High based showers produced strong wind gusts at Cannon Air Force Base.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
High based showers produced strong wind gusts at Cannon Air Force Base.
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 Jun 2, 1:32 PM MST, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 232 PM MDT MON JUN 2 2008 .DISCUSSION... LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR SE WILL GET SHOVED TO THE S AS A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASS MAINLY TO OUR N. THE STRONGEST OF THESE WILL BE THU. WINDS AND FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER FOCUS THE REST OF THIS WEEK. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS COMMON OVER THE E THIS PM...BUT HAVE STAYED BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. RED FLAG WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVE. TEMPERATURES HAVE SOARED ABOVE 100 DEGREES OVER PARTS OF THE E THIS PM WITH RECORD HIGHS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. WINDS TO DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET TONIGHT WITH THE FORECAST AREA DRY AND COMFORTABLE OVERNIGHT. TUE SHOULD BRING ABOUT SIMILAR WINDS TO TODAY. FIRE WEATHER WATCH TO REMAIN INTACT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER AS HEIGHTS LOWER SOME IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST. FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE NE THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE NEAR THE NE CORNER OF THE STATE DURING THE DAY...BUT CONVECTION NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT INTO NM. STRONGEST WINDS OF THE WEEK WILL BE WED AND THU AS A STRONGER STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE PACIFIC NW WED AND CROSSES THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THU. WIND ADVISORIES AND RED FLAG WARNING CONDITIONS LIKELY MOST ZONES WED...THEN OVER THE E THU. TEMPERATURES WILL EXPERIENCE A GRADUAL COOLING TREND WED AND THU. SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO N OF INTERSTATE 40 FROM WED PM THROUGH THU NIGHT. FRI AND NEXT WEEKEND WILL FEATURE A RELAXING OF THE WINDS AND A REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES. WHILE MOST OF THE TIME SHOULD BE DRY... THERE COULD BE ENOUGH INCREASE IN MOISTURE TO TRIGGER SOME HIGH BASED STORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING NEXT WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. CHJ && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL AIRPORTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS. GUSTY SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KTS POSSIBLE THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND TO THE LEE OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST PREVALENT ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON PER CURRENT SURFACE OBSERVATIONS AND ANTICIPATED WEATHER TRENDS. LOOK FOR 1 TO 2 HOURS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS. HUMIDITY READINGS ARE PRETTY MUCH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS AREAWIDE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. ALSO LOOKING AT HEIGHTENED HAINES LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO A VERY DRY AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVERHEAD. POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED TONIGHT. TUESDAY LOOKS TO BE SIMILAR OVERALL AS COMPARED TO TODAY...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES SUCH AS THE POSITION/STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE LOW AS WELL AS UPPER LEVEL WIND TRENDS. MODELS ARE ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH SLIGHTLY BREAKING DOWN THE UPPER RIDGE WHICH SHOULD MEAN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOME AREAS. OVERALL...WILL KEEP THE SAME WATCH AREA IN PLACE FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON...POSSIBLE 2 TO 4 HOURS OF CRITICAL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF WHILE KEEPING MENTION OF 1 TO 2 HOURS ELSEWHERE. ANOTHER POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY PERIOD TUESDAY NIGHT AND WILL LEAD INTO A SIGNIFICANT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER PERIOD WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. MODELS ARE STILL IN AGREEMENT WITH A RATHER BIG WIND EVENT FOR WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA AND THEN TRANSITIONING EASTWARD ON THURSDAY AS A NEAR TRADITIONAL COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ON THURSDAY AND HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RISE ACCORDINGLY...ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST AREAS. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS NOT LIKELY AS ONE OF THE LONG RANGE MODELS DEPICTS SOME PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER WHILE ANOTHER DOES NOT. GOING WITH SLIGHT CHANCE AT THIS TIME. THE LONG RANGE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH A LIGHTER WIND FLOW ON FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH STILL BREEZY AT TIMES. THERE ARE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES FOR THE WEEKEND...ONE IS WINDIER AND DRIER WHILE THE OTHER CALLS FOR A LITTLE LESS WIND AND A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE SEEPAGE FROM THE SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME WE ARE GOING DRY WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 50 88 51 85 / 0 0 0 5 GALLUP.......................... 42 83 44 81 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 46 85 45 86 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 48 92 50 92 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 36 78 38 74 / 0 0 0 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 50 84 48 84 / 0 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 37 74 37 72 / 0 0 0 10 TAOS............................ 41 84 43 81 / 0 0 0 5 SANTA FE........................ 46 85 48 83 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 50 88 50 85 / 0 0 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 49 91 47 87 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 61 91 60 88 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 55 92 55 90 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 57 88 56 85 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 55 91 55 90 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 55 94 55 93 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 51 82 50 80 / 0 0 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 49 88 52 85 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 56 92 58 92 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 51 87 52 85 / 0 0 0 0 RATON........................... 47 88 47 85 / 0 5 5 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 51 86 50 82 / 0 0 0 0 ROY............................. 54 88 54 86 / 0 0 0 5 CLAYTON......................... 58 90 56 89 / 0 5 5 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 58 95 59 95 / 0 0 0 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 63 100 62 98 / 0 0 0 5 FORT SUMNER..................... 62 97 61 97 / 0 0 0 5 CLOVIS.......................... 62 100 62 99 / 0 0 0 5 PORTALES........................ 61 101 62 100 / 0 0 0 5 ROSWELL......................... 65 104 65 103 / 0 0 0 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ101>109. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-107-108. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-107-108. && 40/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUN 2 2008 NMZ001>021-026-031200- 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 MDT MON JUN 2 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...WHERE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT. EXPECT SUSTAINED WINDS OVER 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH ALONG WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST AREAS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cannon Air Force Base ASOS measured 59 mph while the runway wind sensor registered 71 mph. No damage was reported.
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