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Wind Advisory 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

January 3, 2021San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2021, 2:58 AM MST for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It took effect at Jan 3, 2021, 6:00 AM MST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 2021, 2:58 AM MST (09:58 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 3, 2021, 6:00 AM MST
Expired
Jan 3, 2021, 11:03 AM MST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2021-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

274 
WWUS75 KABQ 030958
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
258 AM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

NMZ223-031900-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0002.210103T1300Z-210104T0100Z/
Central Highlands-
258 AM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

* WHERE...Central Highlands.

* WHEN...From 6 AM this morning to 6 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A 
  few power outages are possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
199 
WWUS75 KABQ 031803
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1103 AM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

NMZ223-031915-
/O.CAN.KABQ.WI.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-210104T0100Z/
Central Highlands-
1103 AM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

Windy conditions will persist through the afternoon hours, but
speeds will remain below advisory threshold.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 2:59 PM MSTWind AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance8 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.