Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
552 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
Thunderstorms will continue to pose the biggest aviation weather
hazard east of the central mountain chain, as any storms that do
develop will have the potential to turn severe with large hail,
damaging downburst winds, and brief heavy downpours that will
temporarily limit visibility and ceilings. A few high-based virga
(evaporating rainfall) or drier thunderstorms will surround the Rio
Grande valley, but areas farther west should stay dry, mostly clear
and hot. The hot temperatures and consequentially high density
altitude readings will impose difficult ascending conditions for some
aircraft. Storms will exit east of New Mexico by late evening with
some residual outflows continuing to keep gusty winds going near KABQ
through this time. Storm potential will be lower on Sunday,
generally favoring the east slopes of the central mountain chain, but
a stray cell cannot be ruled out over the plains.

52

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.PREV DISCUSSION...305 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021...
.SYNOPSIS...
Scattered storms across the eastern plains will have the potential to
become severe, producing large hail, damaging winds, and perhaps a
stray tornado late this afternoon through the evening. Storm motions
will be toward the TX line by late evening and midnight. Another
round of isolated to scattered strong to severe storms is possible
Sunday afternoon and evening. Thereafter, chances for afternoon
storms will generally be low and focused over the high terrain,
slowly migrating over the western high terrain. Meanwhile, the heat
will continue near record to record heat for parts of western and
central NM through next week. Highs for many areas will be in the 90s
to low 100s.

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.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)...
The upper high stretched on a southwest- northeast axis should have
its centroid wobble over southwestern NM by late this afternoon. As
is typical for this time of year, a drastic dichotomy of conditions
will be found from western parts of the state to eastern areas. Last
night’s backdoor cold front brought in a slight cooling, but more
impressive is the juicy dewpoints and instability that now blankets
much of eastern NM, including 60’s to 70 degree dewpoints and over
3500 J/kg mixed layer CAPE. The NAM backed off this morning on QPF
over eastern zones, presumably due to small low layer inhibition, but
most other members and the HREF are all enthused about eroding this
through the afternoon with scattered coverage of storms. With veering
east southeast surface winds now behind the frontal boundary,
veering vertical wind profiles will create sufficient bulk shear for
severe and supercellular storm structures through the evening. Hail
and damaging winds would appear to be the looming and primary
threats, and Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued to account for
this.

Depending on the coverage of convection east of the central mountain
chain and subsequent cold pools, low layer moisture will likely
spill back westward to the Rio Grande and just beyond. Gusty east
canyon winds will also redevelop in favored locations through the
early morning hours Sunday. The moisture will then mix back east of
the central mountain chain by Sunday afternoon though, and even the
far eastern plains will dry out substantially with dewpoints falling
back into the 30’s and 40’s in many zones despite retaining
southerly winds. This will narrow the window of opportunity for
storms, mainly to the east slopes of the central mountain chain and
even less in the plains farther east, and the severe concerns would
transition to more of a gusty downburst threat. Otherwise high
temperatures will be hot in many zones, especially in the
exceptionally dry western areas where near-record or record highs
are forecast.

LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
A dominant upper level high pressure will continue to build over the
Four Corners region Monday into early next week, reaching to a peak
600dm by Tuesday. High temperatures soar 10F-15F above normal across
western NM and the Rio Grande Valley, staying 5F-10F above normal
across the eastern plains. All areas will generally range between the
90s to low 100s. Heat stress will continue through the end of the
forecast as a result, while heat advisories look likely for some
parts of the Rio Grande Valley and Northwest Plateau. Temperatures
finally begin to retreat back to normal, staying hot however, near
the end of next week when long range guidance shows the upper high
beginning to break down and weaken.

With southeasterly to easterly surface flow bringing low-level
moisture into eastern NM up to the central mountain chain, isolated
to scattered storms will try to initiate over the high terrain during
the afternoon period Monday and Tuesday. Each model run consistently
shows outflows pushing low-level moisture further westward each
evening into the Rio Grande Valley and to the continental divide by
mid to late week. This will steady spread isolated to scattered
afternoon thunderstorm activity into western NM Wednesday through
Friday. There is a wide variety of model solutions for storm
coverage, and thus there is low forecast confidence for PoPs
Wednesday and beyond.

52/24

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.FIRE WEATHER...
No widespread critical fire weather concerns are forecast for the
next several days as a strengthening dome of high pressure keeps
residence over or near NM. This is not to say that there are no
concerns, as exceptionally dry conditions will persist over western
NM through early next week, and conditions will remain volatile and
unstable there due to high Haines indices driven by the near-record
high temperatures, steep lapse rates, and large mid level dewpoint
depressions. Fortunately, widespread strong winds are not foreseen,
and the wind concerns will be focused on localized to smaller and
briefer scale thunderstorm outflows. Wetting rains could grace a few
eastern zones this evening and in a few spottier locations Sunday,
but into next week thunderstorm and wetting rain coverage will
reduce to and become minimal as moisture struggles to linger beneath
the strengthening high. With less storm coverage and marginal
moisture, concerns for dry lightning will be present. The potential
for another moisture intrusion does not appear to arrive until late
next week via a backdoor cold front, but there is still large
uncertainty with this scenario.

52

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.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
524 PM MDT SAT JUN 12 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0518 PM     HAIL             12 E LAS VEGAS          35.59N 105.00W
06/12/2021  E2.00 INCH       SAN MIGUEL         NM   STORM CHASER

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EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102373

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