An area of virga showers and dry thunderstorms over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains produced strong winds at the Taos Municipal Airport. A peak wind gust of 78mph was recorded.
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An area of virga showers and dry thunderstorms over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains produced strong winds at the Taos Municipal Airport. A peak wind gust of 78mph was recorded. No reports of damage were received however one large plane was spun around.
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 13, 11:09 AM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1209 PM MDT THU JUN 13 2013 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE MAINLY ISOLD TS TODAY WILL TRACK TO THE N OR NE. THIS WILL MAKE KSAF FAVORED FOR TS ON STATION. DRIER AIR W OF THE CONTDVD WILL SPACE STORMS MORE SPARSELY WITH LOWER PROBABILITIES OF TS AT KGUP AND KFMN. A MIX OF WET AND DRY MICROBURSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN TODAY...WITH PREDOMINANTLY DRY MICROBURSTS FARTHER W. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 KT NEAR STORMS...AND BLOWING DUST COULD DROP VISIBILITY LOCALLY BELOW A MILE FOR BRIEF PERIODS. MOST TS WILL BE FINISHED BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. RISING HUMIDITIES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...AND AN EASTERLY WAVE TRAVELING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE...WILL CAUSE TS TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD FRIDAY WITH SCT TO ISOLD CELLS FAVORING LOCATIONS E OF THE CONTDVD DURING THE AFTN AND EVENING. 44 && .PREV DISCUSSION...337 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2013... CURRENTLY...LAST OF THE LINGERING CONVECTION EXITING NORTHWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO...WITH A FEW SPARKS CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHEAST END OF THE STATE. ALL ARE IN ROUGH CIRCULATION ABOUT RIDGE CORE SITTING OVER NORTH TEXAS AND WESTERN OKLAHOMA. SURFACE CHARTS SHOWING BROAD MISSHAPEN THERMAL LOW DRAPED ALONG THE MEXICO BORDER...WITH WEAK CIRCULATION CENTER OVER NORTHERN CHIHUAHUA SOUTH OF EL PASO...AND WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING NORTH AND EAST TOWARD CLOVIS AND ACROSS THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES INTO WESTERN KANSAS. UPSTREAM...CLOSED LOW ANCHORED OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST CIRCULATING SHORTWAVE AGAINST THE CALIFORNIA COAST...AND THIS FEATURE WILL PROVIDE A CONVECTIVE UP TICK FOR NEW MEXICO FOR THE LAST OF THE WORK WEEK. MODELS...IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN A WEAKLY FORCED PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THE FOLLOWING WORK WEEK. PLAUSIBLE AND ACCEPTED CONSENSUS SHIFTS RIDGE CORE OUT OF NORTH TEXAS AND INTO EASTERN OKLAHOMA TODAY...AND ON INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA BY FRIDAY. ACTION WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR WEST COAST TROUGH TO SLIDE EASTWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS BY LATE TONIGHT...AND THIS WILL ENERGIZE COMPANION CLOSED LOW SITTING OVER THE WEST TEXAS BIG BEND COUNTRY HEADING INTO FRIDAY. THESE FEATURES WILL ALL MAKE SLOW DRIFT NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO TO END THE WORK WEEK. SLOW RIDGE BUILDING NORTHWARD OVER NEW MEXICO FOR THE WEEKEND...AND THE RIDGE AXIS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD INTO TEXAS ON TUESDAY. UPSTREAM...NEXT PACIFIC CLOSED LOW WILL WIND UP OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND WEST TO SOUTHWEST CIRCULATION WILL START WORKING INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. RIDGE CORE BUILDING OVER THE HEART OF TEXAS BY LATE WEDNESDAY AS WEST COAST TROUGH SLIDES EASTWARD WILL STRENGTHEN SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT OVER NEW MEXICO AS THE WORK WEEK WINDS UP. PEEKING INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND...TROUGH LIFTING OUT WILL EASE FLOW ALOFT OVER THE STATE...AS RIDGE CORE BUILDS OVER EAST TEXAS AND EXPANDS WESTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO TO THE TROPICAL EAST PACIFIC. FOR TODAY...RIDGE CORE STARTING SLOW EASTWARD DRIFT OUT OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE