Southwest flow aloft over the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico created a mountain wave that crashed in and near Raton blowing yard items around as well as a resultant 58 mph gust at the airport.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Southwest flow aloft over the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in northern New Mexico created a mountain wave that crashed in and near Raton blowing yard items around as well as a resultant 58 mph gust at the airport.
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 4, 4:30 AM MST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 .AVIATION... 06Z TAF CYCLE VFR CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WIND GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 20-30KTS...ALTHOUGH HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 34KTS ARE POSSIBLE AT KLVS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED AFTERNOON VIRGA SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 50KTS WIND GUSTS AND MAY COME CLOSE TO KTCC AND KROW. 11 && .PREV DISCUSSION...303 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014... .SYNOPSIS... A STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO WITH AN ATTENDANT FLAT RIDGE EXTENDING FROM SONORA MEXICO TO LOUISIANA IS THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE IN THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERN. SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE IS DRAWING A VERY HOT AND DRY AIRMASS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...EXCEPT FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS WHERE SURFACE MOISTURE HAS MIGRATED ACROSS THE REGION ON SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS. THE CLASH OF THESE AIRMASSES HAS SETUP A NORTH TO SOUTH DRYLINE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. && .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST ISSUES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS ARE THE SCALE INTERACTION ALONG THE DRYLINE SETUP BETWEEN DRY AIRMASS ADVECTED EAST INTO WEST...NORTH AND CENTRAL NM FROM AZ ON SOUTHWEST WINDS AND THE MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THIS AFTERNOON SUBSIDENCE DERIVED FROM THE LARGER SYNOPTIC SCALE 594H5 HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NOW OVER SE NEW MEXICO WILL INHIBIT POTENTIAL CONVECTION...LIMIT INSTABILITY AND RESULT IN ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WITH DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG THE DRYLINE IN EASTERN NM. WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE AND FEWER HIGH CLOUDS ANOTHER ROUND OF NEAR RECORD OR RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TODAY. TOMORROW THE UPPER HIGH IS DISPLACED SOUTHEAST INTO WEST TEXAS WITH A 592H5 CENTER NEAR THE BIG BEND. MORE NEAR RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE SHIFT OF THE UPPER HIGH INTO WEST TEXAS WILL ALLOW FOR A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT TO PUSH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...GENERATING EASTERLY GAP WINDS THROUGH THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS LATE TOMORROW INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. POPS INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS FRIDAY AS A RESULT. SATURDAY MODELS INDICATE THAT A 578H5 SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGS ACROSS AZ MOVING EAST INTO NM ON SUNDAY...DISPLACING THE UPPER HIGH FURTHER EAST INTO LOUISIANA. THE DRY SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW IS ENDED... ALLOWING FOR A MORE ROBUST BACKDOOR FRONT TO PUSH MOISTURE ACROSS NE NM TOWARDS THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS ON SUNDAY. POPS INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS BUT ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WHERE MOST FAVORABLE OROGRAPHIC INFLUENCES WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREATER INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE. THE INCREASED MOISTURE WILL INCREASE CLOUDINESS AND LOWER TEMPERATURES BUT WETTING RAINS WILL BE ELUSIVE EXCEPT FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. DRY LIGHTNING WILL REMAIN A CONCERN. THIS FORECAST IS A BLEND OF THE ECMWF...NAM AND GFS. THERE IS MODEL CONSENSUS ON THIS MOISTURE INTRUSION WITH THE ECMWF BEING THE MOST BULLISH AND THE GFS THE LEAST BULLISH. A RECYCLING MOISTURE MODE IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND TUESDAY THAT WILL GENERATE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS AS WELL AS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. A DRY WESTERLY WIND FLOW ALOFT RETURNS NEXT WEDNESDAY... ELIMINATING POPS ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. 01 && .FIRE WEATHER... ...HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS INTO THE WEEKEND... POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING WEST OF THE DRYLINE...WITH FAIR RECOVERY IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND GOOD RECOVERY EAST OF THE DRYLINE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. ANOTHER BONE-DRY DAY IS ON TAP WITH HIGHS 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AS A DRY SLOT BEGINS TO EDGE INTO THE AREA...PUSHING THE DRYLINE FURTHER EAST. SURFACE DEWPOINT TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO CRATER OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST WHERE NEGATIVE SINGLE DIGIT VALUES ARE POSSIBLE. AT THE SAME TIME...CIRRUS WILL BE THINNING/CLEARING...REMOVING ANY LIMITS TO THE HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS FORECAST. SUPER HAINES IS SHOWING UP ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA LATER TODAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY. WITH THE HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS COME ANOMALOUSLY HIGH MIXING HEIGHTS...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY WITH VALUES PEAKING BETWEEN 20-23K FT AGL. THE NORTHEAST QUARTER WILL BE EXEMPT FROM ALL OF THIS BUSINESS ON THURSDAY THANKS TO A BACKDOOR FRONT. THE MORE AGGRESSIVE 00Z NAM12 SHOWS THE FRONT PROGRESSING SOUTHWEST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. WITH THIS DEEPER PUSH OF MOISTURE BEHIND THE FRONT COMES IMPROVED CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...MAINLY FROM THE SANGRES EAST TO THE TX/OK BORDERS. MOISTURE LOOKS TO SCOUR-OUT FRIDAY IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...HENCE THE REAPPEARANCE OF SUPER HAINES LATE DAY. CHANGES ARE FORECAST OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER HIGH WANES AND A SHORTWAVE TROUGH APPROACHES SLOWLY FROM THE WEST. HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE STILL FORECAST...BUT FURTHER WEST ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HUMIDITY RECOVERY WILL BE IMPROVING THROUGH THE WEEKEND MOST AREAS AS MOISTURE PUSHES FURTHER WEST. A ROBUST BACKDOOR FRONT IS STILL FORECAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND WILL RESULT IN A COOL-DOWN CENTRAL AND EAST WITH BELOW NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR A CHANGE. CHANCES FOR WETTING RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL FAVOR AREAS ALONG/EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...BUT MAY INCLUDE THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON SUNDAY IF THE MORE BULLISH 00Z ECMWF WORKS-OUT. LOW FORECAST CONFIDENCE BEYOND SUNDAY...BUT WE COULD SWING BACK TO MORE OF A SUPER HAINES-TYPE REGIME EARLY NEXT WEEK AFTER A SHORT-LIVED BREAK. 11 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 552 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 NMZ501>540-051145- 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 MDT WED JUN 4 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DRY...HOT AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION WITH MOST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN... CENTRAL...AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. STRONG OUTFLOW/DOWNBURST WINDS FROM DRYLINE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM NEAR CAPITAN TO SANTA ROSA THEN NORTHEAST TO NEAR CLAYTON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING GENERATING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING. EASTERLY GAPS WINDS AT ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY. A BACKDOOR FRONT ON SUNDAY WILL FUEL ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 01
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The ASOS at the Raton Crews Airport recorded a non-thunderstorm wind gust to 58 mph.
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