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Mesoscale Discussion 1147

June 24, 2017Costilla County, Colorado; 20 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2017, 1:42 PM MDT for Costilla County, Colorado; 20 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2017, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2017, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 21 counties

Costilla County, CO, Bernalillo County, NM, Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Luna County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2017-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 258 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2017-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 171 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
258 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-359 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.