A powerful jet stream over the eastern Pacific Ocean continue to surge eastward into the southwest United States and create periodic high winds. The second round brought more high winds to the area from the northern mountains across the adjacent east slopes and the high plains.
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.
A powerful jet stream over the eastern Pacific Ocean continue to surge eastward into the southwest United States and create periodic high winds. The second round brought more high winds to the area from the northern mountains across the adjacent east slopes and the high plains. Sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph with gusts between 60 and 70 mph were common.
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 10, 6:38 AM MST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 638 AM MST Tue Jan 10 2017 .UPDATE... Updated the forecast to cancel the Winter Storm Warning and to issue a High Wind Watch for the Sangre De Cristos and Raton Pass for this evening through Wednesday morning. Winds at 700 mb will increase and become quite strong with the passage of a shortwave this evening. Sustained winds 35-45 mph are possible with gusts in the 60-70 mph range, mainly along the peaks. 54/Fontenot && .PREV DISCUSSION...506 AM MST Tue Jan 10 2017... .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE -SNRA will persist across the northwest/north central mtns where areas of mtn top obsc will occur. Otherwise, look for VFR cigs/high clouds elsewhere. Look for occasional gusts today along and east of the central mtn chain and adjacent high terrain areas because of continuous strong mid level zonal flow. Winds will gradually taper down across the Sangre De Cristos before increasing again late tonight through Wed aftn, with gusts ranging from 45 to 65kts. 32 && .PREV DISCUSSION...347 AM MST Tue Jan 10 2017... .SYNOPSIS... Snow showers will continue over the Northern Mountains through Thursday as weak disturbances move over the area. Winds will taper off some today over the region before increasing again this evening, mainly over the Sangre De Cristos. Temperatures will moderate over the area through Thursday. A potent storm system will begin to move into New Mexico on Friday, bringing the potential for widespread winter weather. && .DISCUSSION... Through the short term (Thursday), things will quiet down somewhat over the forecast area. Precipitation will persist over the northwest corner of the state through Thursday with mainly mountain snow and valley rain. Snow amounts will taper off this morning over the San Juans before increasing again Wednesday and Thursday but totals should remain below advisory levels. Winds are decreasing this morning over the northeastern corner of the state, and at this time all warnings and advisories are being cancelled. A shortwave moving back through the area later tonight will bring winds over the Sangre De Cristos back into the 25 to 35 mph range with some higher gusts, so a Wind Advisory is likely this evening through Wednesday morning. Moving into the weekend, the forecast has not become any clearer with the current model runs. The EC, GFS, and GEM-NH are in general agreement that a closed low will move through the SW Friday and move through NM before ejecting to the northeast Saturday. The devil is in the details however with the placement of the low center, dynamics, and the QPF fields. Precipitation type and amount are going to be very difficult to nail down due to these differences. Precipitation type and mode (convective vs stratiform) are going to be very much a mixed bag with the possibilities for mixed precipitation types (including some isolated thunder for the far SE portion of our forecast area Saturday) and the possibility for banded winter precipitation. At this time, we've opted to try to keep the expected P-type and amounts general for the extended periods. Either way, the potential for a wide spread and impactful winter weather event looks to be on tap for most of New Mexico for Friday and Saturday. 54/Fontenot && .FIRE WEATHER... Strong winds will persist across the higher peaks of the Sangre De Cristos and portions of areas downslope of the central mountain chain today. Winds will gradually taper down in lower elevations but remain strong across mountain peaks through early Wed. Winds will then creep back up to advisory level late Tues/Wed morning along the central mountain chain, and portions of the northern and western mountains. Meanwhile temperatures will remain seasonal through Thurs before cooling below seasonal norms Fri. Weather wise, rain/high elevation snow showers will linger across the northwest to north central mountains today through Thurs. Overnight Rh recoveries tonight through the end of the week will be good to excellent. Vent rates will be spotty for the next several days before deteriorating over the weekend. Strong mid to upper level west to east zonal flow will keep moderate winds across the northern mountains and northeast plains through Thurs. Our next active period of winter weather will begin late Thursday into Fri persisting throughout the entire weekend. A very potent Pacific storm system will dive across the Great Basin Thurs before invading the SW region Sat/Sun. So far, models are indicating widespread winter impacts from the storm but the main question is how great impacts will be based on the Pacific low's location. GFS shows greater impacts because of the low situating itself south of New Mexico where the deformation zone will be great across the much of the state. The ECWMF model has the low crossing the central part of the state from a southwest to northeast direction which the deformation zone could focus across western and northern areas. So far confidence is looking positive for the incoming storm just not on its storm track. Either way, expect temperatures to fall below normal followed by possible widespread wintry weather Fri into the weekend. 32 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Watch from this evening through Wednesday morning for the following zones... NMZ513-515-527. && 54
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 457 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 NMZ501>540-111200- 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- 457 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE DAY TONIGHT BEFORE INCREASING THIS EVENING OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS TO 40 TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 65 MPH BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY WINDS WILL DECREASE OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE EXITING THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD AND IMPACTFUL WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AND WIND REPORTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT STORM REPORTS AND PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG NMWX. 54
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
847 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 8 NE ARROYO SECO 36.58N 105.45W
01/10/2017 E7.0 INCH TAOS NM OTHER FEDERAL
TAOS POWDERHORN SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 8 SSW RED RIVER 36.59N 105.45W
01/10/2017 E3.0 INCH TAOS NM PUBLIC
TAOS SKI AREA.
