALONG THE EXTREME EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE...A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT PUSHED THROUGH TCC BY MID DAY CLOVIS BY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN WITH THIS FRONT...OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL ONLY REACH FAIR LEVELS...WITH THE REMAIN OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH POOR RH RECOVERIES OVERNIGHT. WEAK RIDGING MOVES OVER NEW MEXICO ON FRIDAY AND WITH A RELAXED GRADIENT SURFACE WINDS WILL DECREASE IN MAGNITUDE...WITH MAINLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...AND SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL CRITERIA MOST ZONES. HOWEVER...EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AS WILL AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE...WITH WIDESPREAD HIGH HAINES OF 6 AND AREAS OF SUPER HAINES OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY. ADDITIONALLY...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL VALUES. WITH ANY MOISTURE ACROSS THE EAST MIXED OUT...POOR OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES ARE EXPECTED ALL ZONES. WITH VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE ON SATURDAY...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA. GUSTY SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL STEADILY INCREASE ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES REMAIN 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND WHILE HAINES VALUES LOOK TO DECREASE A BIT...VALUES WILL STILL REACH 5 OR 6 ALL ZONES. THUS...THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH WAS UPGRADED TO A WARNING FOR THE AREA STRETCHING FROM THE WESTERN HIGH TERRAIN TO THE CENTRAL VALLEYS TO THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE EXTREME EASTERN PLAINS. AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES THE STATE...SLIGHT CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE DRY...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BETWEEN GALLUP AND GRANTS. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE A BIT FOR SUNDAY...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL FAVOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH TERRAIN AND A POTENT BACK DOOR FRONT WILL RACE INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE DAY...REACHING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS IN THE EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES AND CENTRAL VALLEY...THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE JUST A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND HAINES COULD TOP OUT AT 5. CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION SHIFT TO THE NORTHCENTRAL THEN EASTERN ZONES. 05 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ALL AREAS NEXT 24 HRS. HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM FROM WEST TO EAST TODAY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS THE WEST BY THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DOMINATE MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...AND WILL FAVOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN HIGHER TERRAIN AS WELL AS THE EAST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...A BACK DOOR FRONT IS A LITTLE STRONGER THAN EXPECTED...WITH GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ALREADY TO KTCC BUT NOT EXPECTING IT TO MAKE MUCH MORE PROGRESS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. WINDS TO STEADILY DECREASE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHTER MAINLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ON FRIDAY. 05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 37 77 41 74 / 0 0 0 10 DULCE........................... 33 73 35 68 / 0 0 5 10 CUBA............................ 36 73 35 69 / 0 0 5 10 GALLUP.......................... 32 75 35 70 / 0 0 5 10 EL MORRO........................ 32 72 32 66 / 0 0 5 10 GRANTS.......................... 31 76 35 71 / 0 0 5 10 QUEMADO......................... 36 75 37 72 / 0 0 5 5 GLENWOOD........................ 44 82 37 77 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 33 65 33 61 / 0 0 5 20 LOS ALAMOS...................... 44 75 43 69 / 0 0 5 5 PECOS........................... 40 71 39 68 / 0 0 5 5 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 31 70 30 66 / 5 0 5 10 RED RIVER....................... 34 63 31 61 / 5 0 5 10 ANGEL FIRE...................... 33 65 32 62 / 5 0 5 10 TAOS............................ 31 72 33 67 / 5 0 5 5 MORA............................ 37 71 38 67 / 5 0 5 5 ESPANOLA........................ 37 78 38 74 / 5 0 5 5 SANTA FE........................ 40 74 40 70 / 0 0 5 5 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 41 77 42 74 / 0 0 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 47 78 49 75 / 0 0 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 49 80 50 76 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 43 81 45 78 / 0 0 0 5 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 44 81 47 76 / 0 0 0 5 LOS LUNAS....................... 44 83 45 80 / 0 0 0 0 RIO RANCHO...................... 45 80 49 76 / 0 0 0 5 SOCORRO......................... 49 83 51 82 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 45 76 45 73 / 0 0 5 0 TIJERAS......................... 45 76 47 74 / 0 0 5 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 39 76 38 73 / 0 0 5 0 CLINES CORNERS.................. 43 74 42 73 / 0 0 5 0 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 45 76 45 75 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 49 78 48 78 / 0 0 5 0 RUIDOSO......................... 50 72 48 73 / 0 0 5 0 CAPULIN......................... 37 73 37 74 / 10 5 5 5 RATON........................... 37 76 37 77 / 10 5 5 5 SPRINGER........................ 39 76 39 76 / 5 5 5 5 LAS VEGAS....................... 39 75 42 73 / 5 0 5 5 CLAYTON......................... 46 80 48 83 / 10 5 5 5 ROY............................. 43 78 46 81 / 5 5 5 5 CONCHAS......................... 45 83 48 83 / 5 5 5 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 45 83 48 83 / 5 0 5 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 45 85 50 86 / 5 5 5 0 CLOVIS.......................... 47 83 48 85 / 5 5 5 0 PORTALES........................ 48 84 50 86 / 5 5 5 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 48 85 52 88 / 5 0 5 0 ROSWELL......................... 48 89 53 92 / 5 0 5 0 PICACHO......................... 49 83 50 83 / 0 0 5 0 ELK............................. 49 77 49 77 / 0 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ107-108. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ104-106>109. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 10, 6:05 AM MDT, 9 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 605 AM MDT THU APR 10 2014 NMZ501>540-111200- 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- 605 AM MDT THU APR 10 2014 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 NOON TO 7 PM MDT FOR THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WEST TO THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOWPACK WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SATURDAY WILL BRING ANOTHER POSSIBILITY OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING INTO EARLY SATURDAY EVENING DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND WINDS. THE POTENTIAL REMAINS FOR LIGHT TO PERHAPS MODERATE AMOUNTS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... ESPECIALLY THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS...PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS AS A STRONG BACK DOOR COLD FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PRODUCE EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 6:25 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro and 2 more | 9 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.