An isolated and near stationary thunderstorm developed over Cannon AFB August 17th. This storm produced a downburst severe thunderstorm wind gust over the base.
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An isolated and near stationary thunderstorm developed over Cannon AFB August 17th. This storm produced a downburst severe thunderstorm wind gust over the base.
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 17, 12:53 PM MST, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 153 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 ...New SYNOPSIS, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, FIRE WEATHER... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 153 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 The heat will be the main story through most of the week as an unseasonably strong upper high remains over the state. Daily record highs will be challenged for many areas through Thursday. Diurnal shower and storm chances will be limited to the northern and western mountains through Wednesday. Better monsoon moisture and higher chances for showers and storms move into western NM Thursday and western and central NM Friday as the high shifts east into Texas. Temperatures will gradually cool down as a result, but still be slight above normal for mid to late August. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Sunday night) Issued at 153 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Another anomalously hot day with near record high temperatures is underway as a 596dam 500mb high centroid moves from central to northeast NM. This motion is allowing a Monsoon moisture plume over AZ to bleed over into wester NM and will result in greater coverage of showers and storms this afternoon/evening relative to isolated convection across eastern NM. Today's crop of convection will bring strong/erratic windy gusts and brief heavy downpours. As a reminder, a Heat Advisory continues through 8PM for the Chaves County plains and the middle RGV including Albuquerque. The upper high centroid is forecast to drift east into the TX Panhandle Sunday, but overall the atmosphere will be similar to today's. The Monsoon moisture plume will lean over to the east a tad more and the associated additional cloud cover will likely shave a degree or two off of today's high temperatures. Therefore, a Heat Advisory for Sunday is not anticipated at this time. && .LONG TERM... (Monday through Friday) Issued at 153 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 It's peak green chile roasting season and a unseasonably strong upper high more typical of late June to early July will be roasting New Mexico like green chile through most of the forecast period. On Monday, the high centroid will be over southeast NM at around 598 dam, intensifying to 599 dam and somewhere near Albuquerque on Tuesday, and then meandering northeast over northeast NM at around 598 dam on Wednesday. Highs will challenge daily records for most areas. Roswell will be in the low to mid 100s with Albuquerque near 100 and potentially breaching the 100 mark Tuesday and Wednesday. Mid 90s will be commonplace for lower elevations across western and northern NM, with temperatures in the low 100s across the middle and lower RGV and eastern plains. Heat Advisories will be needed for some zones, including ABQ and Roswell. In terms of shower and storm chances, mid level subsidence from the high and PWATS around 0.5 to 0.8 inches will do a good job at keeping just isolated shower and storm activity to the northern and western mountains. A backdoor front sneaking into far northeast NM Tuesday could provide enough forcing for some isolated showers and storms up there. Mid 100s could be possible across most of eastern NM with a forecasted high of 107 at Roswell Wednesday due to surface winds resulting in some slight compressional heating and a little more drying. Come Thursday, the high shifts more into West Texas and Oklahoma in response to an upper low moving into the Pacific NW. This will allow the monsoon plume over Arizona early in the week to shift more into western NM allowing PWATS in this part of the state to increase to an inch. This will result in a better coverage of showers and storms and slightly cooler temperatures for western NM. Central and western NM will still be very hot with 90s to around 100 across the RGV and low to mid 100s across eastern NM due to some downsloping southwest winds. However, the ABQ Metro could see some cool relief and gusty winds from storm outflow come Thursday evening. The monsoon plume could inch a little more east into more of central NM Friday but deterministic and ensemble guidance is split on if the upper low over the Pacific Coast digs south or moves inland into the western U.S. If the upper low moves inland, that would shift the monsoon plume more east. If the upper low digs south, the western flank of the high would move back more into New Mexico, resulting in a slightly lower coverage of storms for western and central NM. Temperatures across central and eastern NM will be a degree to two cooler but still very hot and near record levels. Beyond, the 8 to 14 day outlook favors higher probabilities for above normal temperatures with no true signal for precipitation anomalies. