An upper level trough approached New Mexico and spun off a weak disturbance that moved northward up the Rio Grande Valley. This disturbance brought ample moisture which fueled showers over much of western New Mexico.
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An upper level trough approached New Mexico and spun off a weak disturbance that moved northward up the Rio Grande Valley. This disturbance brought ample moisture which fueled showers over much of western New Mexico. As the day progressed, the shower activity shifted and expanded eastward. Daytime heating and increased instability triggered some embedded thunderstorms in this activity. One of these storms across eastern New Mexico produced a 58 mph wind gust.
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 Aug 22, 2:36 PM MST, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 336 PM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A RATHER WET DAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TO BE REPLACED BY A DRYING AND WARMING TREND GOING INTO THE WEEKEND. BY SUNDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS AND EVEN A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OVER THE WEEKEND DUE TO A LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. MOISTURE WILL RETURN FROM THE SOUTH LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND RESULT IN AN UPTICK IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GOING INTO TUESDAY. ANOTHER WARMING AND DRYING TREND IS FORECAST TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND WESTERN ARIZONA MOVES EAST OVER NEW MEXICO. && .DISCUSSION... PWATS WERE ABOVE NORMAL (115-140%) AS OF THE 12Z UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS...IN CONTRAST TO YESTERDAY EVENING'S 00Z SOUNDINGS WHICH GENERALLY INDICATED BELOW NORMAL PWATS. STRONG MOISTURE ADVECTION AND THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER AZ (WHICH WAS A CLOSED LOW AS OF 12Z) RESULTED IN A LARGE AREA OF RAIN THAT MOVED UP THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING. THIS AREA HAS MOSTLY BROKEN-UP...WITH LIMITED SURFACE HEATING GIVING WAY TO A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE UPTREND. 12Z MODELS (INCLUDING OUR LOCAL WRF) INDICATE A FAIRLY NORMAL DIURNAL DOWNTREND IN CONVECTION TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE MORE PROLONGED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE CURRENTLY IN THE 90S AND STRONGER MOISTURE CONVERGENCE WILL BE PRESENT. THE FORECAST TREND FROM TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WILL BE A DRYING/WARMING ONE. DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL OVERTAKE MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH PROGRESSES EASTWARD. BOTH THE 12Z GFS AND NAM SHOW A SIGNIFICANT DROP-OFF IN PWATS THROUGH MID DAY SATURDAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO NOTICEABLE DOWNTREND IN CONVECTION SATURDAY COMPARED TO TODAY. BELOW NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WON'T HELP THAT SITUATION FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS SATURDAY. HIGHS LOOK TO BE BACK NEAR NORMAL SUNDAY...EVEN 5 OR SO DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL EASTERN PLAINS. BY LATE SUNDAY...THE UPPER HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER ARKANSAS WITH TROUGHING OVER THE NORTHERN U.S. PLAINS BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES INTO THE PACIFIC NW. THIS SYNOPTIC PATTERN WILL ALLOW FOR THE NORTHWARD TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE INTO OUR AREA LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS A TROUGH DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. THE RESULT WILL BE AN UPTICK IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AT THE SAME TIME... TROPICAL STORM MARIE IN THE FAR EASTERN PACIFIC IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE AND MOVE NORTHWEST ON THE HEELS OF TROPICAL STORM LOWELL. THIS IS WORTH MENTIONING BECAUSE SOME OF THE MOISTURE THAT WORKED INTO NEW MEXICO TODAY WAS ASSOCIATED WITH LOWELL AND THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL TO TAP MARIE GOING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THAT SAID...THE SETUP DOESN'T APPEAR AS FAVORABLE GIVEN A MODEL CONSENSUS FORECAST OF MID AND UPPER LEVEL STREAMLINES. THE ECMWF IS THE MORE RAIN-FAVORABLE MODEL GOING INTO WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH A SLOWER...DEEPER TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. BOTH THE 12Z GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE ANOTHER DRYING/WARMING TREND TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER HIGH TRANSITIONS EAST AND BUILDS OVER NEW MEXICO. 11 && .FIRE WEATHER... NORTHWARD MONSOONAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL ENHANCE WETTING SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR WEST TO EAST AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BREEZY WINDS NEAR 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHEAST BECAUSE OF LEE SIDE TROUGHING. WINDS WILL LOWER TONIGHT. DURING THE WEEKEND...DRIER AIR MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL LIMIT WETTING RAIN POTENTIAL TO EXTREME SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM GRADUALLY BUT STILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE WEST...NEAR NORMAL IN THE EAST. WINDS WILL ALSO BE MODERATELY BREEZY EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A LOWERING TREND ON SUNDAY. NOT NEARLY AS STRONG OF A WIND FLOW COMPARED TO THE PAST FEW DAYS ACROSS THE EAST. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...MODELS WANT TO BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH...COMBINED A PARENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO OUR NORTH. THIS PATTERN COULD PRODUCE SOME AFTERNOON/EVENING WETTING STORMS FAVORING THE SOUTH AND EAST. