High Wind, Guadalupe County
- When
- December 9, 1:35 PM MST to 2:06 PM MST
- Where
- Guadalupe County forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 34.863, -104.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Mexico, December 9, 2025
Another dry upper level disturbance moved southeast across the state during the day on December 9th. Strong mid level northwest winds at the base of the disturbance resulted in a period of high wind gusts of up to 61 mph at a mesonet station southeast of Vaughn during the early afternoon hours.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Another dry upper level disturbance moved southeast across the state during the day on December 9th. Strong mid level northwest winds at the base of the disturbance resulted in a period of high wind gusts of up to 61 mph at a mesonet station southeast of Vaughn during the early afternoon hours. Northwest winds across the central highlands tapered off during the evening hours as the disturbance exited into the Great Plains.
What forecasters said that day
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 Dec 9, 1:35 PM MST, 0 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Updated at 1235 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025
- Northwest wind gusts from 35 to 50 mph will continue to produce difficult travel conditions for large and high-profile vehicles around Clines Corners, Vaughn, and Corona for the remainder of this afternoon.
- Dry and unseasonably warm weather will persist through at least the next seven days across central and northern New Mexico.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 1:35 PM MST, 0 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 135 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, FIRE WEATHER... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 1235 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 - Northwest wind gusts from 35 to 50 mph will continue to produce difficult travel conditions for large and high-profile vehicles around Clines Corners, Vaughn, and Corona for the remainder of this afternoon. - Dry and unseasonably warm weather will persist through at least the next seven days across central and northern New Mexico. && .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 1235 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 Gusty winds have developed over the central highlands, east central plains, and southeast plains today in response to a surface trough in the lee of the southern Rockies, and strengthening flow aloft south of disturbances crossing the northern and central Rockies. Wind speeds will trend weaker during the evening hours. Tonight, a modestly gusty backdoor front will sag southwestward through the eastern plains. Winds will then veer out of the southwest across eastern areas on Wednesday, while becoming gusty again over northeast NM with a weaker lee trough focused more over CO. Behind the front, high temperatures will fall around 7 to 14 degrees over eastern parts of the forecast area from today's readings, and climb a few to five degrees west of the central mountain chain. These readings will still be 2 to 17 degrees above 1991-2020 averages. && .LONG TERM... (Thursday through Monday) Issued at 1235 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 As northwest flow aloft persists between a broad longwave trough over the eastern US and a building ride of high pressure off the CA coast, high temperatures will rebound across northern and central New Mexico on Thursday. Readings will climb around 6 to 23 degrees above average Thursday afternoon with some near record highs in some eastern and western locations. Another backdoor cold front will arrive on Friday, cooling high temperatures across the east a few to 13 degrees from Thursday's readings, while temperatures in some western locations climb a few more degrees in response to the high pressure system on the west coast. Nonetheless, readings in the east will remain around 10-15 degrees above 30-year averages, while records continue to be challenged in a few locations west of the central mountain chain. This weekend, warm temperatures will persist as the ridge of high pressure weakens and moves inland over the western US. Temperatures will fall a few to 5 degrees across central and eastern areas on Sunday in response to a stronger backdoor cold front that will arrive late Saturday and Saturday night. A dry disturbance is forecast to undercut the ridge of high pressure over the western US on Sunday and Monday, but temperatures will still rebound over eastern areas on Monday. && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1044 AM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 VFR conditions are forecast for the next 24 hours. Northwest winds will be gusty in many east central and southeast locations today, then wind speeds trend weaker with sunset. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 1235 PM MST Tue Dec 9 2025 Minimum humidities will remain above 15 percent over the next seven days, except for pockets of critically low humidity over southern and eastern parts of the fire weather forecast area on Saturday afternoon. Areas of poor ventilation will return Wednesday, except for ventilation improvement with the gusty winds over the northeast. Poor ventilation will become widespread Thursday through Monday. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 49 27 51 27 / 0 0 0 0 Dulce........................... 48 18 53 20 / 0 0 0 0 Cuba............................ 49 26 52 27 / 0 0 0 0 Gallup.......................... 56 23 58 24 / 0 0 0 0 El Morro........................ 54 29 58 30 / 0 0 0 0 Grants.......................... 59 26 59 26 / 0 0 0 0 Quemado......................... 55 28 58 29 / 0 0 0 0 Magdalena....................... 59 36 58 35 / 0 0 0 0 Datil........................... 56 32 58 32 / 0 0 0 0 Reserve......................... 66 27 69 29 / 0 0 0 0 Glenwood........................ 69 31 74 32 / 0 0 0 0 Chama........................... 45 22 51 25 / 0 0 0 0 Los Alamos...................... 50 32 51 34 / 0 0 0 0 Pecos........................... 56 33 54 33 / 0 0 0 0 Cerro/Questa.................... 48 28 51 30 / 0 0 0 0 Red River....................... 41 25 45 27 / 0 0 0 0 Angel Fire...................... 47 19 50 19 / 0 0 0 0 Taos............................ 50 22 53 23 / 0 0 0 0 Mora............................ 56 31 56 33 / 0 0 0 0 Espanola........................ 56 28 58 29 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe........................ 51 35 53 35 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe Airport................ 52 30 55 30 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 55 37 57 37 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 57 34 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 59 33 61 32 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 59 34 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 Belen........................... 58 28 61 27 / 0 0 0 0 Bernalillo...................... 59 32 60 32 / 0 0 0 0 Bosque Farms.................... 58 29 61 28 / 0 0 0 0 Corrales........................ 60 33 61 32 / 0 0 0 0 Los Lunas....................... 58 30 60 29 / 0 0 0 0 Placitas........................ 54 35 56 34 / 0 0 0 0 Rio Rancho...................... 59 34 60 33 / 0 0 0 0 Socorro......................... 61 34 64 33 / 0 0 0 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 51 33 53 32 / 0 0 0 0 Tijeras......................... 51 33 54 33 / 0 0 0 0 Edgewood........................ 53 31 56 30 / 0 0 0 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 54 29 57 27 / 0 0 0 0 Clines Corners.................. 50 31 52 32 / 0 0 0 0 Mountainair..................... 55 32 57 32 / 0 0 0 0 Gran Quivira.................... 54 31 58 31 / 0 0 0 0 Carrizozo....................... 59 36 63 36 / 0 0 0 0 Ruidoso......................... 57 39 56 38 / 0 0 0 0 Capulin......................... 59 29 50 32 / 0 0 0 0 Raton........................... 61 28 54 29 / 0 0 0 0 Springer........................ 64 29 57 27 / 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas....................... 61 32 54 32 / 0 0 0 0 Clayton......................... 67 34 53 37 / 0 0 0 0 Roy............................. 64 31 52 31 / 0 0 0 0 Conchas......................... 67 31 59 29 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa...................... 64 34 57 34 / 0 0 0 0 Tucumcari....................... 69 32 59 32 / 0 0 0 0 Clovis.......................... 67 37 58 34 / 0 0 0 0 Portales........................ 67 36 59 35 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Sumner..................... 68 36 58 31 / 0 0 0 0 Roswell......................... 70 38 62 33 / 0 0 0 0 Picacho......................... 68 41 60 37 / 0 0 0 0 Elk............................. 69 40 59 34 / 0 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 5 PM MST this afternoon for NMZ223. && SHORT TERM...44 LONG TERM....44 AVIATION...44
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
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Sources
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: 1296784.