A period of gust winds was reported over the central highlands between Las Vegas and Clines Corners.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A period of gust winds was reported over the central highlands between Las Vegas and Clines Corners.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Apr 8, 9:47 AM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1046 AM AM MDT FRI APR 8 2005 .UPDATE...QUICK MORNING UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY TO MOVE AHEAD ON THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS ARE INCREASING RAPIDLY AS THE MID LEVEL CLOUD DECK MOVES RAPIDLY NORTHEAST. WINDS AT GALLUP AT 10 AM AREA ALREADY 38G46 MPH. THUS...THE WIND ADVISORY START UP TIME NOW BEGINS AT 11 AM WITH WESTERN AREAS SEEING THE STRONG WINDS FIRST WITH CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS SEEING WINDS INCREASE AROUND AND AFTER NOON. ADDED SAN JUAN COUNTY...ZN001 TO THE MIX. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD MADE A FEW CHANGES TO THE CLOUD COVER AND TEMPS IN THE FAR WEST. && 49 .PREV DISCUSSION...325 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2005...TRANSITION DAY TODAY WITH UPPER RIDGE TO E OF NM AND FIRST SHORT WAVE IN THE SERIES TO THE W. FIRST WILL HAVE VERY LITTLE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH SO HAVE KEPT PRECEDING PERIOD 1 AND 2 LOW POPS PRETTY MUCH AS IS. SECOND MUCH STRONGER SYSTEM STILL ON TRACK TO CROSS NM OVER THE MID AND LATTER PART OF THE WEEKEND. SPEED IS SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN 24 TO 36 HOURS PREVIOUS IF MEMORY SERVES. PREVIOUS SHIFTS UPPED POPS SOMEWHAT FOR ITS PASSAGE ACROSS THE STATE AND WITH LATEST NAM GETTING SYSTEM INTO NM JUST A BIT FARTHER S THAN ON THE OOZ RUN...THIS SEEMS JUSTIFIED. CHANGES MADE TO GRIDS WERE MAINLY MINOR...BUT REFLECT MINOR MODEL CHANGES. LATER SHIFTS MAY HAVE TO CONSIDER SNOW ADVISORIES FOR PORTIONS OF N NM FOR SAT NIGHT AND/OR SUNDAY...BUT TOO EARLY TO DO SO AS OF THIS PACKAGE. WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY WAS EXPANDED TO INCLUDE ALL ZONES EXCEPT NW PLATEAU...ZONE 1. WHILE NOT OUT OF QUESTION THERE IT LOOKS AS THOUGH STRONGER WINDS ALOFT WILL BE S AND E OF THAT AREA WHEN PEAK HEATING PERIOD OCCURS. SOME WARMING AND DRYING FOR EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK BEHIND DEPARTED SYSTEM. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR NM FIRE WEATHER ZONES 101>103...105>108. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR NMZ001>021...026. && 43
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2005 NMZ001>021-026-091200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... ANOTHER STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE STATE SATURDAY INTO PERHAPS EARLY MONDAY...AS WELL AS THE CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO ROUGHLY THE NORTHERN QUARTER TO ONE THIRD OF THE STATE...ESPECIALLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. 43
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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