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Snow Squall Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 12, 20224 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this snow squall warning at Dec 12, 2022, 6:23 PM MST for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 12, 2022, 6:23 PM MST (01:23 UTC)
Expired: Dec 12, 2022, 7:00 PM MST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Taos County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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: 3598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this snow squall warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow squall warning went out at Dec 12, 4:51 PM MST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 12, 4:51 PM MST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 12, 2:39 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 2:52 PM MST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 3:47 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 5:06 PM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
506 PM MST MON DEC 12 2022

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

0400 PM     SNOW             6.1 NW EDGEWOOD         35.13N 106.27W
12/12/2022  M3.3 INCH        BERNALILLO         NM   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Dec 12, 5:08 PM MST, 1 hour 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
508 PM MST MON DEC 12 2022

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

0235 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 10 S BINGHAM            33.75N 106.37W
12/12/2022  M67 MPH          SOCORRO            NM   MESONET

            MESONET STATION WSM10 NORTH OSCURA PEAK
            (WSMR).

0200 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 20 S BINGHAM            33.61N 106.42W
12/12/2022  M65 MPH          SOCORRO            NM   MESONET

            MESONET STATION WSM43 LITTLE BURRO (WSMR).

0225 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 21 SE BOSQUE DEL APACHE 33.62N 106.60W
12/12/2022  M64 MPH          SOCORRO            NM   MESONET

            MESONET STATION WSM34 STALLION WIT (WSMR).

0230 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 10 SW BINGHAM           33.79N 106.49W
12/12/2022  M62 MPH          SOCORRO            NM   MESONET

            MESONET STATION WSM40 MINE (WSMR).

&&

Local storm report, Dec 12, 6:18 PM MST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
618 PM MST MON DEC 12 2022

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

0500 PM     SNOW             6 ESE MOGOLLON          33.36N 108.70W
12/12/2022  E5.0 INCH        CATRON             NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            SILVER CREEK DIVIDE SNOTEL.

0600 PM     SNOW             1 NNE PAJARITO MOUNTAIN 35.91N 106.38W
12/12/2022  E4.0 INCH        LOS ALAMOS         NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            QUEMAZON SNOTEL.

0500 PM     SNOW             9 E CUBA                36.02N 106.80W
12/12/2022  E2.0 INCH        RIO ARRIBA         NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            VACAS LOCAS SNOTEL.

0500 PM     SNOW             7 ESE CUBA              36.00N 106.83W
12/12/2022  E2.0 INCH        RIO ARRIBA         NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            SENORITA DIVIDE 2 SNOTEL.

0500 PM     SNOW             6 SSE LUNA              33.73N 108.93W
12/12/2022  E2.0 INCH        CATRON             NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            FRISCO DIVIDE SNOTEL.

0600 PM     SNOW             7 E CANJILON            36.50N 106.31W
12/12/2022  E2.0 INCH        RIO ARRIBA         NM   OTHER FEDERAL

            BATEMAN SNOTEL.

0600 PM     SNOW             SANDIA PARK             35.17N 106.36W
12/12/2022  M2.0 INCH        BERNALILLO         NM   PUBLIC

0606 PM     SNOW             2 N TAOS                36.41N 105.57W
12/12/2022  E2.0 INCH        TAOS               NM   PUBLIC

0504 PM     SNOW             EDGEWOOD                35.06N 106.19W
12/12/2022  M0.5 INCH        SANTA FE           NM   PUBLIC

0529 PM     SNOW             3 WSW AGUA FRIA         35.62N 106.07W
12/12/2022  E0.5 INCH        SANTA FE           NM   PUBLIC

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 12, 10:38 PM MST	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 10 more	42 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.