High Wind Watch 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
359 PM MDT Wed Apr 26 2017

...STRONG AND POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS RETURN THURSDAY...

.Strong and possibly damaging winds will return to portions of
central and south central New Mexico Thursday as another
upper level trough moves from west to east along the northern New
Mexico and Colorado border.

NMZ521-523-524-526-539-540-271100-
/O.CON.KABQ.HW.A.0013.170427T1600Z-170428T0100Z/
Sandia/Manzano Mountains-Central Highlands-
South Central Highlands-South Central Mountains-
Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-
359 PM MDT Wed Apr 26 2017

...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* LOCATION...Sandia, Manzano and South Central Mountains, 
  Central and South Central Highlands, Eastern Lincoln and 
  Southwest Chaves Counties. 

* WINDS...West to northwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 
  mph. 

* TIMING...Wind will strengthen through the morning, peak during 
  the afternoon and diminish Thursday evening. 

* VISIBILITY...Locally reduced in dust prone locations.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...Strong cross winds will impact north to south 
  oriented roads. Light weight and unsecured objects may become 
  airborne. Flimsy structures may topple over. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remember, A High Wind Watch means conditions are favorable for a
potentially damaging high wind event in and close to the watch
area. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or gusts of 58 mph
or more can lead to property damage. Monitor the latest forecasts
at weather.gov/abq, listen to NOAA weather radio or your favorite
media outlet.

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
342 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017

...STRONG TO DAMAGING WINDS RETURN TODAY...

.Strong to damaging winds will return to much of New Mexico today
as another upper level trough moves from west to east along the 
New Mexico and Colorado border. The strongest winds are expected
across the Sandia, Manzano and south central mountains as well as
the central and south central highlands. Gusts near 60 mph will be
possible in this area. Winds will diminish this evening. 

NMZ521-523-524-526-539-540-271800-
/O.UPG.KABQ.HW.A.0013.170427T1600Z-170428T0100Z/
/O.NEW.KABQ.HW.W.0016.170427T1500Z-170428T0100Z/
Sandia/Manzano Mountains-Central Highlands-
South Central Highlands-South Central Mountains-
Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-
342 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a High
Wind Warning, which is in effect from 9 AM this morning to 7 PM
MDT this evening. The High Wind Watch is no longer in effect. 

* LOCATION...Sandia, Manzano and South Central Mountains, 
  Central and South Central Highlands, Eastern Lincoln and 
  Southwest Chaves Counties. 

* WINDS...West to northwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 
  mph. 

* TIMING...Wind will strengthen through the morning, peak during
  the afternoon and diminish this evening. 

* VISIBILITY...Locally reduced in dust prone locations.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...Strong cross winds will impact north to south 
  oriented roads. Light weight and unsecured objects may become 
  airborne. Flimsy structures may topple over. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remember, A High Wind Warning means damaging winds are imminent
or highly likely. Sustained wind speeds of at least 40 mph or
gusts of 58 mph or more can lead to property damage.

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NMZ505>508-512>515-519-520-522-525-527>538-271800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0029.170427T1700Z-170428T0100Z/
West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest 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-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Estancia Valley-Upper Tularosa Valley-
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-
342 AM MDT Thu Apr 27 2017

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a Wind
Advisory, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT
this evening. 

* LOCATION...This includes all of eastern New Mexico, the
  Estancia, Upper Tularosa, middle and lower Rio Grande Valley and
  much of western New Mexico near and south of Interstate 40. 

* WINDS...Westerly at 25 to 35 mph with gusts between 50 and 55
  mph. 

* TIMING...Winds will increase late this morning, peak during the
  afternoon, and diminish early this evening. 

* VISIBILITY...Locally reduced in dust prone locations. 

* LOCAL IMPACTS...Strong cross winds are expected on north to
  south oriented roadways which may make driving difficult for
  high profile vehicles. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should exercise caution while travelling. Sudden gusts
of wind may cause you to lose control of your vehicle. Extra
attention should be given to cross winds.

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
325 AM MDT Wed Apr 26 2017

.SYNOPSIS...
Unsettled weather will dominate through the upcoming weekend. As one
system exits today, another will bring chances for showers to
northern New Mexico tonight and Thursday. Strong winds are expected
to return Thursday and critical fire weather conditions are possible
along and south of Interstate 40 Thursday afternoon. An unseasonably
strong upper low remains on track for Friday and Saturday. This
system has the potential to bring significant snow to the northeast
third of the state Saturday. Highs Saturday will range from 15 to 30
degrees below average, and much of the north and east could
experience near to below freezing temperatures Saturday night.  Dry
northwest flow aloft moves in on Sunday with another storm system
possible early next week.

