The focus for showers and thunderstorms shifted into western New Mexico as shallow low level moisture advanced westward to the Continental Divide on the 23rd. As the afternoon progressed this activity became more a mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms.
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The focus for showers and thunderstorms shifted into western New Mexico as shallow low level moisture advanced westward to the Continental Divide on the 23rd. As the afternoon progressed this activity became more a mixture of wet and dry thunderstorms. Strong downburst winds impacted the Gallup airport where a peak wind of 70 mph occurred. No damage was reported.
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 23, 10:48 AM MST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1148 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE SCATTERED SH/TS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE WEST...ESPECIALLY AFFECTING THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. ISOL ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NC MTNS. TERMINAL SITES LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY THIS ACTIVITY WOULD BE GUP/FMN. CANT RULE OUT AEG. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 40 KT POSSIBLE. THE ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING. LOW CIGS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE A POSSIBILITY ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT. MODELS ARE A LITTLE HELTER SKELTER ON THE PLACEMENT AND IMPACT. DECIDED TO USE SCT025-035 PLACEHOLDERS AT TCC/ROW AND LVS. WILL MONITOR THE TRENDS ON THAT. THINKING LATER TONIGHT. 50 && .PREV DISCUSSION...316 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015... .SYNOPSIS... THE TREND FOR WETTER AND COOLER WEATHER BEGINS TODAY. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL FAVOR WESTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY...BUT WILL GRADUALLY RAMP UP IN COVERAGE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW...AND THUS...ANY STORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. WITH THE INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION...AND THEREBY CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY TREND DOWNWARD THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. THEN...THANKS TO A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT...HIGH TEMPERATURES MAY BE A FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND. && .DISCUSSION... INTERESTING AREA OF ISOLATED STORMS THAT HAVE JUST DEVELOPED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. MOISTURE BOUNDARY IS ALREADY WELL TO THE WEST OF WHERE STORMS ARE DEVELOPING...BUT THESE STORMS MAY BE FORMING ON A MID LEVEL MOISTURE GRADIENT OR PERHAPS JUST BECAUSE IT REMAINS QUITE WARM...80 DEGREES...IN THE RGV WITH DEWPOINTS NEARING 50F. AREA OF SUBSIDENCE IS MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NM AHEAD OF THE EASTERLY WAVE PER WV SATELLITE IMAGERY. MODELS SHOW THIS AREA PROGRESSING NORTH AND SOMEWHAT WESTWARD THROUGH THE DAY...THEREBY LIMITING STORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN. CURRENT CLOUD COVER IS MASKING HOW FAR NORTH THE SUBSIDENT AREA CURRENTLY RESIDES...BUT GIVEN HOW MUCH MOISTURE EXISTS AT LOW LEVEL NUDGING UP TO THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN...THERE IS CONCERN THAT IF THE SUBSIDENCE AREA DOES NOT REACH AS FAR WEST AS PROGGED...SOME STORMS MAY STILL DEVELOP ALONG THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN...ESPECIALLY THE SANGRES. OTHERWISE...THE FAVORED AREA FOR STORMS TODAY WILL BE ALONG...AND PERHAPS JUST WEST OF THE CONTDVD. AN EAST WIND HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN OVERNIGHT...AND THE REMNANT BOUNDARY SHOULD BE IN THIS VICINITY BY AFTN...WITH AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BEHIND IT. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE VERY SLOW...SO ANY STORMS THAT PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY...AND AS A RESULT...GREATER COVERAGE OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED. STORMS WILL FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN INITIALLY...BUT OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES SHOULD BRING/DEVELOP STORMS ACROSS THE LOWLANDS BY LATE AFTN/EVE. ALTHOUGH...THE AREA OF SUBSIDENCE SHOULD REMAIN FIRMLY IN PLACE ACROSS NE NM. UPPER HIGH STILL LOOKS TO REBUILD OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION ON THURSDAY...RESULTING IN WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL BE AROUND FOR STORMS TO FIRE OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN...AND MOVE INTO THE NE PLAINS AND RGV IN THE EVE. THE HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A BACK DOOR FRONT...AIDED BY CONVECTION IN COLORADO...WILL SLIDE INTO NE NM THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY...WHICH WILL BE A FOCUS FOR STORM GENERATION. THE FRONT CONTINUE TO PROGRESS SOUTH AND WESTWARD ON FRIDAY...PUSHING THRU THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SPREADING WESTWARD...THE WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE ACTIVE WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS. THE ACTIVE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WHEN THE GFS IS NOW PUSHING ANOTHER BACK DOOR FRONT/BOUNDARY INTO NM. EC NOT QUITE ON BOARD WITH THAT PROGNOSIS YET...BUT REGARDLESS...THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF MOISTURE AROUND TO RECYCLE DAILY. 