A back door cold front that burst through the gaps of the central mountains into the Lower Rio Grande Valley brought increased moisture to the area. A weak disturbance aloft added the instability to trigger a round of thunderstorms, one of which brought nickel size hail to Socorro County.
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A back door cold front that burst through the gaps of the central mountains into the Lower Rio Grande Valley brought increased moisture to the area. A weak disturbance aloft added the instability to trigger a round of thunderstorms, one of which brought nickel size hail to Socorro County.
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 28, 1:48 PM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 248 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 .DISCUSSION...OVERALL FORECAST PACKAGE WAS IN GOOD SHAPE...AND HAVE NOT MADE TOO MANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. MOISTURE IS NOT AS DEEP OR PREVALENT ACROSS THE WESTERN ZONES DUE TO A LACKLUSTER PUSH LAST EVENING...AND THUS BETTER PWATS AND MOISTURE RESIDES IN THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. SPECIAL 18Z BALLOON WAS RELEASED AT THE OFFICE...AND SOUNDING REVEALED A 0.82 INCH PWAT WITH DECENT INSTABILITY THROUGH MOST OF THE COLUMN. EASTERLY COMPONENT TO THE SURFACE FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND THIS COUPLED WITH CONVECTION JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SHOULD DRIVE ANOTHER GUSTY EAST WIND THROUGH THE CENTRAL GAPS AND CANYONS. STEERING FLOW HAS ALLOWED STORMS TO DRIFT TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OFF OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND SO POPS FOR THIS EVENING ARE HIGHEST IN THE CENTRAL ZONES WITH DRIER STORMS MENTIONED IN NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. A SLIGHT UPTICK IN DEWPOINTS IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST BY TUESDAY MORNING...BUT THIS SHALLOW LAYER SHOULD MIX OUT TO SIMILAR READINGS OF TODAY. THIS WILL KEEP COVERAGE SOMEWHAT SPARSE IN THE NORTHWEST...AND POSSIBLY A FEW DRIER STORMS. THE NAM/WRF IS BRINGING IN REMNANT MOISTURE FROM THIS MORNING/S MCV IN WEST TEXAS BY LATE TUESDAY...AND SO SOME CHANCE CATEGORY POPS ARE STILL IN PLACE FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN ZONES OF THE FORECAST AREA. ANOTHER EAST WIND WILL ALSO LIKELY DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING SINCE LITTLE CHANGE TO SYNOPTIC FLOW IS EXPECTED. BY WEDNESDAY...BEST MOISTURE FIELDS LOOK TO BE DRAGGED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE STATE. MEANWHILE ATTENTION WILL BE GATHERING IN FAR SOUTHERN TEXAS AND THE WESTERN GULF WHERE TROPICAL STORM ALEX IS PROGGED TO BE AT HURRICANE STRENGTH. AM SKEPTICAL THAT MUCH...IF ANY...MOISTURE WILL IMPACT NEW MEXICO. WE WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH SOME SUBSIDENCE ON THE NORTHWESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE STORM. THIS WOULD SUGGEST A DRIER TREND AND LESS STORM COVERAGE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...GIVEN CURRENT MODEL SUITES AND ENSEMBLES ARE TRACKING THE INLAND REMNANTS OF THE STORM NORTH INTO CENTRAL TEXAS. SOUTHERN TRACK SOLUTIONS SUCH AS THE ECMWF WOULD CARRY MOISTURE INTO CENTRAL MEXICO...AND WOULD KEEP A VERY SLIM POTENTIAL FOR SOME MOISTURE GETTING PULLED INTO A FAVORABLE STAGING LOCALE FOR OUR AREA. CONFIDENCE IS QUITE LOW IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND GIVEN THE PLETHORA OF UNCERTAINTIES WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THIS TROPICAL MOISTURE PLUME AND THE UPPER HIGH WHICH WILL DICTATE ITS MOVEMENT. 52 && .AVIATION... UPR HIGH CENTERED OVER UTAH AND COLORADO WITH GENLY ELY WINDS BOTH LOW LEVEL AND ALOFT. MTS OCNLY OBSCD IN SCT MVFR CIG/VSBY -SHRA/TSRA ALG AND N OF A KSVC-KTCS-KCAO LINE. THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THRU 03Z AND DIMINISHING BY 06Z. SOUTH OF THIS LINE LOOK FOR MAINLY ISOLD CONVECTION. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH DEWPOINTS ARE NOT AS HIGH AS HOPED FOR OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM IN THE WAKE OF A FRONTAL PASSAGE...SCATTERED CONVECTION WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF THE STATE BY MIDDAY. CONVECTION SHOULD PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNSET THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH. THE GENERAL EASTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER COLORADO AND INTO KANSAS. RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE AT LEAST GOOD OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME DRYING IN THE MID LEVELS IS FORECAST OVER NORTHERN NM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...WHILE MOISTURE INCREASES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THEREFORE...CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN LOOKS TO BE GREATEST OVER THIS REGION LATER TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. AT LEAST A SLIGHT WARMING TREND EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL SHIFT EAST BUT FLOW ALOFT WILL REMAIN WEAK. MOISTURE WILL NOT REALLY BE SCOURED OUT AND DAILY RECYCLING IN THE FORM OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE...FAVORING THE SOUTH AND WEST OVERALL. MEANWHILE...TROPICAL STORM ALEX WILL MOVE ONSHORE. AT THIS POINT THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE IN THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM SO ITS UNCERTAIN IF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL REACH NEW MEXICO...OR WILL REMAIN TO OUR SOUTH OR EAST. AT THIS POINT IT IS LOOKING AS IF THERE WILL BE LITTLE OR NO IMPACT FROM THE SYSTEM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 59 92 59 90 / 10 10 10 10 DULCE........................... 48 84 45 83 / 20 20 10 20 CUBA............................ 46 82 46 81 / 30 20 10 10 GALLUP.......................... 53 85 52 85 / 20 10 10 10 EL MORRO........................ 51 81 50 80 / 30 20 10 20 GRANTS.......................... 53 85 52 82 / 30 20 10 10 QUEMADO......................... 51 83 53 83 / 30 20 10 20 GLENWOOD........................ 56 90 57 89 / 20 10 10 20 CHAMA........................... 46 81 42 79 / 30 20 10 20 LOS ALAMOS...................... 51 82 52 78 / 30 20 10 10 PECOS........................... 49 79 50 77 / 30 10 10 10 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 45 80 43 79 / 30 10 10 10 RED RIVER....................... 40 72 39 73 / 30 20 10 20 ANGEL FIRE...................... 38 75 38 75 / 30 20 10 20 TAOS............................ 45 82 46 81 / 30 10 10 10 ESPANOLA........................ 49 91 49 87 / 30 10 10 10 SANTA FE........................ 50 82 50 79 / 30 10 10 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 52 85 53 82 / 30 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 61 85 60 83 / 40 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 63 87 62 85 / 30 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 61 89 60 87 / 30 10 10 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 61 87 61 86 / 30 10 10 10 LOS LUNAS....................... 