High winds from an approaching storm caused a tree to fall onto a home in southeast Albuquerque, near the airport.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
High winds from an approaching storm caused a tree to fall onto a home in southeast Albuquerque, near the airport.
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 7, 11:16 AM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1116 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011 .UPDATE... HAVE UPDATED GRIDS BASED ON LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS AND SATELLITE INFORMATION. A SURFACE COLD FRONT SLIPPED INTO THE NE PLAINS OF NM EARLY THIS MORNING AND IS CURRENTLY SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI. COLD AIR ADVECTION IN ITS WAKE WILL LIMIT THE HEATING POTENTIAL...THUS HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES ACCORDINGLY...MAINLY ALONG THE CO AND OK BORDERS. CIRRUS IS STARTING TO CLEAR OVER ERN AZ/WRN NM...HOWEVER ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS PRESENT TO IGNITE SURFACE BASED AND ELEVATED CUMULUS NEAR THE MOGOLLON RIM. THEREFORE...PARTIAL CLEARING COULD BE RETARDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE SKIRTED ONGOING POPS A BIT SOUTHWARD BASED ON LATEST MODELS. INHERITED WIND ADVISORY APPEARS ON TRACK AND WILL NOT ADJUST. STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR WHERE ANY CLEARING DEVELOPS...PARTICULARLY IN THE WC/SW ZONES. UPDATED ZONES WILL BE SHIPPED SHORTLY. WILL FRESHEN NPW/WSW WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED. DPORTER && .PREV DISCUSSION...338 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011... ATTENTION WAS FOCUSED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS A PLETHORA OF WEATHER WILL AFFECT THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. A WEAK WAVE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NM THIS MORNING HAS BROUGHT A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER...LITTLE IN THE WAY OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS SHOWERS. THESE SHOWERS MAY TAPER OFF THIS MORNING...BEFORE THE NEXT SYSTEM BRINGS ANOTHER...PERHAPS HEALTHIER ROUND...OF PRECIPITATION. NEXT SYSTEM IS MOVING OVER THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. AS IT APPROACHES AND MOVES ACROSS NM THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...IT APPEARS IT WILL COME ACROSS IN TWO WAVES. THE LEADING SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING...WITH THE LAGGING SHORTWAVE SLIDING ACROSS TUESDAY MORNING. AS A WHOLE...THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN TRENDING LESS WINDY AND WETTER. HAVE INCREASED POPS ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGH TONIGHT AND HAVE ADDED THUNDER TO THE NORTHWEST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL LARGELY BE RAIN TODAY...AS 700 MB TEMPS ACTUALLY INCREASE SOME THROUGH 00Z. HAVING SAID THAT...THE HIGH PEAKS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL LIKELY SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...MAINLY AT SNOTELS. UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL AID IN PRECIPITATION DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. 700 MB TEMPS WILL FALL THIS EVENING AS THE FIRST SHORTWAVE CROSSES THE NORTH...AND THEN FALL FURTHER AS THE SECOND...WHICH MAY BE CLOSING OFF AS A LOW...CROSSES TOMORROW MORNING. THUS...MOST OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ZONES 510-512>515 BEGINNING AT 19Z TODAY. EARLY START IS MAINLY FOR THE HIGH PEAKS. ADVISORY WILL RUN THROUGH 18Z TOMORROW. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL MOVE EAST INTO KS/TX/OK BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SOME WRAP- AROUND PRECIPITATION INTO THE NORTHEAST... WHICH IF IT OCCURS...WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. HOWEVER...THERE IS LARGE DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS REGARDING THE PLACEMENT OF THE UPPER LOW...AND THUS GREATEST QPF...THEREFORE HAVE ELECTED TO LEAVE OUT ZONE 527 FROM THE ADVISORY ATTM...BUT LATER SHIFTS WILL NEED TO WATCH MODEL TRENDS. REGARDLESS...1 TO 3 INCHES REMAINS POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA. ASIDE FROM THE PRECIPITATION...THE OTHER MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WIND. WIND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY PREVIOUS SHIFTS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. CONSIDERED ADDING THE ABQ METRO AREA AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...BUT LEFT OUT FOR NOW. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS MAY BE EVEN STRONGER TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AS THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT SWEEPS WEST TO EAST. WILL ISSUE A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR ZONES 523-533-539 FOR TUESDAY. 700 MB WINDS DIFFER A BIT BETWEEN THE NAM AND THE GFS...BUT BOTH SHOWING AT LEAST 50KTS FROM THE 06Z RUNS. CONFIDENCE IS ONLY MODERATE WITH REGARDS TO THE WATCH SINCE MODEL CONSISTENCY IS LACKING...HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT AT LEAST ADVISORY SPEEDS WILL BE OBSERVED. