Dry and windy westerly flow developed across the Middle Rio Grande Valley ahead of an approaching cold front. m.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Dry and windy westerly flow developed across the Middle Rio Grande Valley ahead of an approaching cold front. The 11-acre fire dubbed the Lucky 7 Fire began about 2:40 p.m. off Gabaldon Road in Los Chavez west of the Rio Grande. It burned a shed and threatened several homes as it spread driven by gusty winds. By late evening the fire was considered 50 percent contained with little activity on the perimeter although hot spots fanned by the wind continued to smolder in the interior. Valencia County firefighters supported by State Forestry and U.S. Fish and Wildlife crews fought the fire.
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 Jan 4, 11:00 AM MST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1100 AM MST SAT JAN 4 2014 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE BREEZY TO OCCASIONALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY KEEP A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION IN THE CENTRAL TO WESTERN ZONES OF THE STATE WHILE THE EAST CENTRAL TO NORTHEASTERN PLAINS EXPERIENCE NORTH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS DUE TO A COLD FRONT. VFR CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN INTACT FOR AREAS OUTSIDE OF THE FRONT...BUT SOME LOW CLOUDS AND EVENTUALLY SOME SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...NAMELY NORTH AND EAST OF A CLOVIS TO SANTA ROSA TO CHAMA LINE. SOME MVFR TO LOCALLY IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED IN LOW CLOUDS AND SNOW WITH LOWEST CIGS AND VISIBILITIES NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER BETWEEN RTN AND CAO. CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL BREAK UP SOME TOWARD DAYBREAK SUNDAY. 52 && .PREV DISCUSSION...329 AM MST SAT JAN 4 2014... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SLIDING SOUTHEASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL CLIP NORTHEAST NM WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. ONE TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM RATON PASS TO CLAYTON...AND ALSO IN THE NORTHERN SANGRES. THIS AMOUNT IS SUB-ADVISORY FOR MOUNTAIN ZONES LIKE RATON PASS. HOWEVER...WE WILL ISSUE A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR UNION COUNTY. A COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE SOUTHWARD INTO THE STATE TODAY...AND RESULTANT DOWNSLOPE FLOW SHOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF SNOW THE TOWN OF RATON GETS TO ABOUT 1 INCH. SO...WE HAVE DECIDED TO LEAVE THE RATON ZONE OUT OF THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NOW. OTHERWISE...WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY TODAY FROM AROUND FARMINGTON TO AROUND CLINES CORNERS AND RUIDOSO. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL 15 TO 30 DEGREES FROM YESTERDAYS READINGS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND FROM A FEW TO 10 DEGREES ACROSS REMAINING NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS. SOUTHEAST AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE UP TO 11 DEGREES OF WARMING...BECAUSE THE COLD FRONT WONT ARRIVE THERE UNTIL AROUND SUNSET. A SECOND BUT WEAKER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CLIP NE NM SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE COOLING TREND WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES FALL ANOTHER 5 TO 23 DEGREES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. HOWEVER...MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SHUNT THE COLDEST AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA. SO...MONDAY SHOULD BRING WARMING TEMPERATURES IN MOST LOCATIONS AS FLOW BEGINS TO SHIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LEE TROUGH LATE IN THE DAY. THE SECOND UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED BACK DOOR COLD FRONT COULD TRIGGER MORE LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST AREAS SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. DURING THE COMING WORK WEEK...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WEST COAST WILL BREAK DOWN AS A COUPLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS DIVE SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD NM. THE FIRST SHOULD SHOULD WEAKEN IN ROUTE BEFORE CROSSING NORTHERN NM AS A WEAK PERTURBATION WEDNESDAY. IT MAY TRIGGER A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND NW PLATEAU WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS PROGGED BY THE MODELS TO STRENGTHEN JUST BEFORE IT REACHES WESTERN OR NORTHERN NM. LACKING MUCH MODEL AGREEMENT ON THE TRACK...TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM...WE HAVE A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE PLACEMENT OF HIGHER POPS DURING THE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT PERIOD. AFTER WARMING TEMPERATURES MONDAY AND TUESDAY...READINGS SHOULD FALL EACH DAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 44 .FIRE WEATHER... A TREND TO COLDER AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BEGINNING TODAY OVER THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE TONIGHT FOR THE NE PLAINS WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL IMPACT THE AREA. RECOVERIES THIS MORNING ARE POOR ACROSS THE NE PLAINS WHERE WEST WINDS ARE STILL IN THE BREEZY CATEGORY...SO A COUPLE MORE HOURS OF NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY ACROSS HARDING AND UNION COUNTIES. A COLDER AIRMASS AND HIGHER MOISTURE WILL THEN MOVE IN ON NORTH WINDS WHILE UPPER DYNAMICS FORCE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY FROM RATON PASS EAST TO CAPULIN AND CLAYTON. A WINTER WX ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT. MEANWHILE A POTENT MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL MOVE THRU WESTERN AND SOUTHERN NM TONIGHT THEN PERSIST INTO TUESDAY. RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL BE POOR FOR THE SW HIGH TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...WHICH WILL LEAD TO MIN RH VALUES BTWN 10 AND 15 PCT FOR SUNDAY. GUSTY NW FLOW WILL CREATE A COUPLE HOURS OF NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA HOWEVER WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FIRE HIGHLIGHTS AT THIS TIME. NOT MUCH WILL CHANGE INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH POOR RECOVERIES IN THE SAME AREA. MIN RH VALUES WILL NOT TREND MUCH HIGHER INTO MONDAY HOWEVER WINDS WILL TAPER OFF AS STRONGER NW FLOW MOVES WELL EAST INTO THE PLAINS STATES. THE FOCUS FOR VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT RECOVERIES WILL REMAIN OVER THE NE PLAINS AND NORTHERN MTS. UPPER FLOW WILL BECOME MORE ZONAL TUESDAY ALLOWING FOR A STRONGER LEE TROUGH AND GUSTY WEST WINDS FOR THE EAST. VERY DRY AIR STILL IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WILL CREATE ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR CRITICAL CONDITIONS ALONG THE I-40 CORRIDOR EAST OF MORIARTY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MODEL AGREEMENT BEYOND TUESDAY IS POOR FROM RUN TO RUN...HOWEVER IT DOES APPEAR THE POTENTIAL IS INCREASING FOR AT LEAST HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES ON RELATIVELY MOIST WESTERLY FLOW. AN UPPER LOW THEN ATTEMPTS TO CARVE OUT OVER NEW MEXICO AROUND FRIDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE FOR THE HIGH TERRAIN. GUYER && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM MST SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ530. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 532 AM MST SAT JAN 4 2014 NMZ501>540-051300- 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- 532 AM MST SAT JAN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM THE NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD IMPACT RATON PASS AND UNION COUNTY. PLEASE REVIEW THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILS. OTHERWISE...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE BREEZY TO WINDY TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA. GUSTS COULD APPROACH 50 MPH AT TIMES AROUND CLINES CORNERS AND ALSO ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 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 SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. 44
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The 11-acre Lucky 7 Fire began about 2:40 p.m. off Gabaldon Road in Los Chavez west of the Rio Grande. It burned a shed and threatened several homes as it spread driven by gusty winds.
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