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.DISCUSSION...
A period of unsettled weather to affect northern and central New
Mexico through the upcoming weekend. An area of precipitation moving
south over the northeast and east central early this morning should
taper off during the morning as the upper low exits to the east this
morning. Will allow the Winter Weather Advisory to expire as
scheduled this morning.

Another disturbance will bring chances for showers and high mt snow
showers to the north tonight and Thursday. Snow amounts to be meager
and shouldn't have much if any of an impact. High temperatures
Thursday will be warmer but still 5 to 10 degrees below average
north and within a few degrees of average south. Winds will
strengthen again Thursday. Guidance remains consistent forecasting
some sustained wind speeds of 35 to 40 kts from the Clines Corners
area southward along the central mt chain, so a high wind watch will
be issued.

There will be a brief break Thursday night, then a wintry storm
system is on track to invade the state Friday, and linger into
Saturday night before exiting Sunday. Forecast 700 mb temperatures
of -9 to -10 degC over much of the eastern half of the state
Saturday and there is accumulating snow potential for the northeast
third of the state. Highs Saturday will be 15 to 30 degrees below
average and may not make it out of the 30s in the northeast plains
Saturday afternoon. Potential for near to below freezing
temperatures north and east Saturday night, where some locales have
pretty much passed their last freeze dates.

For next week, the ECMWF and GFS suggest there will be another upper
disturbance and cold front around Tuesday, but how they handle the
system are quite different. The ECMWF keep it an open wave which
impacts mainly the east, while the GFS closes off an upper low which
retrogrades southwest over the state until it becomes nearly cut off
over Baja CA. Extended pops trended toward the ECMWF.

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.FIRE WEATHER...

Precipitation will continue early this morning across northeast and
east central NM behind a back door cold front and under an upper
level low. The low will shift southeastward this morning and the
precipitation associated with it will diminish by mid to late
morning. Though most of the precip has been rain, there has been
some snow near the Colorado border.  By afternoon, dry westerly
breezes will return. Spotty critical fire weather conditions will be
possible for an hour or two late in the afternoon across eastern
Torrance and much of Guadalupe counties. These areas have not and
will not see much, if any, precip. However, temperatures will remain
below normal areawide today, which will mitigate any critical
concerns.

Another weak upper level disturbance will graze northern NM tonight,
which should bring some locally wetting precipitation to north
central and northwest NM. Much of this precip should diminish by
noon Thursday. However, as the precip diminishes, the winds will
ramp up. A surface low over NE NM will deepen to 990-992 mb while
the 700 mb winds increase between 35 and 50kt. Forecast soundings
indicate mixing heights will be around 600 mb, thus, there is
potential for very strong winds to develop Thursday afternoon. The
strongest winds are expected across the Sandia/Manzano Mountains,
eastward to Clines Corners and southward toward Corona, where gusts
in excess of 60 mph are possible. Humidities will not be excessively
low due to the early morning disturbance and it's associated
moisture, but humidities will fall between 10 and 15 percent mainly
south of I-40.  Thus, a fire weather watch will be issued for zones
106, 107, 108 and 109. Haines indices in this area vary between 4
and 6.

On Friday, strong winds aloft will continue as NM will be at the
base of a broad trough/upper low. The surface low will not be in as
favorable position as on Thursday, thus winds at the surface should
be shy of Thursday's readings, though still breezy to locally windy.
Mitigating any fire weather concerns will be higher humidities and
the potential for a band of precipitation to develop along a Pacific
cold front. Models indicate the band will develop from west to east
across central NM before shifting east-southeast Friday evening. As
this occurs, the broad upper low will become more organized and
slide toward NW NM. On Saturday, the low will shift eastward across
northern NM as a back door cold front races through the plains.
Another round of precip is expected across the plains behind the
front. However, if current model projections are correct, much of
this precip will be snow. This system is THAT cold. Temperatures
will begin to drop on Friday behind the Pacific front, but will drop
much further behind the back door segment. High temperatures on
Saturday will be 25 to 30 degrees below normal across the plains,
and 15 to 25 degrees below normal elsewhere. Freezing temperatures,
and potentially a hard freeze, are possible for much of the forecast
area on Saturday night. Even portions of the Rio Grande Valley may
freeze.

The system exits Saturday night, then northwest flow will set up for
Sunday. Temps will remain below normal, but should warm up on Monday
as the flow aloft becomes more westerly. Could see breezy conditions
return on Tuesday, then another back door cold front looks to be in
store Tuesday night.

