Shallow moisture along a weak boundary over eastern New Mexico interacted with just enough instability beneath northwest flow aloft to produce isolated thunderstorms over the Caprock region on June 27, 2020. One storm was able to strengthen enough in the Clovis area to produce a brief wind gust up to 63 mph.
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Shallow moisture along a weak boundary over eastern New Mexico interacted with just enough instability beneath northwest flow aloft to produce isolated thunderstorms over the Caprock region on June 27, 2020. One storm was able to strengthen enough in the Clovis area to produce a brief wind gust up to 63 mph.
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 27, 2:34 PM MST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...CORRECTED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 334 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020 .SYNOPSIS... Drier air continues to take is toll on the coverage and wetness of storms across northern and central New Mexico. The best chances for wetting and potentially strong storms will be along and east of the Sangre de Cristos and Sacramento Mountains. Meanwhile, sprinkles and drier-type storms capable of gusty winds are possible across western New Mexico. Expect the coverage of precipitation to be even lower on Sunday with the main concern being critical fire weather conditions in western New Mexico. Surface winds will be on the increase Monday as a rather potent storm system migrates into the Great Basin. Quiet weather is expected for the midweek period with signs for increased moisture and thunderstorm potential creeping back into the forecast for late next week. && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...(Tonight through Monday)... A pair of upper level perturbations continue to work eastward, one into Colorado and another into southern Arizona. These are each providing scant ascent over NM, and low to mid level moisture has been lacking over the western two thirds of the state. This is leading to the development of dry thunderstorms and virga with more substantial deep, moist convection being confined to the eastern plains where boundary layer moisture is better rooted. A few of these showers and storms may turn briefly strong to severe, most likely in far northeastern NM where modest deep layer shear is present. Look for this activity to mostly wane after sunset with perhaps just a stray cell or two surviving in the northern tier of NM tonight as the former perturbation translates toward the eastern border of Colorado. Into Sunday, the Arizona shortwave will weaken as it crosses NM. Inefficient forcing or lift is expected from this feature, and any convective activity will mostly be the result of diurnal heating over orography. The boundary layer will also continue to undergo drying as a lee side surface low takes shape in eastern Colorado, and this will yield drier storms and mostly virga on Sunday. Into late Sunday and Monday, a deep upper low will wobble over the northwestern states, introducing a stronger gradient aloft into NM while a redevelopment of the lee side surface cyclone initiates. This will translate to dry and breezy to windy conditions with warm to hot temperatures for our forecast area on Monday. 52 LONG TERM...(Monday Night through Saturday)... Jet core aloft centered over southern CA into the Four Corners on Monday will shift eastward and gradually weaken in western/central NM for Monday night into Tuesday morning. For comparison, speeds at 700mb will gradually decrease from 60kts to around 35kts by the time it shifts into NM. Regardless, breezy ridgetop winds can be expected Monday night, with gusty conditions favored immediately east of the central mountain chain. In fact, strongest sfc winds for both KLVS and KCQC could occur around midnight (06Z Tue). Meanwhile, anomalous upper low over the Great Basin will begin to fill/eject northeast as the trough axis pivots over northern NM for Tue. Height falls across this region will allow for slightly cooler readings, with downslope winds and compressional heating supporting above normal temps (upper 90s to near 100F) over the ern plains. Backdoor cold front attempts to slide southward on Tuesday across the Colorado plains, but fails to enter NM. A reinforcing shot of cooler air in eastern CO (likely convectively aided) is expected to progress southward thru northeast and east central NM Tuesday night, bringing some humidity relief. Low level return flow develops Wed night and continues through the remainder of the work week. Modest moisture advection is forecast, with PWATs increasing from 0.25-0.50 in. across the state for Wed - climbing to around 0.50-1.00 in. on Fri. Meanwhile, an upper high over the western Gulf of Mexico will retrograde to northeast Mexico and the Big Bend region for Wednesday. 