Increasing westerly flow across eastern New Mexico resulted in breezy to windy conditions across the area on January 8, 2022. With these downsloping winds, the usual windy areas across east central New Mexico measured wind gusts near 40 to 50 mph.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Increasing westerly flow across eastern New Mexico resulted in breezy to windy conditions across the area on January 8, 2022. With these downsloping winds, the usual windy areas across east central New Mexico measured wind gusts near 40 to 50 mph. The exception was Clines Corners which measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph briefly during the late morning.
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 8, 4:20 AM MST, 6 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 420 AM MST Sat Jan 8 2022 .AVIATION... 12Z TAF CYCLE Upper trough moving into the Great Basin spreading high clouds into NM at 11Z. Clouds to thicken and lower along and west of the Contdvd with wdly sct showers developing over nw and north central NM and possibly a few virga showers over west central NM aft 18Z obscuring mt tops. Sw-wly winds along the central mt chain and into east central NM to gust to around 35kts with a sfc low over far ne NM. The sfc low to move into the TX Panhandle by 23Z with winds becoming nly over ne NM. && .PREV DISCUSSION...246 AM MST Sat Jan 8 2022... .SYNOPSIS... Above normal temperatures continue today, especially across the east thanks to downsloping winds. Windy conditions are likely for areas along the central mountain chain and east central plains. A cold front tonight will lead to cooler temperatures Sunday, but an area of high pressure on Monday will result in highs trending up and an overall very nice day for the area. The weather pattern still looks to become more active by the middle of next week with valley rain and mountain snow thanks to the arrival of a couple of storm systems. && .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... An upper level trough will pass southeastward through the Four Corners and over northern New Mexico tonight and Sunday morning. Clouds in advance of this trough were already spreading into western and central portions of the state. There may be some brief breaks in the clouds during the day then clouds will increase again thereafter. Spotty showers associated with this system will be most likely over the northwest and north central high terrain near the Colorado border, but spotty virga showers will also be possible over the west central part of the state. An associated cold front will push into the region from the west and north, with some cooling for most locales today although highs remain near to above normal. Highs Sunday will be cooler than today's and range from near normal to about 10 degrees cooler than normal. Breezy to windy conditions are expected later this morning and this afternoon along the central mountain chain and across portions of the east central. Went ahead and hoisted a Wind Advisory for the Central Highlands and Guadalupe County. LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... An amplified H5 ridge is still on track to build over the western CONUS on Monday, leading to warming temperatures for most locations. Meanwhile, a Pacific low develops off the coast of CA. Overall, Monday looks to be a very pleasant day for the area with mostly clear skies and light winds. A more active weather pattern is still expected hereafter, but there have been some big model differences compared to this time yesterday morning that doesn't lend itself to much confidence. The Pacific low still strengthens as it moves inland into SoCal and the northern Baja. It taps into a plume of subtropical moisture that is then steered into AZ and NM. What's changed with the latest suite of guidance is the timing and track of this system. Model guidance has slowed the system down by about 24 hours, and the GFS and ECMWF are now tracking it northeastward through AZ instead of NM. As a result, PoPs were trimmed back Monday and Tuesday and don't really start increasing until late Wednesday. If this track holds, then southern and western NM would be the favored locations for precipitation, but kept mentionable PoPs areawide due to the uncertainty. With this system's warm origins, snow levels remain around 7500 feet, making this first event a mostly mountain snow and valley rain one. That system exits by the end of the work week, and model guidance is still showing another, colder system diving in from the northwest next weekend. There have again been big model differences with the handling of this system that decreases confidence. While most guidance is in pretty good agreement with this system developing into a strong closed low, there is very poor agreement in its track and timing. Some guidance brings into southward to the NM Bootheel, having very little impact on precipitation for our area. Other guidance significantly slows it down, keeping it over CA for several days. Again, did keep slight chances for PoPs in the forecast Friday and Saturday to account for the uncertainty, but forecast changes are likely until the details can be ironed out. 15 && .FIRE WEATHER... The combination of wind and marginally low humidities will result in localized 1-3 hours of critical fire weather conditions this afternoon over portions of the East Central Plains. An upper level trough will swing through the Four Corners this evening and over northern New Mexico later tonight and Sunday morning. There will be sufficient moisture for spotty high terrain showers mainly northwest and north central, with spotty virga possible over west central New Mexico. At the same time, a frontal boundary will push into the state from the north and west. Highs will be cooler today over most areas but still above normal. The more substantial cooling will be noticed on Sunday when highs will range from near normal to about 10 degrees below. A wetter and relatively warm storm system bringing a tap of subtropical moisture may affect the region as soon as Monday night and linger into mid to late next week. A second system late next week may drop out of the northwest and into New Mexico, keeping the potential for wetting precipitation and unsettled weather alive into next weekend. Widespread fair to poor ventilation rates are forecast Sunday through Thursday. Today's rates will be mostly good to excellent except through the RGV and over portions of the Northwest Plateau and Northeast Plains where fair to poor rates will persist. && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon for the following zones... NMZ223-233. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An ASOS station in Clines Corners measured a peak wind gust of 62 mph.
An ASOS station in Clines Corners measured a peak sustained wind speed of 43 mph.
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