An isolated strong thunderstorm developed over the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and produced penny size hail near Black Lake.
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An isolated strong thunderstorm developed over the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and produced penny size hail near Black Lake.
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 1, 10:43 AM MST, 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1143 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERALLY WEST AND NORTH OF A KCAO TO KSRR LINE. SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVING OFF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL TEND TO DRIFT SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH WHILE STORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS DRIFT SLOWLY WESTWARD...ALL MOVEMENT BEING DRIVE BY HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT CENTERED OVER NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO. STILL A RELATIVELY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE SUCH THAT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE MICROBURST WINDS TO 50KT BUT HAVE A SMALLER THAN USUAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FOOTPRINT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE FEWER IN NUMBER NEAR THE UPPER HIGH IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. 07 && .PREV DISCUSSION...550 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012... RIDGE SPRAWLED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN U.S. WITH LOCAL CENTROID OVER NEW MEXICO SUNDAY MORNING...AND WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTH TEXAS NOW DRIFTING WEST TOWARD MONTERREY ACROSS NORTHERN NUEVO LEON...WITH ANOTHER NIGHT OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CHIHUAHUA AND SONORA. CENTROID ALOFT CIRCULATING LAST OF THE LATE EVENING CONVECTION ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH MORE VIGOROUS CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS THE STATE LINE OVER THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. AT THE SURFACE...WEAK TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR CLAYTON SOUTH AND WEST TO LAS CRUCES...WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING IN CONTROL OVER CENTRAL COLORADO. UPSTREAM...WEST COAST TROUGH EXTENDS FROM BROAD CLOSED LOW OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA SOUTHWARD PAST LOS ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO. MODELS...IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND AND INTO THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. REASONABLE AND ACCEPTED CONSENSUS MOVES NORTHERN MEXICO DISTURBANCE INTO EASTERN CHIHUAHUA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE KEEPING THE LOCAL RIDGE CENTROID OVER NEW MEXICO. NORTHERN MEXICO SYSTEM WILL REACH THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA EARLY MONDAY...AS RIDGE CENTROID STARTS TO DRIFT NORTHWARD INTO COLORADO...AND ALL IMPORTANT WESTERN MARGIN OF THE RIDGE STARTS RETREAT EASTWARD TO CIRCULATE NORTHERN MEXICO MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHWEST U.S. PATTERN IN FULL BLOOM BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH MOISTURE TRANSPORT PATH WORKING OUT OF CENTRAL ARIZONA INTO EASTERN ARIZONA AS THE RIDGE MARGIN CONTINUES SLOW RETREAT AND CENTROID SHIFTS NORTHWARD. PLUME SHOULD START NUDGING INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO BY INDEPENDENCE DAY AS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA ACROSS SONORA INTO NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA BY THURSDAY. THIS WETTER PATTERN WILL BE IN PLAY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...WITH RIDGE EXPANSION BACK TO THE WEST ON SUNDAY CUTTING OFF THE NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE AND SHIFTING CONVECTION BACK TO A RECYCLING OF WHAT IS IN PLACE HEADING INTO THE WORK WEEK. FOR TODAY...RIDGE CENTROID SQUARELY OVER THE STATE WITH PERSISTENT TROUGH AND MOISTURE CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY LYING FROM SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN COLORADO SOUTH AND WEST TO THE BOOT HEEL. THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE JUST ABOUT STATEWIDE TODAY...WITH PRECIPITABLE WATERS CONTINUING SLOW UPWARD TREND. PWAT EXCEEDING AN INCH GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM RATON TO ROSWELL...WITH 0.8 TO 1 INCH VALUES CENTRAL AND WEST. ADDED CLOUD COVER WILL HELP TO TAKE EDGE OFF THE DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WITH MOST SPOTS 3 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE EARLY JULY NORMALS...AND REDUCED LIKELIHOOD ANYPLACE WILL SEE TRIPLE DIGIT MAXIMUMS TODAY. FOR MONDAY...RIDGE CENTROID STARTING SUBTLE NORTHWARD SHIFT...WITH ACTIVE WESTERN MARGIN OF THE RIDGE STARTING TO RETREAT EASTWARD...ALLOWING FIRST SIGNS OF A MOISTURE PLUME TO WORK OUT OF SONORA TOWARD SOUTHERN ARIZONA BY MONDAY NIGHT. A REPEAT OF SUNDAYS CONVECTIVE PERFORMANCE ON TAP...WITH STRENGTHENING THETA E RIDGE AND MAINTENANCE OF PRECIPITABLE WATER DISTRIBUTION. A FEW MORE DEGREES KNOCKED OFF THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MONDAY WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND FALLING HEIGHTS ALOFT. MOST SPOTS WILL STILL RUN UP TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE DAY. FOR TUESDAY...RIDGE CENTROID RETREATING INTO COLORADO WITH WESTERN MARGIN RETREATING TO LIE ACROSS ARIZONA...AND SURFACE LOW DEEPENING IN RESPONSE OVER NORTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. CONVECTION WILL SHOW SOME EXPANSION OVER MONDAYS PATTERN...WITH INCREASED COVERAGE OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS AND THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. HIGHEST THETA E VALUES STILL RUNNING MAINLY EAST AND SOUTH WHERE PWATS ARE ALSO PUSHING