Deep monsoon moisture produced heavy rain across the Albuquerque Metro area, causing a large Cottonwood tree in southwest Albuquerque to topple over due to the rain-softened ground.
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Deep monsoon moisture produced heavy rain across the Albuquerque Metro area, causing a large Cottonwood tree in southwest Albuquerque to topple over due to the rain-softened ground.
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 Jul 25, 2:00 PM MST, 24 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT SUN JUL 25 2010 .DISCUSSION...SUBSIDENCE IN ASSOCIATION WITH UPPER LOW TO OUR SOUTHEAST EVIDENT IN WEST TEXAS/ALONG SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NM BORDER...AND STILL PUSHING WWD. MAIN FOCUS OF RADAR ECHOES NOW STRETCHING FROM SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. HAVE FURTHER TRIMMED FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO REMOVE HARDING...QUAY AND UNION COUNTIES...BUT WILL LEAVE THE ENDING TIME...11 PM...ALONE FOR THE REMAINING CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM ZONES. MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY APPEAR TO BE A BIT WARMER AND LESS WET FOR MUCH OF THE CWA AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BECOMES CENTERED OVER NRN NM AND SOUTHERN CO. HOWEVER...LATEST MEX GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AT LEAST PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NM...INCLUDING KABQ...WILL EXPERIENCE ABOVE NORMAL POPS AND BELOW AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS WEEK. AS SUGGESTED BY THE MEX GUIDANCE...MODELS HAVE A MUCH DIFFERENT PICTURE THAN 24 HOURS AGO IN REGARDS TO THE MID TO END OF WEEK WEATHER. UPPER HIGH OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO HANGS TOUGH FOR A LONGER PERIOD THIS WEEK...FORCING THE UPPER LOW TO PASS WESTWARD OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO DURING THE LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY TIME FRAME. BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK...GFS SETS UP A MONSOON-ISH PATTERN WITH A WEAK TROUGH TO OUR WEST...AND THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT OVER CENTRAL/EASTERN TX. THE GFS SEEMS TO MAINTAIN SOME CONTINUITY WITH WHAT/S LEFT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LOW...OR POSSIBLY A DIFFERENT ONE...TURNING IT TO THE NORTHEAST AND TRACKING IT INTO THE FOUR CORNERS AROUND THE END OF THE WEEK. THEREFORE...TWEAKED SOME WX AND POP GRIDS OUT IN THE EXTENDED TO LEAN TOWARDS A WETTER REGIME. && .AVIATION...NMRS SHRA WILL CONTINUE ALONG/WEST OF THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN THROUGH 06Z. HEAVIER STORMS WITHIN THIS AREA WILL PRODUCE LOCAL IFR VSBYS TO 1SM AND CIGS TO 005 IN HEAVY RAIN. GREATEST CONFIDENCE ON AVIATION IMPACTS WILL BE FROM THE SW MTS NORTH TO NEAR KGUP EAST TO KABQ AND KSAF. MT TOPS WILL REMAIN OBSCURED ACROSS THIS AREA THRU 14Z/MON. CB IN TAF WITHOUT THUNDER INDICATES LOWER CONFIDENCE ON TIMING/AMOUNT OF STORMS IN THE AREA. ACTIVITY WILL BE LESS INTENSE AFTER 06Z/MON WITH MOST OF THE PCPN ENDING BY DAYBREAK. ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL FIRE UP MONDAY MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF INTERSTATE 40. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...MOIST CONDITIONS WITH NMRS SHRA/TSRA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ONCE AGAIN. MAX RH RECOVERIES WILL APPROACH 100 PCT ACROSS MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT VALUES ELSEWHERE. TOMORROW WILL FEATURE A SLIGHT DOWNTICK IN PRECIP COVERAGE AND MIN RH VALUES AS SUBSIDENCE MOVES WESTWARD AHEAD OF AN UPPER LOW. STORMS WILL STILL DEVELOP OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WEST CENTRAL NM AND THE SANDIAS/MANZANOS WITH STEERING FLOW DIRECTED TO THE WEST. TEMPS WILL WARM SLIGHTLY HOWEVER READINGS WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE JULY. THE WARMING TREND WILL CONTINUE FOR THE EASTERN HALF AND A SLIGHT DOWNTICK IN STORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY...HOWEVER OVERNIGHT RH VALUES WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH. A NOTICEABLE UPTICK IN COVERAGE IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS THE CORE OF THE UPPER LOW MOVES WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL BUILD EAST OVER TEXAS WHILE THE UPPER LOW SLIDES NORTHWEST ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASED CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINFALL AGAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 61 90 61 94 / 40 10 30 30 DULCE........................... 53 82 48 86 / 50 20 40 40 CUBA............................ 54 83 49 88 / 60 30 30 30 GALLUP.......................... 58 82 56 87 / 50 20 40 30 EL MORRO........................ 54 79 51 84 / 60 40 40 30 GRANTS.......................... 57 80 55 85 / 60 30 30 30 QUEMADO......................... 55 79 56 82 / 60 40 40 30 GLENWOOD........................ 61 84 60 88 / 70 40 40 20 CHAMA........................... 49 78 48 82 / 50 30 40 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 61 81 59 87 / 70 30 20 30 PECOS........................... 54 79 54 86 / 60 30 20 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 53 79 50 83 / 60 20 20 30 RED RIVER....................... 48 70 42 77 / 70 20 20 30 ANGEL FIRE...................... 48 73 45 79 / 70 30 20 30 TAOS............................ 53 79 50 84 / 60 10 20 30 ESPANOLA........................ 61 84 54 88 / 60 20 20 30 SANTA FE........................ 55 79 56 85 / 60 30 20 20 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 57 80 57 87 / 60 30 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 62 80 60 86 / 60 40 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 63 81 63 88 / 60 40 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 60 83 61 89 / 60 40 20 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 62 83 62 89 / 60 40 20 20 LOS LUNAS....................... 63 85 62 91 / 60 30 20 20 RIO RANCHO...................... 63 83 63 89 / 60 40 20 20 SOCORRO......................... 61 85 63 88 / 60 30 20 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 77 51 81 / 70 40 20 30 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 60 82 54 84 / 60 30 20 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 57 76 56 83 / 50 30 20 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 60 82 57 85 / 60 30 20 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 84 61 88 / 60 30 20 30 RUIDOSO......................... 57 73 53 77 / 60 30 20 30 CAPULIN......................... 53 82 52 85 / 40 10 10 10 RATON........................... 55 84 54 88 / 40 20 10 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 78 53 82 / 50 20 20 20 CLAYTON......................... 61 88 62 91 / 40 10 10 10 ROY............................. 59 85 59 87 / 40 10 10 20 CONCHAS......................... 62 87 61 91 / 40 10 10 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 88 63 91 / 40 10 10 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 65 89 65 93 / 20 10 10 20 CLOVIS.......................... 63 87 62 87 / 10 10 10 20 PORTALES........................ 64 88 64 89 / 10 10 10 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 64 88 64 89 / 20 10 10 20 ROSWELL......................... 66 88 66 90 / 10 10 10 20 PICACHO......................... 61 82 60 86 / 30 20 10 20 ELK............................. 58 78 59 81 / 50 20 10 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ501>529-532-533-539-540. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A large cottonwood tree in southwest Albuquerque was uprooted due to the rain-softened ground. The tree blocked a street and tore up some sidewalk.
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