Low level moisture over west Texas surged westward into the Pecos Valley while a weak upper level speed max shifted northeast across New Mexico. S.
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Low level moisture over west Texas surged westward into the Pecos Valley while a weak upper level speed max shifted northeast across New Mexico. Sufficient instability and low level shear over far southwestern De Baca County led to a thunderstorm that produced a weak EF0 landspout tornado near U.S. Highway 285 northwest of Mesa. No damage was observed with this landspout.
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NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 14, 2:06 PM MST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 306 PM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Active dryline storm pattern will impact the east central and southeast plains through the mid evening hours today. A back door cold frontal boundary will make an intrusion across eastern portions of the state Saturday evening into Sunday. A few more storms will be possible then, favoring northeast areas. Otherwise, a drier and warmer trend is expected through the middle of next week. It appears that the pattern could become unsettled again later next week. && .DISCUSSION... All eyes remain on a diverse dry line currently draped across eastern portions of the forecast area. Low clouds were slow to erode across the plains today and a patch of thicker cirrus is currently impacting the area. Still expecting some convective initiation before the dry line and accompanying storms mix eastward into TX. Based on low level shear profile and CAPE values...isolated severe will be very possible if the cap can be broke. Looks like the main threat will be late this afternoon through the early evening hours. The dryline should retrograde back into the area late tonight and set up another round of low clouds across SE and perhaps EC areas. Fussed with the sky cover grids to account for this. Otherwise...not much change. Models have been showing a back door cold frontal intrusion initially across the NE plains Saturday evening. Models have been showing this intrusion for the past few days so confidence is growing. Decided to increase PoPs Sunday afternoon along the east slopes of the Sangres and adjacent plains to the east as a result of the frontal intrusion. Storms should fire up along the boundary as well as higher terrain areas. Unsure about coverage however. A broad drier and breezier WSW flow should impact much of the area Monday through Wednesday. Temperatures will also be above normal during this period. Confidence pretty decent for that outcome. A weaker dryline will most likely retrograde back into portions of the far eastern plains during the overnight hours but after mixing should keep it east of the state line during the peak heating period each day. Thus a drier overall forecast. The longer range deterministic models are showing a break down in the above mentioned drier and warmer pattern later next week. The operational GEM/GFS and ECMWF all indicate the cooler and more moist pattern. They differ however on the placement of the cut off/closed low as well as the speed for which it moves off to the east. The operational ECMWF is the most progressive...thus drier of the three models. The GEM or Canadian model is the most moist and the GFS is in between. The mean ensemble version of the Canadian model shows a more northerly track...progressive flow so suspect the operational GEM will eventually follow suit in subsequent runs. The ensemble mean of the GFS looks to be fairly similar to the operational GFS. Decided to let superblend populate the PoP database but suspect values might be a bit too high across western/southern portions of the forecast area. One fly in the ointment is the significant increase in deep convection across the eastern equatorial Pacific the past 2 days. If the storm area can continue...deep convection may eventually influence the storm track further south or provide more moisture into the storm track. Either way...will be monitoring closely and confidence for this period looks to be low due to the lack of consistency in the modeling. 50 && .FIRE WEATHER... ...Red flag warning remains in effect for Zones 103, 106, and 107 through 7pm MDT... Temperatures and winds are increasing and humidities decreasing across northern and central New Mexico this afternoon. Very dry air from the AZ border to just east of the central mountains are helping produce spotty critical fire weather conditions. This area will expand through the rest of the afternoon. The race is on on the eastern plains as the dry air is accelerating east toward the very moist air. This sharp dryline may explode in thunderstorms soon near the TX border, with a few severe storms possible around Portales and Clovis. Low clouds may form later tonight near TX, especially in locations that get rain this afternoon or early evening. Minimum RHs will be excellent at the NM/TX border, fair to good elsewhere. With the passage of a weak trough aloft the atmosphere will dry out more across the east Saturday. This should allow for a dry and warm day area wide with lots of sunshine and not much wind. Min RH's will be in the single digits across central NM and 10 to 15 in the north below significant snowpack. Vent rates will be good to excellent. A backdoor cold front will reach far northeast NM late Saturday and race south Saturday night. This will bring a return of low level moisture for the northeast and the east central plains Sunday. A few showers and storms could impact this area from Saturday night into Sunday evening. It will also be cooler in the east Sunday. Meanwhile the west will remain dry and warm. Vent rates will be mostly excellent in the west, but fair to good in the east. Dry and warm for Monday and Tuesday with fairly weak zonal flow aloft. This will mean chamber of commerce type weather complete with lots of sunshine. Some moderate breezes will develop Tuesday afternoon in the western mountains. Significant changes are looking more likely later next week. Wednesday will remain dry and warm but winds will increase with critical fire weather conditions possible in the east. A short wave trough will cross the state Wednesday with a surface cold