AND INTO CENTRAL OKLAHOMA AND ON TO POINTS EAST BY LATE TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST FLOW IN CIRCULATION ABOUT WEST COAST TROUGH WILL START TO IMPINGE ON WESTERN NEW MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON...AS LOW LEVEL WINDS BACK TO SOUTHEASTERLY IN RESPONSE TO DEEPENING SURFACE LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST BOOT HEEL COUNTRY. UP SLOPE FLOW AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WILL BE GOOD FOR SOME SUMMIT AND UPPER SLOPE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. MOST WILL STILL RUN DRY...BUT PRECIPITABLE WATERS SHOWING SOME INCREASES...AND SHOULD TOP A HALF INCH STATEWIDE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SPOTS SOUTH AND EAST WILL PUSH TOWARD 0.75 INCHES BY THIS EVENING AS SOUTHEAST LOW LEVEL FLOW TAPS HIGHER MOISTURE OVER TEXAS AND MOVES IT INTO NEW MEXICO. ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER WILL HELP TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF THE EDGE OFF THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY...WITH MOST SPOTS REMAINING BELOW THE CENTURY MARK ALTHOUGH NOT BY MUCH. NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE CARDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST...THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND HIGH COUNTRY NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER. GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL MEET UP WITH LOW HUMIDITIES TO PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON...WITH HUMIDITIES RECOVERING INTO THE EVENING AS WIND SPEEDS CALM DOWN. FOR FRIDAY...MOISTURE PLUME WORKING NORTH AND WEST WITH ACCOMPANYING TEXAS BIG BEND SHORTWAVE INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE DAY...PUSHING PRECIPITABLE WATERS UP OVER AN INCH FOR THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE STATE...AND NEAR 0.75 INCH OVER THE NORTHWEST. WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY...INITIATING STORMS ONCE AGAIN OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT TO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND MORE BROADLY OVER THE FORECAST AREA GENERALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. WITH MORE MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...BEST CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINS WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND OVER LINCOLN AND SOUTHERN CHAVES COUNTIES CLOSER TO THE MOISTURE SOURCE. WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL FLOW...STORMS WILL GENERALLY BE OROGRAPHICALLY FORCED...AND NOT MUCH KINEMATICS IN PLAY TO GET STORMS TO GROW TALL AND BECOME STRONG ON ANY MORE THAN A LOCALIZED BASIS. LIFTED INDICES WILL DEPRESS TO 4 BELOW C...WITH BEST MU CAPE SETTING UP OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE AND RUNNING ABOUT 1400 J PER KG TO PROVIDE SOME AFTERNOON BUOYANCY. FALLING HEIGHTS...CLOUD COVER...AND SOME COOLER AIR MOVING IN OVER THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL BRING DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL TO END THE RECENT ROUND OF RECORD HIGHS. FOR SATURDAY...RIDGE BUILDING OUT OF NORTHERN MEXICO WILL PUT NEW MEXICO INTO A RECYCLE MODE WITH ANY MOISTURE LEFT OVER FROM FRIDAY...AND DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES WITHIN A HANDFUL OF DEGREES OF MID JUNE NORMALS. BEST RECYCLE CHANCES WILL BE MOSTLY CENTRAL AND EAST...WITH BEST WETTING RAIN CHANCES OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTO SUMMITS...AND OVER THE SACRAMENTOS AND GUADALUPES OF LINCOLN COUNTY. MUCH DRIER STORMS ELSEWHERE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST. FOR SUNDAY...RIDGE DRIFTING SLOWLY EASTWARD...WITH MIDDAY AXIS LYING FROM WEST TEXAS NORTHWARD TO ROUGHLY TAOS AND ON INTO COLORADO. CONVECTIVE RECYCLING CONTINUING IN A MUCH REDUCED FORM WITH SUMMITS AND SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN HIGH COUNTRY FAVORED. