There was little change in the drought conditions for far west Texas with a near normal month of precipitation in November.
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The episode as NWS EPZ wrote it up.
There was little change in the drought conditions for far west Texas with a near normal month of precipitation in November.
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 El Paso, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 9:59 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM 1059 PM MDT Thu Oct 31 2024 ...New AVIATION... .SYNOPSIS... Issued at 151 PM MDT Thu Oct 31 2024 Conditions will be quiet during the day on Friday, but will become active overnight Friday into Saturday morning mainly east of the Rio Grande as a disturbance moves over the South Plains. A stronger storm system will bring a mix of rain and snow to the mountains and rain showers to the lowlands from Sunday afternoon through Monday morning. The temperatures will be above the normal on Friday and Saturday, but will be cool to below the normal beginning on Sunday and lasting through much of next week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 151 PM MDT Thu Oct 31 2024 Currently, conditions are quiet with light winds, sunny skies and cool temperatures. For tonight, conditions will continue to be non-active with light and variable winds and partly skies. The low temperatures on Friday morning will above the normal for this time of the year. For Friday, an upper level trough will dig across the far Southwest and as it does, the moisture will increase with a dryline moving westward at least over the eastern CWA. There will not be a lot of instability associated with the this somewhat active pattern; thus, most of the activity will be in the form of stratiform rain. Any thunderstorms during overnight hours on Friday will be across eastern Otero and Hudspeth counties. Showers and a thunderstorm or two will continue into early Saturday morning a much of the energy moves into the Plains. As of now, there is a slight chance for precipitation on Saturday morning across the aforementioned areas. By Sunday, the deepened trough axis will move closer to the Borderland bringing breezy to windy conditions and rain showers to most of the area. The snow levels on Sunday will be above 8000ft. As we head into Sunday night, the snow levels will lower to 7000ft along the Continental Divide, which will allow for a mix of rain and snow across the Gila Mountains. By this time, the best chance for snow will be in the high elevations of the mountains. Also, the winds overnight Sunday into Monday morning will be strong as a frontal boundary is expected to move across our area. By Monday morning, the axis of the tough will be across the eastern CWA with the bulk of the moisture across Otero and Hudspeth Counties. The snow levels will be around 6500ft in the morning then increasing to near 7000ft in the afternoon. Rain and mountain snow showers will continue throughout the day as this storm system traverses the Rockies with the precipitation ending during the afternoon hours. With this system moving through the area, the temperatures on Monday will be 7 to 21 degrees below the climatological normal. For the rest of the period, conditions will be quiet with the temperatures gradually warming a few degrees each day while they continue to be below the normal. && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1051 PM MDT Thu Oct 31 2024 VFR conditions prevail through nearly all of the forecast period. FEW-SCT250 continue to pass overhead on Friday, giving way to isolated to scattered thunderstorms after 0z east of the Rio Grande. Confidence is too low for any mention of TS in this TAF cycle, but KELP could see storms nearby from 3z onward. Storms may produce strong winds and small hail in eastern areas close to the end of the period. Light and variable winds persist through the morning, shifting S in the afternoon AOB 8kts. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 151 PM MDT Thu Oct 31 2024 Dry weather will continue for the rest of the afternoon. Tonight recovery will be fair to good. For Friday, conditions will be quiet throughout the day; however, conditions will become active mainly east of the Rio Grande during the overnight hours. There is a chance for showers and thunderstorms Friday night into Saturday morning across the aforementioned area. Any storm that develops will have the potential to produce heavy rainfall, frequent lightning, and strong gusty winds. For the rest of the period, a more potent storm system will move in overnight Sunday into Monday morning bring rain and snow to the mountains, and rain showers to the lowland area. The temperatures will be above the normal this weekend, but cool to below the normal early next week. With that being said, there will be no fire weather concerns through the period across all of the zones. The min RHs on Friday will be mainly in the teens west of the Rio Grande and between 20 and 50% to the east of the Rio Grande. The min RHS on Saturday will continue to be in the teens west of the Rio Grande while decreasing 5 to 10% from what they will be on Friday to the east of the Rio Grande. The ventilation rates will be poor to very good on Friday then fair to excellent on Saturday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... El Paso 51 81 56 80 / 0 10 50 10 Sierra Blanca 46 77 53 75 / 0 10 50 10 Las Cruces 43 77 47 76 / 0 0 20 0 Alamogordo 44 76 49 75 / 0 10 40 10 Cloudcroft 34 57 37 55 / 0 10 50 20 Truth or Consequences 41 73 44 74 / 0 0 10 0 Silver City 42 70 43 68 / 0 0 0 0 Deming 41 77 41 76 / 0 0 0 0 Lordsburg 39 76 39 74 / 0 0 0 0 West El Paso Metro 53 78 57 77 / 0 10 40 0 Dell City 43 80 55 78 / 0 10 50 20 Fort Hancock 47 83 54 80 / 0 10 50 10 Loma Linda 48 73 52 70 / 0 10 50 10 Fabens 47 82 53 79 / 0 10 50 10 Santa Teresa 45 76 50 75 / 0 0 40 0 White Sands HQ 49 76 53 76 / 0 10 40 10 Jornada Range 41 75 44 75 / 0 0 30 0 Hatch 38 78 42 78 / 0 0 10 0 Columbus 44 76 45 77 / 0 0 0 0 Orogrande 44 75 50 75 / 0 10 50 10 Mayhill 37 69 42 67 / 0 10 50 20 Mescalero 36 67 39 65 / 0 10 50 20 Timberon 36 65 39 62 / 0 10 50 20 Winston 30 66 32 67 / 0 0 0 0 Hillsboro 39 73 40 73 / 0 0 10 0 Spaceport 37 74 40 75 / 0 0 10 0 Lake Roberts 36 70 38 68 / 0 0 0 0 Hurley 38 72 38 71 / 0 0 0 0 Cliff 28 78 30 75 / 0 0 0 0 Mule Creek 36 71 38 69 / 0 0 0 0 Faywood 41 71 42 70 / 0 0 0 0 Animas 39 78 40 75 / 0 0 0 0 Hachita 38 76 39 75 / 0 0 0 0 Antelope Wells 42 78 42 76 / 0 0 0 0 Cloverdale 45 72 44 68 / 0 0 0 0 && .EPZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...None. NM...None. && FORECASTER...39-Aronson
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The zone started in Extreme(D3) drought and improved to Severe(D2) drought by the end of the month.
Most of the zone was in Extreme(D3) drought with the exception of the far southeast where it remained in Severe(D2) drought. The El Paso Airport reported 0.72 inches of precipitation which was 0.29 inches above normal.
The northern half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the south remained in Severe(D2) drought.
Extreme(D3) drought continued throughout the month for the entire zone.
The western half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the east remained in Exceptional(D4) drought.
Severe(D2) drought continued for the entire zone. The Tornillo Cooperative Observer received 0.71 inches of precipitation which was 0.35 inches above normal.
The western half of the zone remained in Extreme(D3) drought while the east remained in Exceptional(D4) drought.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1223188, 1223189, 1223190, 1223191, 1223192, 1223193, 1223194.