34 && .FIRE WEATHER... THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO BECOME COOLER AND WETTER STARTING TODAY AS A AN EASTERLY WAVE CROSSING NORTHERN MEXICO FROM THE EAST INTRODUCES MOIST S AND SE WINDS TO THE FORECAST AREA. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL INCREASE AS A RESULT ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN AREAS TODAY. INITIALLY THE MOISTURE WONT BE THAT RICH...SO WETTING FOOTPRINTS WILL PROBABLY BE QUITE SMALL FROM THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY NORTHWESTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DRIER VARIETY STORMS. WETTER STORMS SHOULD BE FAVORED OVER THE SW MOUNTAINS AND N CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WHERE HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE A BIT HIGHER. THE UPPER HIGH THAT BROUGHT THE RECENT BOUT OF HOT TEMPERATURES TO THE FORECAST AREA WILL SPLIT INTO TO LOBES BY MID WEEK...ONE OVER THE SE U.S. AND ONE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. IN THE PRESSURE HEIGHT FIELD WEAKNESS BETWEEN THE TWO...A MODEST MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME WILL ESTABLISH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH MAINLY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FAVORED FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TO THE E SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. MODELS PROG THIS MOISTURE PLUME TO PERSIST THROUGH THE COMING WEEKEND AS THE 500 MB HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND MIGRATES SLOWLY NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE GREAT BASIN. THIS WILL ALLOW SHORTWAVE TROUGHS IN NW FLOW ALOFT TO MOVE OVER NE AND POSSIBLY E CENTRAL NM WITH ACCOMPANYING SURFACE COLD FRONTS. ONE MOIST BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...PUSHING ALL THE WAY TO AND POSSIBLY BEYOND THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FRIDAY EVENING. ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS SLATED TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE ENE MONDAY. THESE FEATURES SHOULD INCREASE MOISTURE ENOUGH FOR AN UPTICK IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AREAWIDE WHILE DROPPING TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW NORMAL. THE MOISTURE AND COOLER AIR WILL PROBABLY ALSO RESULT IN SOME POCKETS OF POOR VENTILATION... INITIALLY IMPACTING PARTS OF THE N MOUNTAINS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...THEN SPREADING TO INCLUDE MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM SUNDAY. POCKETS OF POOR VENTILATION WILL PROBABLY LINGER OVER NORTHERN AND SW AREAS MONDAY. 44 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 423 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 NMZ501>540-241200- 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 CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/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- 423 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STORMS WILL FAVOR AREAS NEAR THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SLOW STORM MOTIONS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STORM COVERAGE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WORK WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND...HOWEVER STORM MOTIONS WILL REMAIN SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING... ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR BURN SCARS. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .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. 34
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
249 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015
NMZ512-514-517-232115-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-
249 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN SANTA FE AND WEST
CENTRAL MORA COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM MDT...
AT 249 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CUNDIYO...OR 9 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF CHIMAYO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RIO EN MEDIO IN SANTA FE COUNTY...TRUCHAS AND CHAMISAL.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ASPEN BASIN CAMPGROUND...BIG TESUQUE CAMPGROUND...BORREGO MESA
CAMPGROUND...JACKS CREEK CAMPGROUND...AND SANTA FE SKI AREA.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 10546 3575 10583 3582 10590 3585 10590
3585 10594 3619 10574
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 054DEG 10KT 3590 10580
SHOEMAKEThe Albuquerque radar (KABX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gallup airport reported a 70 mph wind gust from dry thunderstorms.
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