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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

January 3, 20214 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Jan 3, 2021, 2:59 PM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2021, 2:59 PM MST (21:59 UTC)
Expired: Jan 3, 2021, 11:00 PM MST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

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

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

325 
WWUS75 KABQ 032159
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
259 PM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

NMZ223-233-040600-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0003.210103T2200Z-210104T0600Z/
Central Highlands-Guadalupe County-
259 PM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Central Highlands and Guadalupe County.

* WHEN...Until 11 PM MST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects.
  Strong crosswinds on north to south oriented roadways will
  create difficult driving conditions, especially for high profile
  vehicles.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

595 
WWUS75 KABQ 040537
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1037 PM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

NMZ223-233-040645-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210104T0600Z/
Central Highlands-Guadalupe County-
1037 PM MST Sun Jan 3 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MST THIS EVENING...

Though wind speeds are slowly decreasing, breezy to locally windy
conditions will persist through 2am or so. However, since speeds 
are expected to remain below advisory criteria through the 
remainder of the night, the Wind Advisory will expire at 11pm. 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 3, 2:58 AM MST	Wind Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.