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL BE LIKELY. AFTER TUESDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL SET UP SHOP ON WEDNESDAY...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN AS COMPARED TO TUESDAY. WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON THURSDAY AS WEAK RIDGING WILL BE OVERHEAD. NEXT SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE STATE NEXT WEEKEND WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE NORTH AND STRONG WINDS ELSEWHERE. 34 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL DETERIORATE TO MVFR FROM NW TO SE OVER MAINLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE THRU 00Z. CLOUD DECKS OVER THE NORTHERN MTS PROVIDING MT OBSCURATIONS THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THRU THE DAY AS RAIN/SNOW DEVELOPS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. FARTHER SOUTH MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40...WINDS WILL INCREASE AFTER SUNRISE WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 KTS BY 18Z. WINDS WILL PEAK BTWN 21Z-01Z WITH THE SPEED MAX GENERALLY FROM THE GILA EAST ACROSS THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTO THE SACRAMENTO MTS AND CHAVES COUNTY. VIRGA SHOWERS WILL LIKELY AFFECT THE AREA IN THE VCNTY OF I-40 PROVIDING DRY DOWNBURST WINDS WITH POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO NEAR 50KTS BY LATE AFTERNOON. STRONG WINDS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT HOWEVER PICK BACK UP QUICKLY TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SE NM. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 22Z. GUYER .FIRE WEATHER... AN INITIAL WAVE EJECTING EAST OUT OF THE PARENT TROUGH DEVELOPING OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL FORCE THE FIRST ROUND OF STRONG WINDS... CRITICALLY LOW HUMIDITIES...AND MOUNTAIN RAIN/SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SYSTEM HAS CONTINUED TO TREND STRONGER INTO TONIGHT AND A TAD FURTHER SOUTH THUS THE AREA OF CRITICAL FIRE WX CONDITIONS HAS CREPT SOUTH AS WELL. ANY CONDITIONS IN NMZ504 WILL BE MARGINAL AND LIMITED TO THE FAR SE CORNER BUT WILL LEAVE IN RED FLAG ATTM. THE SFC FRONTAL BNDRY OVER THE PLAINS HAS ALSO CREPT SLIGHTLY FARTHER WEST AS MENTIONED WAS POSSIBLE IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS...THUS CRITICAL AREA ALSO IS LIMITED TO WESTERN PORTIONS OF NMZ108. THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY STILL LOOKS PRIMED TO SEE CRITICAL CONDITIONS WITH VIRGA SHOWERS LEADING TO STRONG DOWNBURST GUSTS LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RH RECOVERIES WILL INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF AS STRONG COLD ADVECTION DEVELOPS. ACCUM SNOWS ARE LIKELY NOW OVER THE NORTHERN MTS. STRONG WINDS WILL PLAGUE THE EAST AGAIN TMRW AS THE STORMS DIVES SE AND EXITS INTO THE TX PANHANDLE. HIGH CONFIDENCE TO UPGRADE WATCH TO RED FLAG FOR EAST AS VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AND RH VALUES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. MIN RH VALUES WILL BE MARGINAL TO THE WEST IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SO WILL LEAVE OUT OF RED FLAG ATTM HOWEVER CONDITIONS MAY BE MET FOR AN HOUR OR TWO. THIS STORM EXITS QUICKLY TUESDAY EVENING WITH VERY GOOD RECOVERIES FOR THE NORTHERN HALF AND EASTERN PLAINS. COOLER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE WITH NW FLOW MAINTAINING ITS GRIP OVER THE STATE. LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND CLINES CORNERS WEDNESDAY. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP THURSDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO DECREASE MOST AREAS. ZONAL FLOW WILL INCREASE AGAIN FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED CRITICAL CONDITIONS INCREASING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. GUYER && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ105>109. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ505>509-521>526-539-540. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 11 AM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ510-512>515. RED FLAG WARNING FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ108. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ523-533-539. && 46
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011 NMZ501>540-081300- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 600 AM MST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY MORNING. THESE WINDS WILL LIKELY BE STRONGER THAN TODAY AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE...DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH THESE STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND HIGH WIND REPORTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. REPORT WILDFIRE STARTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 34
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at the Albuquerque Airport, around the time a large tree toppled onto the roof of a home near the airport.
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