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High Wind Watch 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind watch at Dec 14, 2016, 3:43 PM MST. It took effect at Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 3:43 PM MST (22:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2016, 12:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 4:06 PM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Dec 14, 3:38 PM MST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:38 PM MST, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 5:30 AM MST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MST WED DEC 14 2016 NMZ501>540-151300- 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 CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/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- 530 AM MST WED DEC 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A POWERFUL UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY WITH POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS FROM 65 TO 75 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS, ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN, AND POSSIBLY ONTO PARTS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. ELSEWHERE, WIND GUSTS FROM 45 TO 55 MPH ARE LIKELY. THOUGH RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW WILL ALSO BEGIN ON THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE STORM WILL OCCUR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHEN A PACIFIC COLD FRONT AND A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL CROSS, DROPPING THE SNOW LEVEL TO VALLEY BOTTOMS. SEVERAL INCHES TO OVER A FOOT OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS IN OTHER MOUNTAIN RANGES AND AT LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH. WHERE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BECOME SIGNIFICANT, THE STRONG WINDS WILL BLOW AND DRIFT THE SNOW, PRODUCING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 3:54 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | ABQ | 13 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.