Another active monsoon day was in store for northern and central New Mexico on August 9, 2022. As is typical, thunderstorms first developed over the high terrain areas before becoming more widespread as the day progressed.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Another active monsoon day was in store for northern and central New Mexico on August 9, 2022. As is typical, thunderstorms first developed over the high terrain areas before becoming more widespread as the day progressed. Some of these thunderstorms were more robust and produced heavy rainfall which led to flash flooding. Most notably for the day, the McBride burn scar near Ruidoso was hit hard with flash flooding. Road closures from debris flow were also reported near Golden.
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 Aug 9, 10:22 AM MST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1122 AM MDT Tue Aug 9 2022 .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE Scattered to numerous showers and storms will once again plague western and central NM, with the best chances for impacts at KGUP, KABQ/KAEG and KSAF terminals with lower coverage of storms across the eastern plains. Visibility and ceilings may briefly drop into the MVFR category in heavy precipitation. Wet microburst winds are also possible with stronger activity. Expect convection to slowly wind down after sunset, although light showers and isolated storms may persist after 06Z for locations along/south of U.S. Highway 60. DPorter && .PREV DISCUSSION...246 AM MDT Tue Aug 9 2022... .SYNOPSIS... Storm coverage will be highest today before slowly trending downward through the rest of the week. Some storms today will produce heavy rainfall, which may lead to flash flooding, especially on recent burn scars. Though storm coverage will lessen this week, some storms will remain capable of heavy rainfall. Temperatures will remain at or below normal for much of the work week, but will trend up this weekend. && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... We have issued a Flood Watch this afternoon through midnight tonight for all the recent significant burn scars. The center of the 500 mb high pressure is along the Utah/Colorado border. It will drift slowly east to northern central CO today and remain there through Wednesday. Widespread showers and thunderstorms will are expected today and Wednesday, with the favored areas the central and western mountains. With a generally east to west flow aloft, the eastern plains will see the least storms. Coverage in west and central ares will be scattered to numerous, with isolated to scattered storms in the east. Highs today will be a few degrees lower than Monday, and a little lower on Wednesday, with most high temperatures below normal both days. LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)... A disturbance rounding the 597 dam 5H high will move over southeast NM Wednesday night into Thursday, then models suggest this feature will stall over southern or southeast NM through much of Friday. With moist low level southeasterly flow in place, this feature will aid in thunderstorm development across the southeast plains Wednesday night with additional storms expected in this area through Thursday. Meanwhile, drier air aloft will be filtering into northeast NM on Thursday, limiting convection there, and western NM will remain active with monsoon moisture in place. Most storms on Thursday will move toward the west around 5 to 10 mph. The upper high will inch eastward over Colorado Thursday through Saturday. Drier air aloft will continue to filter into eastern NM, thus focusing storms more and more across western NM each day. Thus, overall storm coverage will lower as the monsoon plume shifts over western NM and AZ. Though the upper high will weaken somewhat going into Sunday and Monday, the center will shift toward northeast NM. This will focus the moisture plume more squarely over AZ. With less convection expected and the upper high nearby, an increase in temperatures is expected. One fly in the ointment may be a back door front that oozes into northeast NM Monday, potentially increasing storm coverage, but models are at odds with how far south this front will get. CHJ/34 && .FIRE WEATHER... High pressure aloft will be centered over Colorado for the next few days, getting a little stronger. It will drift southeast this weekend through the middle of next week, reaching northeast NM. With this pattern, we will see a slow decrease in showers and thunderstorms, especially on the eastern plains, due to a general east to west flow aloft. Today and Wednesday though will be active with widespread showers and storms, some heavy rain, and possible flash flooding. This will be especially true on the recent burn scars. High temperatures will gradually increase to near normal by the weekend. CHJ && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch through this evening for the following zones... NMZ208-211-214-215-226-241. && 46
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:26 UTC.
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain on the McBride burn scar caused flash flooding along Gavilan Canyon Road near the intersection of Eagle Creek Canyon Road in Ruidoso. Damages are estimated.
Heavy rain near Golden caused flash flooding on Puertocito Road, forcing the closure of the roadway with debris and large boulders rendering it unpassable. Time of the report is estimated based on radar. Damages are estimated.
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