High winds buffeted the higher peaks and adjacent highlands of the west central, central and south central mountains.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
High winds buffeted the higher peaks and adjacent highlands of the west central, central and south central mountains.
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 Mar 10, 7:24 AM MST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 724 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006 .UPDATED...UPDATE FOR RFW COORDINATION LINE BELOW. FIRE WEATHER WATCH CANCELLED FOR ZONE 104 SATURDAY AFTERNOON BUT...REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ZONE 108. GB .PREV DISCUSSION...300 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006...WILL LEAVE WIND HIGHLIGHTS INTACT FOR TODAY FOR NOW. AS JET SAGS SOUTHWARD WITH TIME...ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR WIND MAY BE NEEDED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS SATURDAY. MOS GUIDANCE EVEN ON SUNDAY WOULD PUT EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS UNDER ADVISORY CRITERIA AS FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THAT AREA. MOSTLY CONSIDERING THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOWFALL NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS FOR THIS PACKAGE. FORECAST H7 TEMPS FALL TO -10C LATE THIS EVENING OVER NORTHWEST THIRD. FOR SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY WILL GO UNDER ADVY CRITERIA...BUT WILL ISSUE ADVYS FOR ZNS 1...2 AND 4 FOR TONIGHT/SATURDAY AND ZN 8 FOR SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT CONTINUES TO APPEAR TO BE THE PERIOD FOR BEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO LATER SHIFTS. MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WILL LIKELY SEE LITTLE TO NO PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE WINDS LOOK TO BE NIL AND EXPECT ANY LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO BE SCOURED OUT WITH THE REPEATED BLASTS OF WESTERLY WINDS NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MAY BE SMALL POTENTIAL AS FRONT SURGES THROUGH BUT NOT ENOUGH TO MENTION ATTM. TEMPS TO MODERATE BEGINNING MONDAY AND INTO MIDWEEK WITH ZONAL FLOW PREDOMINATING. RATCHETED DOWN TEMPS FOR SATURDAY/SUNDAY. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 40 25 40 26 / 50 50 50 60 GALLUP.......................... 43 21 38 21 / 40 50 60 70 GRANTS.......................... 44 22 42 24 / 10 30 40 70 GLENWOOD........................ 59 29 53 27 / 20 30 70 50 CHAMA........................... 37 15 32 13 / 60 50 70 70 LOS ALAMOS...................... 46 21 41 19 / 20 20 30 50 RED RIVER....................... 37 15 32 13 / 40 40 40 60 TAOS............................ 43 19 38 23 / 30 30 30 50 SANTA FE........................ 47 21 42 23 / 10 10 20 40 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 51 23 45 25 / 10 10 20 40 ESPANOLA........................ 53 24 47 26 / 20 20 30 40 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 54 32 49 32 / 5 10 5 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 56 28 50 29 / 5 10 5 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 50 29 45 28 / 5 10 10 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 58 31 50 31 / 5 10 10 30 SOCORRO......................... 62 32 55 32 / 5 10 5 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 49 28 42 28 / 5 10 10 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 53 24 48 24 / 5 5 10 30 CARRIZOZO....................... 59 37 54 31 / 0 0 5 10 RUIDOSO......................... 54 35 48 30 / 0 0 5 20 RATON........................... 54 21 48 21 / 5 5 5 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 52 23 44 25 / 5 5 10 20 ROY............................. 56 25 49 25 / 5 5 0 5 CLAYTON......................... 62 26 53 25 / 0 5 0 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 65 31 60 31 / 5 5 0 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 66 32 62 35 / 0 0 0 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 67 36 62 35 / 0 0 0 5 CLOVIS.......................... 66 36 63 35 / 0 0 0 5 PORTALES........................ 69 37 65 36 / 0 0 0 5 ROSWELL......................... 71 40 67 40 / 0 5 0 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ001-NMZ002-NMZ003-NMZ009. WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ006-NMZ007-NMZ013-NMZ020-NMZ021. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ004-NMZ005-NMZ008-NMZ010-NMZ011-NMZ012-NMZ014-NMZ015-NMZ016- NMZ017-NMZ018-NMZ019-NMZ026. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR NMZ103-NMZ104-NMZ106-NMZ107-NMZ108. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR NMZ002-NMZ004. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR NMZ001. SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 5 PM SATURDAY FOR NMZ008. FIRE WEATHER WATCH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NMZ108. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006 NMZ001>021-026-111300- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 600 AM MST FRI MAR 10 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE MET TODAY OVER A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...AND RED FLAG WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM THIS EVENING. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL RAKE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS...AS WELL AS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WHILE WIND ADVISORIES REMAIN POSTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AT THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD FALL TODAY...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TONIGHT. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BEGINNING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT SATURDAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...NORTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR SNOW MAY BE NEEDED SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THESE AREAS. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FORECAST SATURDAY FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF INTERSTATES 25 AND 40...WHERE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. MORE WIND IS EXPECTED FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25 SUNDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 99
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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