ABOVE AN INCH...WITH 0.8 TO INCH VALUES REMAINING TYPICAL NORTH AND WEST. WINDS STILL RUNNING IN FROM THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST...WITH SHIFTS TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OVER THE WESTERN END OF THE STATE PROVIDING SOME ENHANCED SURFACE BASED CONVERGENCE OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE UPPER GILA REGION...WHICH MAY SUPPORT SOME CONVECTIVE EXPANSION TO THESE AREAS AS WELL ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES LEVELING OUT...AND RUNNING UP TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMALS FOR EARLY JULY. FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY...RIDGE CENTROID WELL INTO COLORADO..WITH ACTIVE WESTERN MARGIN OF RIDGE RETREATED EASTWARD TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. PRECIPITABLE WATERS TAKE A BIG JUMP OVER SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS...AND WILL PREPARE TO KEEP AN EYE ON CATRON COUNTY AND UPPER GILA BURN SCAR AREAS...AND THOSE IN LINCOLN COUNTY...FOR SOME SOLID WETTING RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...BROAD INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS THE WEST AND CENTRAL...WITH ACTIVITY REACHING INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS BY LATE INDEPENDENCE DAY EVENING. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE TRENDS LEVELING OFF A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR EARLY JULY. OUTLOOK...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SOLIDLY CONVECTIVE EACH DAY...WITH FIRST SIGNS OF DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ON SATURDAY AS RIDGE ALOFT EXPANDS BACK TO THE WEST AND SHUNTS MOISTURE TRANSPORT WESTWARD IN TURN. MOISTURE FEED CONTINUING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT TRANSITION TO A RECYCLING OF IN PLACE MOISTURE WILL SET IN AS THE WEEKEND GETS UNDERWAY. CONTINUED VIGILANCE ON BURN SCARS WILL BE IN ORDER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. SLOW COOLING TREND WITH MORE IMPRESSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL BRING MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES DOWN TO NORMAL OR SLIGHTLY BELOW BY THE WEEKEND. DEEPENING SURFACE TROUGH FRIDAY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL SUPPORT SOME BREEZY SOUTH WINDS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ON SATURDAY AS SURFACE LOW SHIFTS TO WESTERN KANSAS AND WEAKENS. SHY .FIRE WEATHER... MAIN DIFFERENCE EXPECTED TODAY RELATIVE TO SATURDAY WILL BE THE RETURN OF MID-LEVEL MOISTURE TO NORTHWEST NM...LIKELY ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CHUSKA RANGE AND NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS. UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTER CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL NM SHIFTS SLIGHTLY NORTHWARD TO NEAR CUBA BY AFTERNOON. BEST CHANCES FOR ISOLATED WETTING RAINS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND OVER THE GILA WHERE MORE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE REMAINS. MAINLY DRY STORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHWEST WHERE NEAR SURFACE MOISTURE IS LACKING. MAIN SENSIBLE WEATHER CHANGE EXPECTED MONDAY APPEARS TO BE OVER THE SANGRES SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WHERE DRY MID LEVEL AIR IS EXPECTED TO PUNCH IN FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...POSSIBLY LIMITING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALTOGETHER IN THESE AREAS. THE MAIN FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS EXPECTED OVER THE SAN JUANS AND OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. AS THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH CENTER SHIFTS NORTHEAST TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY...GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO FILTER INTO CENTRAL AND WRN NM AS A SUB-TROPICAL EASTERLY WAVE APPROACHES THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED WET THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE WEST WITH WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A MAJOR CONCERN WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WORK WEEK FOR THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY LOWER A DEGREE OR TWO EACH DAY TODAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE EACH DAY DURING THE WEEK...ESPECIALLY WEST WEDNESDAY. NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES WILL BECOME GOOD TO EXCELLENT THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT BY MIDWEEK. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AROUND MID-WEEK...HELPING TO TRANSPORT THE DEEP GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. 33 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 524 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 NMZ501>540-021200- 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- 524 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 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... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SOME LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS. STORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WELL INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING EACH DAY MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SOME DOWNPOURS...WITH STORMS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. WITH INCREASED MOISTURE FROM INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SOME DOWNPOURS MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BURN SCAR AREAS OF CATRON...SOCORRO...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHY
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 194 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Dime to penny size hail accumulated to a depth of 1 inch 3.6 miles east southeast of Black Lake.
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