60 90 59 89 / 30 10 10 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 61 88 61 87 / 30 10 10 10 SOCORRO......................... 61 89 60 87 / 30 10 10 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 47 81 47 79 / 40 10 10 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 82 51 81 / 40 10 10 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 51 79 50 76 / 30 20 10 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 54 82 53 80 / 40 20 10 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 58 84 55 83 / 40 10 10 30 RUIDOSO......................... 50 75 51 72 / 40 20 20 40 CAPULIN......................... 48 79 49 80 / 10 10 10 10 RATON........................... 49 84 50 82 / 20 10 10 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 47 78 46 75 / 30 10 10 10 CLAYTON......................... 56 86 56 86 / 10 10 10 10 ROY............................. 58 81 56 81 / 10 10 10 10 CONCHAS......................... 60 87 58 86 / 10 10 10 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 59 86 59 85 / 20 10 10 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 60 89 59 87 / 10 10 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 58 83 58 83 / 10 20 20 20 PORTALES........................ 60 83 59 84 / 20 20 20 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 61 87 60 86 / 20 20 20 20 ROSWELL......................... 62 86 64 82 / 20 20 30 30 PICACHO......................... 60 82 62 80 / 30 20 30 40 ELK............................. 57 76 58 73 / 40 20 40 50 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 52/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ501>540-291200- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY- RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY- SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 600 AM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THE STRONGEST STORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL DUE TO SLOW STORM MOVEMENT. THIS MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SIMILARLY TO MONDAY...THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ON TUESDAY. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 34
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1243 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
NMZ529-532-533-281915-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
1243 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SAN MIGUEL AND
NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES THROUGH 115 PM MDT...
AT 1236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR DILIA...OR ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF LAS
VEGAS. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DILIA...ANTON CHICO AND
TECOLOTITO.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3510 10504 3511 10527 3533 10517 3537 10504
3536 10488
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 038DEG 1KT 3523 10509
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
128 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
NMZ512-515-523-282000-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-WEST SLOPES
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
128 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SANTA FE AND WESTERN SAN
MIGUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MDT...
AT 124 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROWE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA
FE...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL MAY ACCUMULATE SEVERAL INCHES DEEP AND WIND GUSTS UP
TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PECOS AND ROWE...AND
INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN EXITS 299 AND 307.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3539 10561 3546 10576 3555 10580 3565 10565
3562 10555 3552 10551
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 050DEG 6KT 3553 10567
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
259 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
NMZ511-518-519-282130-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
259 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN SANDOVAL AND EXTREME
WESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM MDT...
AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SAN FELIPE PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BERNALILLO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
SEVERAL INCHES OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SAN FELIPE PUEBLO AND
ALGODONES.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 10666 3554 10668 3565 10659 3550 10624
3542 10625 3530 10633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 085DEG 0KT 3544 10637
GUYERSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 341 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ519-521-282215- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS- 341 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL BERNALILLO COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM MDT... AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBUQUERQUE. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ALBUQUERQUE...SOUTH VALLEY... CARNUEL AND PAJARITO. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. && LAT...LON 3495 10643 3490 10697 3522 10693 3522 10646 TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 016DEG 2KT 3513 10668 GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 404 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 NMZ512-513-516-282230- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 404 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL TAOS COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT... AT 400 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ARROYO SECO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF TAOS...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ARROYO SECO...ARROYO HONDO AND SAN CRISTOBAL. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. && LAT...LON 3636 10574 3663 10585 3663 10552 3649 10548 TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 073DEG 4KT 3653 10560 GUYER
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
424 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
NMZ521-522-282300-
ESTANCIA VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
424 PM MDT MON JUN 28 2010
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN BERNALILLO AND
NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...
AT 418 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHILILI...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ESTANCIA...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ESCABOSA AND TAJIQUE.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 10629 3484 10637 3494 10638 3503 10617
3498 10610 3482 10607
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 054DEG 4KT 3487 10624
GUYERThe Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:08 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
The hail accumulated to a depth of 3 inches and ranged in size from peas to nickels.
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