Southwest flow developed over New Mexico as an upper level trough began deepening over the western United States. A dry slot within the base of the upper trough generated windy conditions across much of the state.
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Southwest flow developed over New Mexico as an upper level trough began deepening over the western United States. A dry slot within the base of the upper trough generated windy conditions across much of the state. A dry line that set up over extreme eastern New Mexico generated a broken line of thunderstorms around the Caprock region. A fast-moving storm that shifted across Curry County produced a peak wind gust to 63 mph at Barry Elementary School. Other locations across Clovis also picked up small hail and heavy rainfall.
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 Sep 22, 2:28 PM MST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 328 PM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 .SYNOPSIS... Active weather pattern as deep troughs with closed lows develop to our northwest and west through next week. The first closed low is currently along the OR and ID border and will drop south tonight, shift east Saturday then lift northeast after that. The second closed low will develop near the CA and AZ border next Wednesday and move slowly northeast late next week. A pacific cold front will cross NM Sunday into Sunday night with a polar cold front plowing south late Sunday night into Monday. With a generally southerly flow through the forecast period plenty of moisture will be available for widespread showers and thunderstorms and potentially heavy rain most of the days in the east. The most active days in the west will be Saturday and from next Tuesday on. Temperatures will drop below normal Saturday and remain below normal through next week. && .DISCUSSION... A few showers are finally starting to develop in the northwest and near the TX border. They will blossom and intensify through the night with strong and possible a few severe storms forming near the TX border. Locally heavy rain will be possible across the east tonight. Closed low will be over NV Saturday and southern UT Saturday night, drawing up copious amounts of moisture, resulting in widespread rain, some of it heavy. Will hold off on a Flash Flood Watch until we see how things develop during the night. But much of the east could be under the gun and will need to be monitored. The closed low will lift northeast Sunday and Sunday night as drier air sweeps in from the west, behind a pacific cold front. Rain should be confined to the Sangres and east, and the bulk of that likely only on the eastern plains. A little wet snow could fall on Wheeler Peak Sunday night. A polar cold front will plunge south late Sunday night and Monday with a batch of new low level moisture for the east. East canyon winds will be likely Monday night and could go all the way to the AZ border Tuesday. Meanwhile another deep trough and closed low will develop to our west, with the closed low along the CA/AZ border forming Tuesday night. Another round of widespread precipitation is expected from late Tuesday or Tuesday night through at least Thursday, as the closed low will be slow to lift northeast. CHJ && .FIRE WEATHER... An upper low centered over the northern Great Basin will very slowly move to the southeast tonight through Saturday evening. Southwest to south winds ahead of this system will gust to between 25 and 35 KTS across the entire region through early evening. Deeper layer moisture in place across eastern NM in conjunction with an unstable air mass will produce numerous showers and thunderstorms across eastern NM tonight through Sunday morning and scattered showers and thunderstorms across central NM from Saturday morning through Sunday morning. The greatest chance of heavy rainfall will be in the eastern NM zones. Recoveries Saturday morning are expected to be excellent for the eastern third of NM and fair to good for the western two-thirds of NM. Minimum relative humidities on Saturday will be range from near 20 percent in the west to 60 to 70 percent in the far eastern plains of NM. Maximum ventilation rates Saturday will be poor in portions of the eastern plains of NM and excellent west of the RGV. Ventilation rates on Sunday will be good to very good. A drying trend will begin on Sunday across the west, and on Monday the drier air will push farther east. A few showers and thunderstorms are likely across far eastern NM Monday afternoon. Ventilation rates on Monday will be generally poor in northeast and northwest NM with good to very good values elsewhere. A backdoor cold front will enter northeast NM early Monday and push south and west Monday afternoon. Gap winds can be expected in thee RGV late Monday night through Tuesday morning. Wind gusts of 25 to 35 mph could occur with theses gap winds. Minimum relative humidities on Tuesday will remain higher than normal with percentages in the upper teens and lower 20's in the far west and in the mid 50's and lower 60's east. Moisture will continue to advect westward behind the front on Tuesday, continuing, if not increasing chances for thunderstorms across much of the area. If the GFS is correct, shower and thunderstorm coverage may increase Wednesday, as an upper-level trough moves eastward across AZ. The ECMWF shows much less precipitation coverage at this time. Through the end of the work week, the upper level storm system looks to move little, thus keeping chances of precip in the forecast. && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE Large closed upper low over the northern Great Basin and northern Rockies and deep trough extending southward into northwest MX is producing a band of high and mid-level clouds across eastern AZ and the northern half of NM at 18Z. Despite the extensive cloud cover, stronger mid- level winds will mix down to the surface this afternoon and evening. South to southwest winds will gust to between 25 and 35kts, before subsiding after 03Z. Deeper layer moisture moved into eastern NM earlier today and will build westward into eastern portions of central NM this evening. