An upper level disturbance moved across New Mexico during the day with some stronger mid and upper level winds overhead. Daytime mixing allowed the stronger winds to mix down to the surface resulting in a period of high wind gusts across the central highlands, Sacramento Mountains and east central plains.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved across New Mexico during the day with some stronger mid and upper level winds overhead. Daytime mixing allowed the stronger winds to mix down to the surface resulting in a period of high wind gusts across the central highlands, Sacramento Mountains and east central plains. These strong winds also activated a dust source southwest of Roswell with brownout conditions from the blowing dust resulting in the closure of the Roswell Relief Route between Sunset Avenue to Brasher Road. High winds tapered off during the early evening hours before sunset and the blowing dust in Roswell settled around sunset.
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 17, 5:04 AM MST, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The mesonet station southeast of Vaughn observed high wind gusts of at least 67 mph with peak sustained winds of 53 mph. Additionally, the Thompson Cattle mesonet and mesonet station east of Vaugn observed peak wind gusts of 61 mph.
Clines Corners observed high wind gusts peaking at 69 mph. Additionally, the site observed peak sustained winds of 43 mph.
A mesonet station in Clovis observed high wind gusts peaking at 63 mph.
The West Texas Mesonet station in Dora observed high wind gusts peaking at 59 mph.
The mesonet station east of Fort Sumner observed high wind gusts peaking at 65 mph.
The mesonet in Nogal observed high wind gusts peaking at 60 mph.
Blowing dust and brownout conditions caused by strong west winds resulted in the brief closure of the Roswell Relief Route from Sunset Avenue to Brasher Road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, January 2025
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1223362, 1223361, 1223363, 1223364, 1223365, 1223370, 1223366.