Slightly below average precipitation was reported across Southern New Mexico during the month of December. There was no change from November in regards to drought conditions across the region.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
Slightly below average precipitation was reported across Southern New Mexico during the month of December. There was no change from November in regards to drought conditions across the region.
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 30, 1:45 PM MST, 10 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 145 PM MST SAT NOV 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY...BUT A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION STARTING WEDNESDAY INTO NEXT WEEK WHICH WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN SNOW AND VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING ABOUT 20 DEGREES BY FRIDAY. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ALSO EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE PART OF THE WEEK. && .DISCUSSION... MODELS COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH HANDLING OF SYSTEMS TO AFFECT OUR REGION OVER THE COMING WEEK. CURRENTLY STEADY STREAM OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION OUT OF BAJA REGION IN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THICKER DECK OF CLOUDS TONIGHT SHOULD KEEP LOW TEMPERATURES ABOUT 5 DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT. A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE CROSSING THE ROCKIES SUNDAY WHICH WILL TRANSITION OUR AREA INTO A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND PUSH THE CLOUDS SOUTH BY LATE SUNDAY AND CONTINUING INTO LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT HIGH TEMPERATURES THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO WARM INTO THE MID 60S TO LOWER 70S WITH INCREASING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...ESPECIALLY WED. A STRONG 105+KT JET STREAK WILL BE DIVING SOUTH OFF THE WEST COAST EARLY IN THE WEEK WHICH WILL PUT A TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN BY MIDDAY WED. THIS TROUGH WILL START TO TAP SOME DEEPER MOISTURE FROM DISSIPATING UPPER LOW OFF THE BAJA COAST AND BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TO THE REGION STARTING LATE WED AND INTO THU. MODELS NOW AGREE THAT BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE THURSDAY WITH GENERALLY LOWLAND RAIN...BUT WILL SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT COOLING ALOFT WHICH WILL BRING SNOW LEVELS DOWN TO THE 5000 FOOT RANGE ACROSS THE GILA THU AND 6000-7000 FEET FOR THE SACS AND MOUNTAINS OF FAR SOUTHERN NM. QPF AMOUNTS LOOK LIGHT...SO ANY ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE. LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA BY 00Z FRI...BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING ABOUT 10 DEGREES OVER THE LOWLANDS WITH ANOTHER 10 DEGREES OF COOLING FOR FRI AS COLD AIR CONTINUES WITH BROAD UPPER TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN TWO- THIRDS OF THE COUNTRY. GOING INTO SAT...MODELS HAVE NOT SHOWN CONSISTENCY WITH HANDLING OF NEXT PIECE OF ENERGY. GFS BRINGS ANOTHER TROUGH THROUGH AND SOME FAIRLY COLD AIR INTO THE EASTERN CWA WHILE THE ECMWF HAS CHANGED ITS TUNE AND HAS NEXT TROUGH STILL UP IN PACIFIC NW AND SLOWLY DIGGING TROUGH INTO THE ROCKIES FOR THE DAY 8-10 TIME FRAME. FOR NOW KEPT TEMPERATURES WELL BELOW NORMAL AND POTENTIAL FOR VERY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES SAT MORNING IF SKIES CLEAR OUT. && .AVIATION...VALID 01/00Z-02/00Z. VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD. NARROW BAND HI/MID CLDS WL CONT TO STRM NE ACRS RGN THRU MIDDAY SUN. XPCT MNLY FEW-SCT150 SCT-BKN250 W MID CLDS DCRG AFT 01/18Z. XPCT LGT WNDS THRU PD. VSBYS GNRLY GT 10 MI BUT ISOLD PTCHS LT 6 MI IN SMOG AND HZ VCNTY KELP 01/09Z- 01/15Z. && .FIRE WEATHER... DRY AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY UNDER A WEST THEN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL RUN 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. VENTILATION WILL REMAIN POOR OVER MOST OF THE LOWLANDS THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS EXCEPT FOR THE TX FIRE ZONES WHICH WILL IMPROVE TO FAIR-GOOD FOR A FEW HOURS DURING MID-AFTERNOON. SIMILARLY...THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL IMPROVE TO FAIR TO VERY GOOD FOR A FEW HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON. MIN HUMIDITIES WILL BE MOSTLY IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE WITH GOOD RECOVERY INTO THE 50 TO 75 PERCENT RANGE AT NIGHT. TERRAIN DRIVEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY. VERY LOW TO LOW HAINES INDICIES ARE EXPECTED. UPPER LOWS OVER THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND EASTERN PACIFIC WILL COMBINE AND MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH WINDY WEATHER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT MAY CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET. HOWEVER...