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN HOW MUCH MOISTURE CAN MAKE IT NORTHWARD OVER THE FORECAST AREA. SOME OF THE MODELS ARE MORE BULLISH THAN OTHERS. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS ALSO IN THE CARDS FOR THE MID WEEK PERIOD. THAT FEATURE WOULD RAISE HUMIDITY VALUES AND INCREASE PRECIPITATION POTENTIAL ACROSS THE EAST. THE LACK OF MODEL RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY KEEPS THE NEXT WEEK PERIOD IN A LOW TO MODERATE CONFIDENCE LEVEL. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE TRENDS. 32/50 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE MONSOONAL MOISTURE PLUME AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE A GOOD PORTION OF THE FORECAST CYCLE. INITIALLY IMPACTING WESTERN/CENTRAL TERMINAL SITES BUT QUICKLY TRANSITIONING EASTWARD DURING THE DAY. MVFR CIGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAIN BAND OF MOISTURE WILL BE POSSIBLE AND PRIMARILY IMPACT AEG/ABQ AND SAF. A ROUND OF SCATTERED TS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW AND COULD IMPACT GUP/FMN THUS REDUCING CIGS TO NEAR MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A SHORTER DURATION. TS WITH REDUCED CIGS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AT TCC/ROW AS THE ATMOSPHERE DESTABILIZES LATER IN THE AFTERNOON/EVENING. AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS AND SKIES CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST SOME LOWER CIG FORMATION WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT. MODELS ARE MOST BULLISH ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS SUCH AS IMPACTS TO AEG/ABQ/SAF. WE DIDNT INDICATE THIS IN THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT TREND. 32/50 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 56 83 57 87 / 20 5 0 5 DULCE........................... 46 76 49 82 / 30 20 10 10 CUBA............................ 50 79 51 83 / 30 20 5 10 GALLUP.......................... 50 79 51 82 / 20 5 0 10 EL MORRO........................ 48 75 50 78 / 20 10 0 10 GRANTS.......................... 51 78 53 81 / 20 10 5 10 QUEMADO......................... 52 79 52 82 / 20 10 5 10 GLENWOOD........................ 53 83 53 86 / 20 10 5 10 CHAMA........................... 44 74 45 78 / 50 20 10 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 52 77 55 81 / 40 10 5 10 PECOS........................... 51 76 53 79 / 50 10 5 10 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 48 76 49 79 / 60 20 10 20 RED RIVER....................... 43 70 44 70 / 60 20 20 20 ANGEL FIRE...................... 41 73 42 74 / 60 20 10 20 TAOS............................ 44 78 46 81 / 50 10 10 10 MORA............................ 49 75 50 77 / 60 10 5 20 ESPANOLA........................ 52 81 52 84 / 20 10 5 10 SANTA FE........................ 53 78 55 82 / 50 10 5 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 52 81 53 84 / 40 10 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 59 83 62 85 / 40 10 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 60 84 63 87 / 40 10 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 58 85 61 89 / 30 10 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 60 85 63 88 / 30 10 5 10 LOS LUNAS....................... 58 85 61 89 / 30 10 5 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 59 85 62 87 / 30 10 5 10 SOCORRO......................... 60 86 62 90 / 40 10 5 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 54 78 57 83 / 50 10 5 10 TIJERAS......................... 55 80 58 84 / 50 10 5 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 79 52 85 / 50 10 5 10 CLINES CORNERS.................. 54 78 56 83 / 50 20 5 10 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 56 80 57 82 / 60 10 5 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 59 82 58 84 / 60 10 5 10 RUIDOSO......................... 54 78 53 79 / 60 20 20 20 CAPULIN......................... 53 83 54 83 / 40 10 5 10 RATON........................... 52 84 52 85 / 40 10 5 10 SPRINGER........................ 53 85 54 86 / 40 10 5 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 52 80 52 83 / 40 10 5 10 CLAYTON......................... 62 90 62 90 / 40 10 5 5 ROY............................. 59 85 59 87 / 40 10 5 5 CONCHAS......................... 64 89 64 92 / 40 10 5 5 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 90 63 91 / 40 10 5 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 66 94 64 95 / 40 10 0 5 CLOVIS.......................... 64 89 62 90 / 40 20 10 20 PORTALES........................ 65 90 63 91 / 40 20 10 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 64 89 64 91 / 40 10 5 10 ROSWELL......................... 67 92 66 93 / 40 10 10 10 PICACHO......................... 61 86 59 86 / 50 10 10 20 ELK............................. 58 82 56 83 / 60 20 20 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 553 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 NMZ501>540-231200- 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- 553 AM MDT FRI AUG 22 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO INTO TONIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THE RAIN WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. THESE SMALL POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR ANYWHERE TODAY...THEN BE FOCUSED ACROSS THE EAST EARLY TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. SPOTTERS CAN ALSO SUBMIT PHOTOS AND REPORTS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N M W X. 40
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A gust to 58mph was recorded at the Clovis AWOS.
The ASOS at Cannon Air Force Base recorded a thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, August 2014
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: 534700, 534701.