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern NM this evening and continue through Saturday. There is some uncertainty in the timing for the onset of SHRA and TSRA, as the model solutions are quite disparate. Confidence is much higher Saturday for widespread thunderstorm activity across eastern NM, including KROW and KTCC. Although not in the current forecast, MVFR ceilings will be possible after 11Z at KLVS, KTCC and KROW. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 54 72 39 67 / 30 40 20 5 Dulce........................... 47 66 37 66 / 50 70 60 5 Cuba............................ 50 70 39 68 / 30 60 50 5 Gallup.......................... 47 71 33 67 / 10 30 5 0 El Morro........................ 42 70 27 67 / 10 30 5 0 Grants.......................... 47 73 32 70 / 10 30 10 0 Quemado......................... 50 70 38 68 / 0 20 0 0 Glenwood........................ 55 78 44 75 / 5 30 0 0 Chama........................... 43 63 28 62 / 60 70 60 10 Los Alamos...................... 55 68 48 69 / 30 50 50 10 Pecos........................... 51 69 46 70 / 40 60 60 10 Cerro/Questa.................... 50 65 42 65 / 30 50 60 20 Red River....................... 45 57 39 58 / 30 60 60 20 Angel Fire...................... 44 64 37 64 / 40 80 80 20 Taos............................ 48 69 40 69 / 30 50 50 10 Mora............................ 49 67 43 68 / 50 70 70 10 Espanola........................ 56 76 49 75 / 20 40 40 10 Santa Fe........................ 54 69 46 70 / 30 60 50 10 Santa Fe Airport................ 53 73 45 73 / 20 50 40 5 Albuquerque Foothills........... 60 77 52 75 / 20 40 20 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 61 78 51 76 / 20 30 20 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 59 79 50 77 / 20 30 20 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 59 78 50 76 / 20 30 20 0 Los Lunas....................... 56 81 45 79 / 20 30 10 0 Rio Rancho...................... 59 79 50 76 / 20 30 20 5 Socorro......................... 58 84 52 81 / 20 20 5 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 51 72 44 71 / 20 50 30 5 Tijeras......................... 52 73 45 73 / 20 40 30 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 49 75 44 74 / 30 40 30 0 Clines Corners.................. 52 71 47 71 / 60 60 30 5 Gran Quivira.................... 55 74 50 74 / 30 40 20 0 Carrizozo....................... 59 79 56 77 / 30 40 20 0 Ruidoso......................... 53 70 50 70 / 50 60 30 0 Capulin......................... 53 68 49 71 / 50 80 60 30 Raton........................... 52 67 48 72 / 50 70 50 20 Springer........................ 53 69 50 74 / 50 70 50 20 Las Vegas....................... 51 67 47 70 / 50 70 60 10 Clayton......................... 59 70 55 75 / 60 80 70 40 Roy............................. 56 68 52 74 / 60 90 60 30 Conchas......................... 63 73 60 81 / 60 90 70 30 Santa Rosa...................... 60 74 57 80 / 60 80 60 10 Tucumcari....................... 64 76 61 82 / 60 80 80 40 Clovis.......................... 63 75 60 77 / 40 70 80 50 Portales........................ 64 76 62 77 / 40 70 80 50 Fort Sumner..................... 62 75 60 80 / 60 90 80 30 Roswell......................... 66 79 62 84 / 50 80 60 20 Picacho......................... 61 76 56 80 / 50 80 50 5 Elk............................. 57 73 53 75 / 50 80 60 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 6 PM MDT this evening for the following zones... NMZ512>516-527>529. && 40
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 501 AM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 NMZ501>540-231100- 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- 501 AM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Wind gusts to 50 mph are expected this afternoon across the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Northeast Highlands, and around Taos. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening across much of the eastern plains. Locally heavy rainfall is also expected with some storms tonight with minor flooding possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The potential exists for flash flooding to develop across portions of the eastern plains on Saturday and Saturday evening as a deep stream of subtropical moisture persists over the area causing heavy rain to intensify and become more widespread. By Sunday the ground will probably be saturated in many areas producing a greater sensitivity to flash flooding in counties along New Mexico's eastern border, where periods of heavy rain may continue into Sunday evening. By Sunday evening 1 to 3 inch rain amounts will be common across the eastern plains, with locally near 5 inches across east central and northeast areas. There will also be a risk of strong to severe thunderstorms again across southeast areas Saturday afternoon and evening, and in counties along the Texas border on Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required across portions of the eastern plains each afternoon and evening today through Sunday. 44
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Peak wind gust to 63 mph at Barry Elementary.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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