0800 AM SNOW 11 NNW CANON PLAZA 36.70N 106.25W
01/10/2017 E6.0 INCH RIO ARRIBA NM OTHER FEDERAL
HOPEWELL SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 8 SSW SAN MIGUEL 36.87N 106.23W
01/10/2017 E2.0 INCH RIO ARRIBA NM OTHER FEDERAL
SAN ANTONIO SINK SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 3 ESE ANGEL FIRE 36.38N 105.24W
01/10/2017 E1.0 INCH COLFAX NM PUBLIC
ANGEL FIRE SKI AREA.
0800 AM SNOW 5 ESE RED RIVER 36.68N 105.33W
01/10/2017 E5.0 INCH COLFAX NM OTHER FEDERAL
RED RIVER PASS SNOTEL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700253
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700254
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700255
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700256
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700257
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700258
JLPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
850 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 SSW RED RIVER 36.59N 105.45W
01/09/2017 E81 MPH TAOS NM PUBLIC
KACHINA PEAK AT TAOS SKI AREA.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700259
JLPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
946 AM MST TUE JAN 10 2017
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 6 WNW SANDIA PARK 35.21N 106.45W
01/09/2017 M43 MPH BERNALILLO NM PUBLIC
TOP OF SANDIA PEAK TRAM.
0353 PM HIGH SUST WINDS RATON CREWS AIRPORT 36.73N 104.50W
01/09/2017 M46 MPH COLFAX NM ASOS
KRTN ASOS.
0408 PM NON-TSTM WND GST RATON CREWS AIRPORT 36.73N 104.50W
01/09/2017 M62 MPH COLFAX NM ASOS
KRTN ASOS.
0455 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 2 SSW MILAN 35.17N 107.90W
01/09/2017 M43 MPH CIBOLA NM AWOS
KGNT AWOS.
0500 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 8 SSW RED RIVER 36.59N 105.45W
01/09/2017 M40 MPH TAOS NM PUBLIC
KACHINA PEAK AT TAOS SKI AREA.
0615 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 2 SSW FORT STANTON 33.47N 105.54W
01/09/2017 M40 MPH LINCOLN NM AWOS
KSRR AWOS.
0615 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSW FORT STANTON 33.47N 105.54W
01/09/2017 M58 MPH LINCOLN NM AWOS
KSRR AWOS.
0653 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 6 NE LAS VEGAS 35.66N 105.14W
01/09/2017 M45 MPH SAN MIGUEL NM ASOS
KLVS ASOS.
0653 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NE LAS VEGAS 35.66N 105.14W
01/09/2017 M61 MPH SAN MIGUEL NM ASOS
KLVS ASOS.
0721 PM HIGH SUST WINDS 5 S ALBUQUERQUE 35.04N 106.62W
01/09/2017 M41 MPH BERNALILLO NM ASOS
KABQ ASOS.
0800 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 8 SSW RED RIVER 36.59N 105.45W
01/09/2017 E81 MPH TAOS NM PUBLIC
KACHINA PEAK AT TAOS SKI AREA.
0935 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NNW ANGEL FIRE 36.42N 105.29W
01/09/2017 M66 MPH COLFAX NM AWOS
KAXX AWOS.
0800 AM SNOW 8 NE ARROYO SECO 36.58N 105.45W
01/10/2017 E7.0 INCH TAOS NM OTHER FEDERAL
TAOS POWDERHORN SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 8 SSW RED RIVER 36.59N 105.45W
01/10/2017 E3.0 INCH TAOS NM PUBLIC
TAOS SKI AREA.
0800 AM SNOW 11 NNW CANON PLAZA 36.70N 106.25W
01/10/2017 E6.0 INCH RIO ARRIBA NM OTHER FEDERAL
HOPEWELL SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 8 SSW SAN MIGUEL 36.87N 106.23W
01/10/2017 E2.0 INCH RIO ARRIBA NM OTHER FEDERAL
SAN ANTONIO SINK SNOTEL.
0800 AM SNOW 3 ESE ANGEL FIRE 36.38N 105.24W
01/10/2017 E1.0 INCH COLFAX NM PUBLIC
ANGEL FIRE SKI AREA.
0800 AM SNOW 5 ESE RED RIVER 36.68N 105.33W
01/10/2017 E5.0 INCH COLFAX NM OTHER FEDERAL
RED RIVER PASS SNOTEL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1700241 ABQ1700240 ABQ1700243 ABQ1700242 ABQ1700251
ABQ1700248 ABQ1700249 ABQ1700245 ABQ1700246 ABQ1700247 ABQ1700259
ABQ1700250 ABQ1700253 ABQ1700254 ABQ1700255 ABQ1700256 ABQ1700257
ABQ1700258
JLP3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Peak winds ranged from 58 to 68 mph periodically for an extended period at Raton airport.
Peak winds up to 61 mph at Kachina Peak.
Peak wind gust to 59 mph at the CSBF Transwestern Pump Station.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2017
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: 666574, 666578, 666581.