500mb heights will continue to increase through late week as the high centroid shifts northwest into southeast NM for Thu. Deterministic models start to diverge a bit as to the placement of the upper high/elongated ridge axis for Friday into the weekend. Regardless, with the increased moisture, isolated to scattered storms will be favored over the high terrain. The steering flow for storms will become more chaotic next weekend as the high potentially shifts west-southwest into northern Mexico. The GEFS depicts a deeper upper low over the PacNW for early next week, and this may play a factor on the evolution of the high over the southern Rockies. DPorter && .FIRE WEATHER... A stretch of warm to hot weather will also begin to turn drier with increasing winds over the next couple of days. Confidence remains fairly low in how widespread critical conditions will shape up on Sunday, but a few hours of windy conditions appear possible in the late afternoon Sunday across the far western border of the state, making this area a point of focus. Despite temperatures running just a couple degrees below average, readings will still reach the upper 80's and low 90's for much of the west central to northwestern highlands with critically low humidity juxtaposed. Areas near and just east of the central highlands will also observe marginally critical conditions Sunday afternoon, but for now the western zones have a slight edge with stronger wind speeds. Monday appears to be a better candidate for widespread critical conditions as winds will strengthen, and humidity will drop a bit more in response to the upper low over the northwestern states. The west central to northwestern highlands will again be an area of concentration, but the highlands of central to northeastern NM could also warrant critical fire weather statements if these trends hold. Winds will turn a bit more westerly on Tuesday as a wave moves into NM in phase with the ejecting low in the northern Rockies. Wind speeds would again be marginally critical for for a few zones Tuesday afternoon with no additional moisture. Into the latter part of the week, the pattern will be under the influence of a strengthening dome of high pressure that should limit the strong wind threat and slowly introduce additional moisture storm potential by week's end. 52 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE A pair of upper level disturbances, one moving into Colorado and another in Arizona, will keep a very slim chance for showers and thunderstorms alive in New Mexico today. The far eastern plains of New Mexico will have the best prospects, as moisture is higher there, and a few storms may briefly turn strong to severe with hail, gusty downburst winds, and brief heavy downpours. West of the plains, much of the precipitation will evaporate (virga), emitting more in the way of gusty outflow winds rather than any appreciable downpours. Prevailing winds will be breezy to locally windy this afternoon with moderate afternoon breezes redeveloping on Sunday along with drier conditions. 52 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 60 93 61 90 / 10 0 0 0 Dulce........................... 48 87 51 84 / 10 5 5 0 Cuba............................ 55 87 54 84 / 5 10 5 0 Gallup.......................... 55 88 54 84 / 5 0 0 0 El Morro........................ 51 83 49 81 / 5 0 0 0 Grants.......................... 54 87 52 85 / 5 5 0 0 Quemado......................... 51 84 50 81 / 10 5 0 0 Magdalena....................... 60 85 58 85 / 10 10 5 0 Datil........................... 53 82 52 80 / 10 10 0 0 Reserve......................... 49 87 47 85 / 10 5 0 0 Glenwood........................ 57 92 56 92 / 10 5 0 0 Chama........................... 47 80 47 78 / 10 10 5 0 Los Alamos...................... 60 85 59 83 / 5 10 10 0 Pecos........................... 57 85 56 83 / 5 10 10 0 Cerro/Questa.................... 51 82 52 81 / 10 10 10 0 Red River....................... 45 73 45 72 / 10 20 10 0 Angel Fire...................... 39 76 41 75 / 10 20 10 0 Taos............................ 49 87 49 85 / 5 10 5 0 Mora............................ 53 83 52 83 / 10 20 10 0 Espanola........................ 58 90 57 90 / 5 10 10 0 Santa Fe........................ 58 86 57 85 / 5 10 10 0 Santa Fe Airport................ 57 89 56 87 / 5 10 5 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 63 90 62 88 / 5 5 5 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 65 92 64 90 / 5 5 5 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 60 94 59 92 / 5 5 5 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 62 92 62 90 / 5 5 5 0 Belen........................... 64 94 61 93 / 5 5 5 0 Bernalillo...................... 61 93 61 91 / 5 5 5 0 Bosque Farms.................... 60 93 58 92 / 5 5 5 0 Corrales........................ 60 93 60 91 / 5 5 5 0 Los Lunas....................... 