A seven month old boy was in critical condition after being left inside a hot car for more than two hours during the afternoon of Monday, June 10th. Temperatures around the city at the time of the incident were in the upper 90s to low 100s.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
A seven month old boy was in critical condition after being left inside a hot car for more than two hours during the afternoon of Monday, June 10th. Temperatures around the city at the time of the incident were in the upper 90s to low 100s. The ASOS at the Albuquerque Sunport recorded a maximum temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit, which tied the record maximum temperature for the date last observed in 1981.
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 10, 11:00 AM MST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1200 PM MDT MON JUN 10 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. UPPER LEVEL HIGH TO REMAIN CENTERED OVER NM TODAY...BUT MAY SLIP SLIGHTLY TO JUST S OR E OF THE FCST AREA BY LATE TONIGHT OR TUE. BREEZY CONDITIONS ERN PLAINS THIS PM AND EVENING WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO JUST OVER 30 KT. -SHRA/-TSRA ACTIVITY OVER THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN AND PERHAPS THE NW MTS TO BE A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUSTHIS AFTN COMPARED TO SUNDAY...BUT STILL PRETTY WIDELY SPACED APART. WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 KT IN OR NEAR ANY STORM...THOUGH NOT MUCH RAIN WITH MAJORITY OF TSRA. ALL OR NEARLY ALL WILL DISSIPATE BY OR BEFORE MIDNIGHT. 43 && .PREV DISCUSSION...312 AM MDT MON JUN 10 2013... THIS IS MONSOON AWARENESS WEEK. NEW MEXICO IS TYPICALLY IMPACTED BY A VARIETY OF WEATHER HAZARDS THAT CAN OFTEN PUT THE POPULATION AT RISK FOR SERIOUS INJURY AND EVEN DEATH. WE WILL FEATURE DAILY TOPICS IN THE FORM OF GRAPHICAST TABS ON OUR HOME PAGE SO LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING THIS WEEK: FLASH FLOODS...LIGHTNING...DOWNBURST WINDS...DUST STORMS...AND HEAT STRESS. THIS WEEK WILL BE VERY MUCH ABOUT THE HEAT! NEAR RECORD TO RECORD HIGH TEMPS WILL BE THE FOCUS THRU THE WEEK. THE LATEST WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS AN INTERESTING PATTERN WITH AN EXCEPTIONALLY DRY UPPER LEVEL LOW SLIDING ONSHORE SOUTHERN CALI AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE DESERT SW. THIS 593DM H5 RIDGE WILL CENTER DIRECTLY OVER NM TODAY THEN BECOME ELONGATED OVER SOUTHERN NM INTO TUESDAY WHILE THE UPPER LOW FILLS OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. 700MB TEMPS NEAR +20C TODAY THRU THURSDAY WILL BE +2 STDEV ABOVE THE 1952-2012 CLIMATOLOGY. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO TEMPS IN THE 90S/100S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA WITH 80S FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN. DESPITE THIS STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE AREA THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MID LEVEL MOISTURE AROUND THE HIGH TERRAIN TODAY TO PRODUCE A FEW MORE DRY STORMS. THE LATEST HRRR/SSEO AND HPC PROBABILISTIC QPF SHOWS SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCES TODAY THAN SUNDAY ALBEIT ISOLATED IN NATURE. TUESDAY WILL BE MORE BREEZY AS THE UPPER GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH THE PASSING UPPER SHORTWAVE TROUGH. DEEP MIXING WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS SO EXPECT THE FIRE WATCH FOR THE NE CORNER TO BE UPGRADED. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL THEN REBUILD OVER CENTRAL NM TO 595DM. STORM CHANCES WILL BE VERY LIMITED WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE. THAT WILL HOWEVER BEGIN TO CHANGE THURSDAY AS LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS TAKE PLACE ALONG THE WEST COAST AND THE UPPER RIDGE SHIFTS EAST INTO TX. MEANWHILE A MOIST UPPER WAVE CURRENTLY TAKING SHAPE OVER SOUTH TX WILL SLOWLY TRACK WEST ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO. WHILE THURSDAY WILL STILL REMAIN HOT THE 700-500MB FLOW BECOMES INCREASINGLY SOUTHERLY AND MOIST WITH PWAT VALUES SURGING BACK TOWARD CLIMO FOR MID JUNE. THE GFS SHOWS THE EASTERLY WAVE SLIDING NORTH ACROSS CENTRAL NM FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY WHILE THE EURO SOLUTION HAS THE MOISTURE FARTHER EAST INTO WEST TX. SINCE THIS MOISTURE PLUME WILL BE EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO THE OVERALL LARGE SCALE PATTERN THE EXTENDED POPS WILL REMAIN BELOW CHANCE FOR NOW. GUYER .FIRE WEATHER... SPOTTY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST TODAY THEN MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS ON TUESDAY. WE WILL ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING THIS MORNING FOR ZONES 103 AND 104 TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAIN BUT DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE A CONCERN. THE MOSTLY DRY AND VERY WARM TO HOT WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER OR JUST EAST OF THE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS INTO THE NORTHEAST. ON TUESDAY ANY STORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WEDNESDAY SHOULD BE DRY AREA WIDE. THURSDAYS CROP OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FAVOR THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL HIGH TERRAIN. ALL THIS CONVECTION THOUGH WILL BE MOSTLY DRY WITH THE MAIN CONCERNS BEING DRY LIGHTNING AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING DUST. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER TODAY WITH SINGLE DIGITS IN THE WEST AND TEENS TO NEAR 20 IN THE EAST. THEY WILL LOWER EVEN MORE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MOSTLY SINGLE DIGIT VALUES EXCEPT 10 TO 15 IN THE EASTERN PLAINS. MIN RH VALUES WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT ON THURSDAY. NIGHTTIME RH RECOVERIES WILL BE GENERALLY FAIR TO POOR EXCEPT GOOD ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. MEANWHILE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE TODAY AND A BIT STRONGER TUESDAY AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH PASSES TO OUR NORTH AND CREATES A GOOD LEE SIDE TROUGH. A COUPLE OF HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE LIKELY IN THE NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHOULD BE SPOTTY. MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEAST TUESDAY WILL MEAN A RED FLAG WARNING FOR ZONES 103 AND 104 FROM NOON TO 8 PM. LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE HIGH HAINES VALUES WILL REMAIN EACH DAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SPOTTY SUPER HAINES IN THE WEST. VENTILATION RATES WILL BE GOOD TO EXCELLENT. MODELS INDICATING THE UPPER HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST AT THE END OF THE WEEK ALLOWING MOISTURE TO STREAM NORTH. CONFIDENCE INCREASING THAT WE COULD SEE SOME WETTING RAINS FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND MAINLY OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A LITTLE BUT REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL WHILE DAYTIME HUMIDITIES CLIMB INTO THE TEENS AND 20S EXCEPT SINGLE DIGITS REMAIN IN THE FAR NORTHWEST. CHJ && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ103-104. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MDT MON JUN 10 2013 NMZ501>540-111200- 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- 530 AM MDT MON JUN 10 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS. GUYER
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
An infant left inside a hot car for over 2 hours during the afternoon was left in critical condition due to the heat. Temperatures around the city were in the upper 90's to low 100's.
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