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1124 AM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 VFR conditions prevail and are forecast to persist, except for low probabilities of short-lived MVFR conditions in showers and storms across western NM later this afternoon/evening. KGUP and KFMN are likely to be impacted by gusty thunderstorm outflow later today. Gusty winds associated with convection may impact KSAF this evening as well. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 153 PM MDT Sat Aug 17 2024 Critical fire weather conditions are not expected through at least the next seven days. An upper high currently over the region will persist through the next seven days with well above normal temperatures. Chances for wetting storms will favor western NM through Sunday and then decrease areawide before ramping back up across western NM toward the end of the work week. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 64 94 64 94 / 30 20 10 0 Dulce........................... 52 91 52 91 / 20 30 10 10 Cuba............................ 57 90 58 90 / 30 20 10 5 Gallup.......................... 58 91 56 92 / 50 30 10 10 El Morro........................ 57 87 57 87 / 50 30 20 20 Grants.......................... 57 91 59 92 / 40 20 10 10 Quemado......................... 56 89 57 88 / 50 30 20 20 Magdalena....................... 63 90 63 90 / 20 5 0 0 Datil........................... 57 88 57 87 / 30 10 5 10 Reserve......................... 57 94 57 93 / 40 20 10 10 Glenwood........................ 66 99 66 98 / 40 20 10 10 Chama........................... 51 84 51 84 / 20 40 20 20 Los Alamos...................... 64 88 62 88 / 20 20 10 10 Pecos........................... 58 89 58 88 / 20 10 5 10 Cerro/Questa.................... 52 87 52 86 / 10 30 10 20 Red River....................... 45 78 46 76 / 10 30 20 30 Angel Fire...................... 38 81 40 81 / 10 20 10 20 Taos............................ 53 91 53 90 / 10 20 10 5 Mora............................ 53 86 53 85 / 10 20 5 10 Espanola........................ 63 96 62 95 / 20 20 10 5 Santa Fe........................ 63 90 63 90 / 20 10 5 5 Santa Fe Airport................ 63 93 62 94 / 20 10 5 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 69 96 69 96 / 20 5 5 5 Albuquerque Heights............. 70 97 70 98 / 20 0 0 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 65 99 65 100 / 20 0 0 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 69 97 68 97 / 20 0 0 0 Belen........................... 65 99 65 100 / 20 0 0 0 Bernalillo...................... 66 99 65 100 / 20 5 0 0 Bosque Farms.................... 62 99 63 100 / 20 0 0 0 Corrales........................ 66 99 66 100 / 20 5 0 0 Los Lunas....................... 63 99 63 100 / 20 0 0 0 Placitas........................ 66 94 66 96 / 20 5 0 0 Rio Rancho...................... 69 98 67 99 / 20 5 0 0 Socorro......................... 68 101 69 100 / 20 0 0 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 61 90 62 89 / 20 5 0 0 Tijeras......................... 63 92 64 91 / 20 5 0 0 Edgewood........................ 60 93 60 92 / 20 5 0 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 55 94 55 95 / 20 5 0 0 Clines Corners.................. 59 89 57 90 / 20 5 0 0 Mountainair..................... 60 91 60 91 / 20 5 0 0 Gran Quivira.................... 60 91 60 90 / 20 5 0 0 Carrizozo....................... 65 96 65 94 / 10 5 0 0 Ruidoso......................... 58 87 58 86 / 10 10 0 0 Capulin......................... 59 89 58 87 / 5 10 5 20 Raton........................... 56 94 57 93 / 5 10 5 20 Springer........................ 57 95 57 95 / 5 10 0 10 Las Vegas....................... 57 89 55 91 / 5 10 0 5 Clayton......................... 68 97 65 96 / 0 0 5 5 Roy............................. 62 94 61 91 / 5 0 0 5 Conchas......................... 66 99 65 98 / 5 0 0 0 Santa Rosa...................... 65 94 64 94 / 5 0 0 0 Tucumcari....................... 67 100 66 100 / 0 0 0 0 Clovis.......................... 71 101 69 102 / 5 0 0 0 Portales........................ 69 102 69 102 / 5 0 0 0 Fort Sumner..................... 67 99 67 100 / 5 0 0 0 Roswell......................... 73 103 72 104 / 0 0 0 0 Picacho......................... 65 96 65 95 / 0 5 0 0 Elk............................. 61 94 60 93 / 0 10 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Heat Advisory until 8 PM MDT this evening for NMZ219-238. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....71 AVIATION...11
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:36 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cannon AFB AWOS measured a peak thunderstorm wind gust caused by a downburst.
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