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LIGHT SO LITTLE SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MUCH COLDER WEATHER APPEARS LIKELY FOR FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... EL PASO 46 69 36 69 40 / 0 0 0 0 0 SIERRA BLANCA 42 70 30 69 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAS CRUCES 40 67 31 68 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 ALAMOGORDO 37 66 30 67 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLOUDCROFT 31 53 33 52 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES 39 64 32 64 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 SILVER CITY 43 62 32 63 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 DEMING 37 68 30 68 31 / 0 0 0 0 0 LORDSBURG 40 67 29 69 33 / 0 0 0 0 0 WEST EL PASO METRO 44 66 34 69 38 / 0 0 0 0 0 DELL CITY 39 70 31 69 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 FORT HANCOCK 40 73 31 70 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 LOMA LINDA 43 65 35 64 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 FABENS 41 70 32 70 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 SANTA TERESA 41 68 31 68 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 WHITE SANDS HQ 43 67 31 66 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 JORNADA RANGE 30 66 20 67 24 / 0 0 0 0 0 HATCH 39 63 25 65 29 / 0 0 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 42 69 32 69 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 OROGRANDE 41 67 35 68 39 / 0 0 0 0 0 MAYHILL 34 61 35 61 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 MESCALERO 33 61 33 61 35 / 0 0 0 0 0 TIMBERON 34 59 32 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 WINSTON 34 59 26 59 30 / 0 0 0 0 0 HILLSBORO 41 64 33 63 37 / 0 0 0 0 0 SPACEPORT 41 66 32 67 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 LAKE ROBERTS 37 63 28 61 32 / 0 0 0 0 0 HURLEY 40 64 29 64 33 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLIFF 30 65 19 64 23 / 0 0 0 0 0 MULE CREEK 29 64 19 64 23 / 0 0 0 0 0 FAYWOOD 41 66 32 63 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANIMAS 42 66 30 67 34 / 0 0 0 0 0 HACHITA 36 67 27 67 31 / 0 0 0 0 0 ANTELOPE WELLS 40 69 29 71 33 / 0 0 0 0 0 CLOVERDALE 41 67 32 66 36 / 0 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NM...NONE. TX...NONE. && 26/02
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX/SANTA TERESA NM 629 AM MST SAT NOV 30 2013 NMZ401>417-TXZ418>424-011315- UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN GILA HIGHLANDS/BLACK RANGE- SOUTHERN GILA FOOTHILLS/MIMBRES VALLEY- SOUTHWEST DESERT/LOWER GILA RIVER VALLEY-LOWLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL- UPLANDS OF THE BOOTHEEL-SOUTHWEST DESERT/MIMBRES BASIN- EASTERN BLACK RANGE FOOTHILLS-SIERRA COUNTY LAKES- NORTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY-SOUTHERN DONA ANA COUNTY/MESILLA VALLEY- CENTRAL TULAROSA BASIN-SOUTHERN TULAROSA BASIN- WEST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET- SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 7500 FEET-OTERO MESA- WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY-EASTERN/CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY- NORTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS/HUECO MOUNTAINS-SALT BASIN- SOUTHERN HUDSPETH HIGHLANDS- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN EL PASO/WESTERN HUDSPETH COUNTIES- RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF EASTERN HUDSPETH COUNTY- 629 AM MST SAT NOV 30 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NM AND TX. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BREEZY TO WINDY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH INCOMING PACIFIC COLD FRONT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SECONDARY ARCTIC COLD FRONT MOVES IN THURSDAY TO SWITCH RAIN SHOWERS TO SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE MOUNTAINS AS SNOW LEVEL FALLS TO AROUND 6000 FT. AT THIS TIME NO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH THESE SYSTEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HEFNER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe(D2) drought continued through the month. The Redrock Cooperative Observer reported 0.82 inches of precipitation which was 0.20 inches below normal.
The far northern sections of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought through the month of December. The remainder of the zone was in Moderate(D1) drought. The Cooperative Observer in Animas reported 0.60 inches of precipitation which was 0.29 inches below normal.
The northeast section of the zone was in Severe(D2) drought through the month of December. The remainder of the zone was in Moderate(D1) drought. The White Sands National Monument Cooperative Observer reported 0.53 inches of precipitation which was 0.12 inches below normal.
The northern half of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought while the south was in Moderate(D1) drought. The Mountain Park Cooperative Observer reported 1.65 inches of precipitation which was 0.35 inches above normal.
Severe(D2) drought continued across the northern half of the area while Moderate(D1) drought remained across the south. The Cloudcroft Cooperative Observer reported 2.05 inches of precipitation which was 0.17 inches below normal.
Severe(D2) drought remained across the northern half of the zone while Moderate(D1) drought continued for the southern half.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, December 2013
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 488986, 488987, 488988, 488989, 488990, 488991.