Strong winds associated with a cold front crossing New Mexico caused wind damage in Algodones to a mobile home.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Strong winds associated with a cold front crossing New Mexico caused wind damage in Algodones to a mobile home.
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 26, 2:00 PM MST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT SUN APR 26 2009 .DISCUSSION... ABUNDANT SUNSHINE IS NOTED ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TODAY AS DRIER AIR PUNCHES ACROSS THE STATE. DEW POINT DEPRESSIONS NEAR THE SURFACE ARE RANGING FROM 50 TO 70 DEGREES. THESE DRY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS COUPLED WITH GUSTY WINDS HAVE ALLOWED FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP IN ERN NEW MEXICO. IN THE MEANTIME... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO PASS TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. THIS COULD BRING SOME MID-LEVEL CLOUDS TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY A FEW SPITS OF PRECIPITATION IN THE HIGHEST OF ELEVATIONS. PREVIOUS SHIFT REMOVED POPS FOR TONIGHT AND CONCUR THAT 0.01 OF AN INCH IS UNLIKELY. A WEAK SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL CLIP THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO TONIGHT BUT WILL PROVIDE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE REGION. OVERNIGHT READINGS WILL GENERALLY STRADDLE 5 DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE CWFA. W/SW FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NEW MEXICO FOR MON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MIGRATES INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE NOTABLY WEAKER ACROSS THE STATE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A TAD ABOVE NORMAL...WITH A FEW LOCALES WITHIN THE SE PLAINS REACHING THE MIDDLE 80S. A COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS MON EVENING...ALLOWING FOR IMPROVED BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE. THE FRONT WILL PRESS AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND ALLOW FOR A BELOW CANYON WIND WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. MEANWHILE...AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL ROUND THE BASE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH AND TRACK OVER THE STATE. THIS COULD ENHANCE THE PCPN THREAT WITHIN THE ERN PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY...A THICK BATCH OF STRATUS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. SURFACE FEATURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. LOW CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY ERODE...BUT MAY REMAIN PERSISTENT ALONG THE TX BORDER. DIFFERENTIAL HEATING SHOULD DEVELOP ALONG WITH A RIBBON OF INSTABILITY WITHIN THE SE/EC PLAINS. RIPPLES WITHIN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW COULD ENHANCE THE CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SURFACE BOUNDARY OR IN A REGION OF UPSLOPE FLOW. WILL CONTINUE WITH ONGOING STRONG TSTORM MENTION IN GRIDS DUE TO A STRONG VEERING PROFILE PER THE LATEST FORECAST SOUNDINGS. HOWEVER... A SLOWER EROSION OF CLOUD COVER COULD PLAY A FACTOR. PCPN THREAT IS EXPECTED TO PERIST THROUGH EARLY WED MORNING WITH WIDESPREAD STRATUS RECLAIMING A GOOD PORTION OF THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BY WED...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL MIGRATE INTO THE NRN GREAT PLAINS. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. DPORTER && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ALL AIRPORTS FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH NO SIGNIFICANT AVIATION WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED. THROUGH 01Z...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. 05 && .FIRE WEATHER... CLEAR AND DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD AREAS OF RH IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ARE PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 02Z. OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERIES WILL BE POOR TO FAIR SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CROSS THE STATE ON MONDAY. VERY DRY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST WITH WIDESPREAD SINGLE DIGIT RH VALUES MOST AREAS. HOWEVER...WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. A SURFACE BOUNDARY EDGES INTO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE ON MONDAY AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EAST PLAINS OVERNIGHT. THIS EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL USHER IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. SOME MOISTURE INCREASES ARE EXPECTED IN THE RIO GRANDE VALUE AS WELL... COURTESY OF EAST GAP WINDS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. THIS INCREASED MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS YET ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTH OF THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY... ZONAL UPPER FLOW DEVELOPS AND HELPS TO SCOUR OUT THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. NEXT ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITION COULD DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH DRY SURFACE CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. 05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 32 68 37 75 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 23 68 34 73 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 24 70 31 73 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 35 76 38 79 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 22 57 24 65 / 5 0 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 34 63 36 65 / 0 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 26 55 24 59 / 5 0 5 10 TAOS............................ 27 64 31 67 / 0 0 0 5 SANTA FE........................ 34 68 39 69 / 0 0 0 5 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 33 70 38 71 / 0 0 0 5 ESPANOLA........................ 34 73 36 74 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 42 73 47 76 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 38 75 41 77 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 41 72 45 76 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 40 74 43 78 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 40 77 42 81 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 35 64 32 69 / 0 0 0 5 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 35 72 34 72 / 0 0 0 5 CARRIZOZO....................... 42 76 43 78 / 0 0 0 5 RUIDOSO......................... 40 68 37 67 / 0 0 0 10 RATON........................... 32 70 36 66 / 5 0 10 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 34 68 33 65 / 0 0 5 10 ROY............................. 41 69 39 59 / 0 0 10 20 CLAYTON......................... 40 68 40 60 / 5 0 10 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 41 78 42 69 / 0 0 10 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 40 78 41 68 / 0 0 10 30 FORT SUMNER..................... 44 80 46 70 / 0 0 10 20 CLOVIS.......................... 46 79 47 68 / 0 0 10 30 PORTALES........................ 45 80 45 70 / 0 0 10 30 ROSWELL......................... 46 84 51 76 / 0 0 5 20 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104-107-108. && 46/05
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN APR 26 2009 NMZ001>021-026-271200- 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 SUN APR 26 2009 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 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR THE SANDIA...MANZANO...AND GALLINAS MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS WHERE LARGE HAIL AND HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS. GUYER
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Shingles were blown off a roof of a mobile home in Algodones.
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