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES TOPPING 0.75 INCH WILL BE CONFINED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH...WITH VALUES CLOSER TO A HALF INCH SHOWING UP OVER THE CENTRAL AND WEST KEEPING ANY DEVELOPING STORMS ON THE DRY SIDE. A FEW DEGREES WARMER...WITH TEMPERATURES RUNNING 3 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE WEST...AND 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL IN THE EAST. WINDS WILL BE GENERALLY WESTERLY AND LIGHT...WITH WINDS BACKING TO SOUTHEAST NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE LOW DEEPENING OVER THE NORTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. OUTLOOK...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS A LITTLE WARMER THAN MID JUNE NORMALS THROUGH THE FIRST OF THE WORK WEEK WITH SPOTTY THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MOSTLY CENTRAL AND EAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. SURFACE LOW DEEPENING NEAR EL PASO MONDAY NIGHT WILL SHIFT EASTERN PLAINS WINDS TO EASTERLY...AND THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME UP SLOPE HELP AND DRY LINE ENHANCEMENT FOR STORM DEVELOPMENT AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY WILL REDUCE THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN SUMMITS AND SLOPES. SHY .FIRE WEATHER... SW TO NE ORIENTED HIGH PRES RIDGE ALOFT OVER NM TO WEAKEN A LITTLE AND AND SHIFT EAST INTO FRIDAY. MEANWHILE...MOISTURE INCREASING SOMEWHAT AHEAD OF AN INVERTED MID AND UPPER LVL TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE WEST HALF OF NM TODAY. BUT SADLY MORE OF THESE SHOULD BE DRY RATHER THAN WET. ANY ACTIVITY IN VCNTY OF CENTRAL MT CHAIN SHOULD BE MORE WET THAN DRY. OVERALL EFFECT OF THIS WILL BE SOME INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...MAINLY HIGHER TERRAIN. THE DISTURBANCE TO OUR SOUTH CURRENTLY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT NORTHWARD INITIALLY BEFORE FOLLOWING A MORE NELY PATH BY END OF WEEK. ADDITIONAL MOISTURE INJECTED INTO THE STATE BY FRI SHOULD ENSURE MORE WET THAN DRY STORMS AS THE MAX CONVECTION AXIS SHIFTS CLOSER TO THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. ESPECIALLY BY FRI THIS MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED INCREASE IN CLOUDS WILL FORCE AFTN TEMPS TO BACK OFF SEVERAL DEGREES MOST AREAS...THOUGH WEST OF THE DIVIDE THE TEMP REDUCTION WILL BE MORE MODEST. OTHER ISSUE OF SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TODAY WILL BE INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS ROUGHLY THE NORTHEAST QUARTER. DEW POINTS WILL INCREASE A BIT HERE TOO...BUT WITH THE HOT AFTN TEMPS...STILL EXPECTING SOME SPOTS DROPPING TO BETWEEN 13 AND 15 PERCENT MIN RH. THE DURATION AND AREAL COVERAGE OF RED FLAG CONDITIONS APPEARS MARGINAL TO CONTINUE THE WARNING...BUT AT THE VERY LEAST CONDITIONS WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH FOR 2 TO 4 HOURS THAT IT WAS FELT CONTINUANCE OF THE WARNING WOULD BE THE WISEST MOVE. HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER MOST OF EAST THREE QUARTERS OF NM THAN PAST TWO NIGHTS BUT STILL FAIR TO POOR FOR FAR WEST CENTRAL AND NW AREAS...WEST OF DIVIDE. FOR MAJORITY OF THE NEXT 8 PERIODS DEW POINTS WERE NUDGED UPWARD CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS. FRI AFTN AND EVE SHOULD BE OVERALL THE MOST THUNDERSTORM ACTIVE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE UPPER HIGH WILL RESTRENGTHEN OVER THE AREA AND THE AIR MASS DRIER AS THE WEEKEND PROGRESSES. THIS SHOULD ALLOW WARMER THAN AVERAGE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO RETURN ALONG WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND WEST. 43 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ104. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 517 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2013 NMZ501>540-141200- 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- 517 AM MDT THU JUN 13 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM MDT FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL...AND LOCAL DOWNPOURS. EXPECT GREATEST THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER THE SUMMITS AND EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 9 1 1 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS. SHY
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 179 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong wind spun a 9000 pound Aero Commander 690 twin engine turbo prop about 120 degrees. Aircraft undamaged.
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