61 93 58 92 / 5 5 5 0 Placitas........................ 62 90 61 88 / 5 5 5 0 Rio Rancho...................... 64 92 63 91 / 5 5 5 0 Socorro......................... 65 94 62 95 / 10 10 5 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 60 86 57 85 / 5 10 5 0 Tijeras......................... 61 89 59 88 / 5 10 5 0 Edgewood........................ 57 88 55 87 / 5 10 5 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 52 90 50 89 / 5 10 10 0 Clines Corners.................. 57 86 55 85 / 5 10 10 0 Mountainair..................... 58 87 55 86 / 5 10 5 0 Gran Quivira.................... 58 87 55 86 / 10 10 5 0 Carrizozo....................... 63 89 60 88 / 10 10 5 0 Ruidoso......................... 56 83 53 82 / 20 20 10 0 Capulin......................... 56 89 56 89 / 20 20 10 0 Raton........................... 53 92 53 91 / 10 10 10 0 Springer........................ 55 91 55 91 / 10 10 10 0 Las Vegas....................... 56 87 54 87 / 5 10 10 0 Clayton......................... 62 97 63 97 / 10 5 10 0 Roy............................. 61 91 61 91 / 5 10 10 0 Conchas......................... 66 99 67 99 / 5 5 5 0 Santa Rosa...................... 67 95 67 94 / 10 5 5 0 Tucumcari....................... 69 102 70 102 / 10 0 10 0 Clovis.......................... 65 96 65 96 / 30 5 10 0 Portales........................ 68 97 68 98 / 30 10 10 0 Fort Sumner..................... 68 97 69 96 / 20 5 5 0 Roswell......................... 67 100 69 101 / 30 10 10 0 Picacho......................... 65 91 64 91 / 30 10 10 0 Elk............................. 62 87 61 86 / 30 20 10 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Fire Weather Watch from Sunday afternoon through Sunday evening for the following zones... NMZ101-105. Red Flag Warning until 8 PM MDT this evening for the following zones... NMZ103-107. && 52/46
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 248 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020 NMZ201>241-281100- Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands- Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains- West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains- San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama- Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley- Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area- Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood- Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands- Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains- Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass- 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- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands- 248 AM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon to 8 PM MDT today for the Northeast Highlands and the Sandia, Manzano, and Gallinas Mountains where low humidities combined with strong winds will create critical fire weather conditions. Storm coverage is expected to trend down today, but isolated storms will remain possible over northeast as well as southern NM. Any storms that form west of the central mountain chain will likely be dry with gusty winds and little rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Dry conditions combined with strong winds will continue through Tuesday, resulting in locally critical fire weather conditions across western and eastern NM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Contact your local law enforcement at 911 and the National Weather Service at 1.888.386.7637 to report wildfire outbreaks. 15
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 456 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020 NMZ234>236-272330- Roosevelt County-Curry County-Quay County- 456 PM MDT Sat Jun 27 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ROOSEVELT...SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY AND CURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM MDT... At 452 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking isolated strong storms along a line extending from 10 miles north of Melrose to near Clovis. Movement was east around 15 mph. Dime size hail will be possible with these storms. Meanwhile, wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible and may be displaced several miles from the core of these thunderstorms. Locations impacted include... Clovis, Portales, Texico, Melrose, Floyd, Saint Vrain, Cannon Air Force Base, Ranchvale, Arch and Oasis State Park. This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 352 and 397. && LAT...LON 3422 10390 3474 10374 3474 10304 3405 10305 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 259DEG 15KT 3457 10369 3445 10317 DPorter
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Clovis airport reported a peak wind gust up to 63 mph as a thunderstorm moved through the area.
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