front dropping south Wednesday night. Showers and storms should develop across the north Wednesday night and spread south Thursday and Thursday night. Cooler air will pour into the state Thursday behind the front. However, critical fire weather conditions will be possible across our western and central zones mainly south of I 40. In fact, super Haines may occur in the middle RGV. Models are generating a closed low to our west that deepens as it reaches NM next Friday. Much cooler and more unsettled weather is looking more and more likely for the end of next week. CHJ && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE Low clouds again stubbornly hanging on across the east central plains. They just broke up around KROW and should in the next hour at KTCC. Otherwise warm with passing high clouds. Gusty southwest winds will reach 20 to 30 kt in western and central TAF sites and 30 to 35 kt in the eastern ones. A few storms are possible this afternoon near the NM/TX border before low level moisture mixes out. Believe the activity will be east of KTCC and KROW so did not carry VCTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 37 71 36 74 / 0 0 0 0 Dulce........................... 30 69 28 71 / 0 0 0 0 Cuba............................ 34 70 34 72 / 0 0 0 0 Gallup.......................... 30 70 27 73 / 0 0 0 0 El Morro........................ 28 67 27 69 / 0 0 0 0 Grants.......................... 31 72 29 74 / 0 0 0 0 Quemado......................... 36 71 36 73 / 0 0 0 0 Glenwood........................ 37 81 37 82 / 0 0 0 0 Chama........................... 31 63 30 65 / 0 0 0 0 Los Alamos...................... 45 69 43 70 / 0 0 0 0 Pecos........................... 38 68 37 68 / 0 0 0 5 Cerro/Questa.................... 34 68 32 68 / 0 0 0 10 Red River....................... 29 62 28 62 / 0 0 5 10 Angel Fire...................... 26 62 26 62 / 0 0 5 20 Taos............................ 32 69 31 69 / 0 0 0 5 Mora............................ 39 69 36 66 / 0 0 0 20 Espanola........................ 42 75 40 76 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe........................ 44 68 43 68 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe Airport................ 40 73 40 74 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 48 77 47 78 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 48 78 47 78 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 47 80 45 80 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 45 80 45 81 / 0 0 0 0 Los Lunas....................... 43 80 41 80 / 0 0 0 0 Rio Rancho...................... 46 79 45 80 / 0 0 0 0 Socorro......................... 46 82 45 82 / 0 0 0 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 38 72 38 73 / 0 0 0 0 Tijeras......................... 44 73 43 75 / 0 0 0 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 37 72 36 73 / 0 0 0 0 Clines Corners.................. 40 71 39 71 / 0 0 0 10 Gran Quivira.................... 44 74 43 75 / 0 0 0 0 Carrizozo....................... 47 77 46 78 / 0 0 0 0 Ruidoso......................... 42 73 42 73 / 0 0 0 0 Capulin......................... 42 69 42 63 / 0 5 10 40 Raton........................... 38 75 38 70 / 0 0 10 30 Springer........................ 38 76 40 72 / 0 0 5 30 Las Vegas....................... 40 72 38 69 / 0 0 0 20 Clayton......................... 48 79 46 68 / 0 0 20 20 Roy............................. 42 76 43 68 / 0 0 5 10 Conchas......................... 50 82 48 75 / 0 0 5 10 Santa Rosa...................... 47 81 44 77 / 0 0 5 10 Tucumcari....................... 52 86 47 79 / 10 0 5 10 Clovis.......................... 53 82 48 77 / 30 0 5 10 Portales........................ 54 83 50 79 / 30 0 5 10 Fort Sumner..................... 51 82 47 79 / 10 0 5 10 Roswell......................... 50 87 50 86 / 10 0 5 10 Picacho......................... 48 82 48 80 / 0 0 0 5 Elk............................. 46 77 46 77 / 0 0 0 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Red Flag Warning until 7 PM MDT this evening for the following zones... NMZ103-106-107. && 50
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1100 AM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 NMZ501>540-151100- 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- 1100 AM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms later this afternoon into the evening across the eastern quarter of New Mexico including the communities of Clayton...Tucumcari...Clovis and Roswell. Strong wind and large hail will be the main threat but can't rule out an isolated tornado. Critical fire weather conditions will also exist along and to the east of the central mountains as well as the lower and middle Rio Grande Valley during the afternoon to early evening. Gusty winds combined with low humidity...unstable atmosphere and abundant drier fine fuels exist. .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 warning for planning purposes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required for the eastern quarter of New Mexico due to the severe weather threat later this afternoon into the evening hours today. 50
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 439 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2017 NMZ537>539-142315- Eastern Lincoln County-Chaves County Plains-De Baca County- 439 PM MDT FRI APR 14 2017 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN LINCOLN...SOUTHWESTERN DE BACA AND NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT... At 438 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles south of Ramon, or 37 miles southeast of Vaughn, moving northeast at 15 mph. Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Ramon. This includes Highway 285 between Mile Markers 160 and 174. This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor your preferred media outlets and NOAA Weather Radio for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && LAT...LON 3401 10487 3416 10500 3435 10476 3412 10458 TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 235DEG 12KT 3413 10487 34
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak landspout tornado developed roughly one mile east of U.S. Highway 285 between mile markers 160 and 165 northwest of Mesa, NM. No damage was observed with this storm.
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