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.AVIATION...
06Z TAF CYCLE Showers are decreasing across southeast NM and will
continue to do so over the next hour or two. A back door cold front
will also continue to move south through this area thru early
morning. Meanwhile, precip will continue to increase over NE NM. RA
will be the main p-type, though SN is expected across the Sangre de
Cristo Mtns and near the CO border north and NE of KRTN. Precip will
expand southeastward across east central NM as an upper level low
shifts in the same direction. IFR to MVFR cigs will be possible
across NE NM with the precip. Precip should diminish by 14Z with
cigs improving shortly after. Westerly winds will increase Wednesday
afternoon across much of central and western NM.

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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Farmington......................  62  38  62  35 /   0  20   5  10
Dulce...........................  55  32  55  29 /   5  30  20  20
Cuba............................  56  34  57  31 /   0  20   5   5
Gallup..........................  61  36  67  34 /   0  10   0   5
El Morro........................  57  35  66  35 /   0   5   0   5
Grants..........................  61  38  69  36 /   0   5   0   0
Quemado.........................  61  39  70  42 /   0   5   0   0
Glenwood........................  72  43  78  46 /   0   0   0   0
Chama...........................  51  30  50  25 /   5  40  20  20
Los Alamos......................  57  40  60  36 /   5  20   0   5
Pecos...........................  57  37  61  34 /   5  10   0   0
Cerro/Questa....................  53  33  54  27 /  10  20  20   5
Red River.......................  45  27  46  23 /  20  30  20  10
Angel Fire......................  49  28  51  24 /  20  20  20   5
Taos............................  56  33  57  28 /  10  20  20   5
Mora............................  55  36  58  31 /  10  10   0   5
Espanola........................  63  42  66  38 /   5  10   0   5
Santa Fe........................  57  40  61  37 /   5  10   0   0
Santa Fe Airport................  61  41  65  37 /   5  10   0   0
Albuquerque Foothills...........  65  47  70  44 /   5   5   0   0
Albuquerque Heights.............  67  48  73  47 /   5   5   0   0
Albuquerque Valley..............  69  47  75  46 /   5   5   0   0
Albuquerque West Mesa...........  67  46  72  44 /   5   5   0   0
Los Lunas.......................  70  46  77  45 /   5   5   0   0
Rio Rancho......................  67  46  71  44 /   5   5   0   0
Socorro.........................  73  50  82  52 /   5   0   0   0
Sandia Park/Cedar Crest.........  59  42  63  37 /   5   5   0   0
Tijeras.........................  62  42  66  41 /   5   5   0   0
Moriarty/Estancia...............  62  41  69  38 /   5   5   0   0
Clines Corners..................  58  40  66  37 /   5   5   0   0
Gran Quivira....................  63  44  73  45 /   5   0   0   0
Carrizozo.......................  67  47  77  52 /   5   0   0   0
Ruidoso.........................  60  43  70  48 /   5   0   0   0
Capulin.........................  51  33  60  31 /  30   5  20   5
Raton...........................  57  35  63  32 /  20   5  20   5
Springer........................  61  37  66  34 /  20   5  10   5
Las Vegas.......................  59  39  63  34 /  10   5   0   0
Clayton.........................  59  41  69  39 /  20   0  10   5
Roy.............................  61  39  67  36 /  20   0   0   5
Conchas.........................  69  48  77  45 /  20   0   0   0
Santa Rosa......................  69  48  77  45 /  10   0   0   0
Tucumcari.......................  70  47  78  45 /  30   0   0   5
Clovis..........................  67  46  80  48 /  30   0   0   0
Portales........................  68  48  82  50 /  20   0   0   0
Fort Sumner.....................  71  49  81  49 /  10   0   0   0
Roswell.........................  75  49  88  55 /   5   0   0   0
Picacho.........................  70  50  81  54 /   5   0   0   0
Elk.............................  66  46  76  52 /   5   0   0   0

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.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Fire Weather Watch from Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening
for the following zones... NMZ106>109.

High Wind Watch from Thursday morning through Thursday evening for
the following zones... NMZ521-523-524-526-539-540.

Winter Weather Advisory until 6 AM MDT early this morning for the
following zones... NMZ527.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
435 AM MDT Tue Apr 25 2017

NMZ501>540-261100-
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-
435 AM MDT Tue Apr 25 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Precipitation will break out across western and central areas during
the day period. Snow will initially be found across the highest
elevations. Strong to very strong wind will impact areas along and
south of I40 today. Snow levels will rapidly lower across the
northeast tonight and lead to some snow accumulations favoring the
Sangre de Cristos and Johnson Mesa...Raton Ridge area. Rapid cooling
could lead to water freezing on I25 road surfaces north of Raton
late tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Critical fire weather conditions will be possible across the southern
tier of the area Thursday. Regardless, strong to very strong winds
will be possible on Thursday. A potent storm system will most likely
provide adverse effects to northern and central New Mexico on Friday
and Saturday. Snow accumulations will most likely be an impact for
some areas.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

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