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Mesoscale Discussion 981

June 13, 201410 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2014, 12:05 PM MDT for 10 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2014, 12:05 PM MDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-289 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMora54 min
Jun 13, 12:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 8 more57 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 9 more8 hr

Nearby

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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.