An upper trough was moving through the Great Basin and into the Central Rockies with a strong cold front associated with it crossing Far West Texas. Wind gusts up to 69 mph were reported with this system.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
An upper trough was moving through the Great Basin and into the Central Rockies with a strong cold front associated with it crossing Far West Texas. Wind gusts up to 69 mph were reported with this system.
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 5, 1:50 PM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM
250 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
THE STORM SYSTEM THAT CAUSED OUR STRONG WINDS SATURDAY AS MOVED
EAST. STILL A BIT BREEZY THIS EVENING...THEN LIGHTER WINDS AND
PARTIAL CLEARING OVERNIGHT. A QUIET DAY SUNDAY WITH A CHILLY START
AND AFTERNOON HIGHS AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING
STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW.
A CHILLY DAY TUESDAY WITH POSSIBLE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE
SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS...THEN DRY AND WARMING UP A BIT THE REST OF
NEXT WEEK AS AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST.
&&
.DISCUSSION...
A SHORT BREAK FOR QUIET AND COOL WEATHER SUNDAY...THEN ANOTHER
SYSTEM MOVES IN MONDAY. GFS AND ECMWF STILL IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON
NEXT SYSTEM. TRACK AND TIMING WITH BOTH PROGS PUTS H500 LOW OVER
THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AT 00Z TUESDAY WITH ALMOST THE SAME CENTRAL
HEIGHT AND TEMPERATURE. WIND POTENTIAL WITH THIS SYSTEM IS SIMILAR
TO THE ONE THAT JUST WENT BY WITH H500 WINDS 70 TO 75 KTS. CORE OF
STORM IS PROGGED A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH THAN PREVIOUS STORM...AND
WILL NOT HAVE MUCH MOISTURE TO WORK WITH. THEREFORE EXPECT NO MORE
THAN A FEW RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS IN THE GILA AND SACS WITH ONLY A VERY
SMALL CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS DESERT LOWLANDS. DRY TUESDAY
WITH A CHILLY MORNING AND COOL AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES AROUND 10
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. PROGS REMAIN IN AGREEMENT ON OVERALL PATTERN
WEDNESDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH BROAD RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. GFS
AND EUROPEAN ARE BOTH SHOWING A SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN THE FRONT
SIDE OF THE HIGH AND CLIPPING EASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE WEDNESDAY
OR WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED BACK DOOR FRONT.
IF THAT FRONT MOVES FAR ENOUGH WEST...OUR TEMPS COULD REMAIN BELOW
NORMAL. IF NOT...TEMPS WILL WARM TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL THURSDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. AFTER THE NEXT SYSTEM MOVES BY...NO PRECIP IS
EXPECTED BEFORE LATE SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...VALID 06/00Z-07/00Z.
COLD FROPA HAS OCCURRED AT ALL AREA TERMINALS...BUT WEST WINDS WILL
REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. EXPECT OCCASIONAL
GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS ALONG EAST-FACING DESERT MOUNTAIN SLOPES... AND
UP TO 45 KNOTS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO AND BLACKS
RANGES. VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHTER WINDS WILL PREVAIL FOR SUNDAY.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
STRONG TROUGH AND COLD FRONT HAVE BOTH PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA.
WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY UNTIL THE EVENING HOURS. RH VALUES WILL
REMAIN FAR FROM RED FLAG CRITERIA THANKS TO A COOLER AND SLIGHTLY
MOISTER AIRMASS.
QUIETER WEATHER WILL BE ON TAP FOR SUNDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN 5 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW SEASONAL NORMS. ANOTHER STRONG UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT... BRINGING MORE GUSTY WINDS AND SCATTERED HIGH-ELEVATION
SHOWERS TO THE AREA...AND ANOTHER DROP IN TEMPERATURES.
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL MID-WEEK...AND TEMPS WILL RECOVER TO
NEAR SEASONAL NORMS BY LATE WEEK. ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM MAY IMPACT
THE AREA NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
EL PASO 40 65 43 66 39 / 0 0 0 0 10
SIERRA BLANCA TX 39 62 36 68 32 / 0 0 0 0 0
LAS CRUCES 37 63 41 65 37 / 0 0 0 10 10
ALAMOGORDO 33 62 41 64 35 / 0 0 0 10 10
CLOUDCROFT 21 43 26 43 23 / 0 0 0 20 20
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 32 59 38 62 35 / 0 0 0 20 10
SILVER CITY 28 54 30 50 25 / 0 0 0 20 10
DEMING 34 61 37 63 33 / 0 0 0 10 10
LORDSBURG 34 61 35 60 30 / 0 0 0 20 0
&&
.EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NM...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ022>024-
030>032.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ025.
TX...WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR TXZ055-056.
&&
21/251 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A peak wind gust of 69 mph was recorded on the northeast side of El Paso 7 miles NNW of downtown.
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