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FXUS65 KABQ 292357 AAA  
AFDABQ  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM  
557 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 547 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
- DAILY ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FAVOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO  
THROUGH FRIDAY, WITH COVERAGE EXPANDING TO THE WHOLE AREA THIS  
WEEKEND. A FEW STORMS IN THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY PRODUCE LARGE  
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TODAY.  
 
- A FEW DRY STORMS WITH LITTLE TO NO RAINFALL AND ERRATIC  
DOWNBURST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY OVER  
THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THESE STORMS HAVE  
THE POTENTIAL TO START NEW FIRES.  
 
- THERE IS A LOW RISK OF FLASH FLOODING OVER RECENT BURN SCARS  
AND IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 341 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
A MOIST BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH WEST  
TEXAS AND INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO, BRINGING IN A STREAM OF LOW  
CLOUDS BEHIND THE LEADING EDGE OF THE FRONT. MEANWHILE, STORMS ARE  
FIRING ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN, PARTICULARLY OVER THE SOUTH-  
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, AND MOVING EAST INTO THE PLAINS WHERE THERE ARE  
MORE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR STRENGTHENING. SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO  
LOOKS TO HAVE THE MOST FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR SUPERCELLS, WITH  
CAPE VALUES IN THE 2000 J/KG AND BULK SHEAR VALUES OF NEAR 35 KTS.  
SINCE THE FRONT HAS ALREADY PUSHED THROUGH MUCH OF EAST-CENTRAL NM,  
THE GREATEST SEVERE POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER FAR EASTERN CHAVES AND  
SOUTHER ROOSEVELT COUNTIES, JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. LARGE HAIL AND  
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE, BUT THE STRONGEST CELLS LOOK TO  
REMAIN SOUTH AND EAST OF OUR WARNING AREA. MEANWHILE. SOME STORMS  
ARE FORMING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BUT CONDITIONS LOOK TO BE  
MORE STABLE OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO SUPPORT STRONGER  
CONVECTION, WITH UNION COUNTY ALREADY BEING POST FRONTAL. HOWEVER,  
SHORTWAVE FORCING MAY SUPPORT SOME STORMS MOVING OFF OF THE SANGRE DE  
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CO-NM BORDER, WHICH COULD BRING SOME  
LIGHT PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS FOR NORTHEAST AREAS LATER THIS  
AFTERNOON.  
 
THE BACKDOOR FRONT LOOKS TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE GAPS OF THE CENTRAL  
MOUNTAIN CHAIN BY LATE TONIGHT AND PUSHING THROUGH A ROBUST EAST  
CANYON GAP WIND FOR THE ABQ AND SANTA FE METRO AREAS. WIND GUSTS OF  
35 TO 45 KTS LOOKS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE  
CALMING DOWN AROUND SUNRISE. EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS, GREATER  
LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLOSH INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS AND ALLOW FOR  
A DECK OF LOW LEVEL CLOUDS TO PERSIST INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SOME  
FOG MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN VALLEY AREAS ALONG THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS  
AND IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SIMILAR TO THE LAST COUPLE OF  
DAYS, MUCH OF THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LOOKS TO MIX OUT FOR WESTERN  
AND CENTRAL NM DURING THE DAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FOR TOMORROW  
AFTERNOON WILL MIMIC TODAY'S ACTIVITY, WITH STRONGER STORMS MOVING  
OFF OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY BECOMING SEVERE IN THE  
PLAINS. HOWEVER SOME DEEPER MOISTURE WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN  
CHAIN COULD SUPPORT SOME VIRGA SHOWERS AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR  
WESTERN AREAS.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 341 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
IT SEEMS THAT GUIDANCE IS STILL STRUGGLING ON A SOLUTION FOR  
SATURDAY'S SHOWER ACTIVITY. WHILE SOUTHERLY FLOW ON SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON COULD PUSH SOME GREATER SURFACE LEVEL MOISTURE FARTHER  
WEST OVER NEW MEXICO, SCALED BACK ON POPS WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE  
AS STORMS LOOK TO BE MORE ISOLATED OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE  
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER SOME MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE WILL  
BEGIN TO USHER IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST, WHICH COULD HELP SUPPORT SOME  
HIGH BASE THUNDERSTORMS. VIRGA SHOWERS AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS COULD  
CREATE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS AND POSSIBLE LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS  
IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO WHERE FUEL MOISTURE IS QUITE LOW.  
 
ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO AN UPPER LEVEL LOW SPINNING OVER BAJA  
CALIFORNIA THAT WILL BEGIN TO EJECT INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST LATE  
THIS WEEK. THE SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT WILL ENTER OUR REGION LATE  
SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY, USHERING SOME GREATER MOISTURE INTO THE  
REGION. GUIDANCE IS NOT QUITE IN AGREEMENT YET ON SHOWER AND  
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE, BUT WITH MODEL PWATS NEARING CLOSE TO 1 INCH  
(NEAR RECORD FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR ACCORDING TO LOCAL SOUNDING  
CLIMATOLOGY), WESTERN NEW MEXICO COULD BE IN FOR A WET BEGGING OF  
NEXT WEEK. THE STORM TRACK OF THE SYSTEM IS STILL UNCERTAIN, WITH  
THE RECENT GFS SHOWING A MORE NORTHERN AND WESTWARD TRACK AND  
KEEPING THE GREATEST PRECIPITATION OVER ARIZONA AND FAR NORTHWEST  
NM. THIS STORM ALSO LOOKS TO BRING IN STRONGER WEST WINDS ON MONDAY  
AND TUESDAY, BUT WITH CONDITIONS LOOKING MORE MOIST, FIRE THREAT IS  
LOW. A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT THEN LOOKS TO PUSH THROUGH EASTERN NEW  
MEXICO ON TUESDAY EVENING. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK ANOTHER  
UPPER LEVEL LOW LOOKS TO EJECT INTO THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND ONCE  
AGAIN BRING IN GREATER CHANCES OF SHOWERS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 547 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO REDUCE AND MAINLY STAY  
IN THE NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO THIS EVENING AND THEN  
DWINDLE BEFORE MIDNIGHT. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER EASTERN NEW  
MEXICO WILL GET A SECOND PUSH THIS EVENING, MOVING FARTHER WEST  
INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE STALLING NEAR THE CONTINENTAL  
DIVIDE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD LOW STRATUS CLOUDS ACROSS  
MUCH OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT WILL CREATE MVFR (LESS THAN  
3000 FT) CEILINGS WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF IFR (LESS THAN 1000 FT)  
CEILINGS, MOSTLY ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN  
CHAIN. WINDS WILL SURGE THROUGH GAPS AND CANYONS THIS EVENING,  
ACCELERATING WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KT AT KABQ, AND AN AIRPORT  
WEATHER WARNING WILL BE ISSUED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG  
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH THE USUAL THREATS OF SMALL HAIL,  
GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS, AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FEW ISOLATED  
CELLS WILL BE CAPABLE OF TURNING STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGER  
HAIL.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
ISSUED AT 341 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2025  
 
VIRGA SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL BE MORE LIKELY ON FRIDAY AND  
ESPECIALLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR WESTERN NEW MEXICO. GREATER  
COVERAGE OF ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ON SATURDAY COULD POSE  
INCREASED THREAT OF NEW FIRE STARTS FOR WEST NEW MEXICO WHERE ERC'S  
ARE IN THE 97TH PERCENTILES AND CONDITIONS AT THE SURFACE WILL STILL  
BE QUITE DRY AS MIN RH WILL STILL BE IN THE LOW TEENS. MEANWHILE,  
AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NM,  
WITH SOME SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.  
OVER THE WEEKEND, BETTER MOISTURE AND CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINFALL  
WILL RETURN TO WESTERN NM. A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS  
NORTHWEST NM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD  
RAINFALL TO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NM. MODELS ARE NOW SHOWING ANOTHER  
UPPER LEVEL LOW CROSSING THE AREA TUES AND WED, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK  
LIKE IT WILL BE TRENDING DRIER AND WINDIER AS QUICKLY AS PREVIOUSLY  
THOUGHT.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
FARMINGTON...................... 53 89 56 91 / 0 5 5 20  
DULCE........................... 40 85 43 85 / 0 30 10 30  
CUBA............................ 47 84 49 83 / 5 20 20 30  
GALLUP.......................... 42 87 46 88 / 0 10 5 20  
EL MORRO........................ 48 82 51 82 / 0 10 10 30  
GRANTS.......................... 45 86 48 87 / 0 10 5 30  
QUEMADO......................... 49 85 51 84 / 0 10 10 30  
MAGDALENA....................... 52 84 56 82 / 5 10 20 40  
DATIL........................... 49 83 52 81 / 0 20 20 40  
RESERVE......................... 45 91 48 89 / 0 10 10 30  
GLENWOOD........................ 50 95 52 93 / 0 10 20 30  
CHAMA........................... 40 77 42 78 / 5 30 20 40  
LOS ALAMOS...................... 53 78 55 79 / 10 30 20 50  
PECOS........................... 49 79 51 77 / 20 40 20 50  
CERRO/QUESTA.................... 45 78 47 78 / 20 30 10 40  
RED RIVER....................... 39 68 41 67 / 20 40 20 40  
ANGEL FIRE...................... 36 72 38 71 / 20 40 20 50  
TAOS............................ 42 80 45 81 / 10 30 10 40  
MORA............................ 43 76 46 75 / 30 40 20 50  
ESPANOLA........................ 50 87 54 87 / 10 30 20 40  
SANTA FE........................ 52 81 55 80 / 10 30 20 40  
SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 52 84 54 84 / 10 30 20 40  
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 59 89 61 88 / 10 10 20 30  
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 58 90 59 90 / 10 10 20 30  
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 56 92 59 92 / 5 10 20 30  
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 58 90 61 90 / 5 10 20 20  
BELEN........................... 53 91 56 91 / 5 10 10 20  
BERNALILLO...................... 56 91 59 91 / 10 10 20 30  
BOSQUE FARMS.................... 53 91 55 91 / 5 10 20 30  
CORRALES........................ 57 91 59 91 / 10 10 20 30  
LOS LUNAS....................... 54 91 56 91 / 5 10 10 20  
PLACITAS........................ 57 86 59 86 / 10 10 20 30  
RIO RANCHO...................... 57 91 60 90 / 5 10 20 30  
SOCORRO......................... 58 94 59 93 / 5 10 20 30  
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 51 82 53 82 / 10 10 20 40  
TIJERAS......................... 53 85 54 84 / 10 10 20 40  
EDGEWOOD........................ 51 84 51 83 / 10 20 20 40  
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 50 85 48 84 / 10 20 20 40  
CLINES CORNERS.................. 48 78 51 76 / 20 30 20 40  
MOUNTAINAIR..................... 50 84 51 82 / 10 20 20 40  
GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 50 83 50 82 / 10 20 20 40  
CARRIZOZO....................... 55 87 57 84 / 10 30 30 50  
RUIDOSO......................... 50 78 53 77 / 10 50 30 50  
CAPULIN......................... 45 74 48 75 / 70 20 10 10  
RATON........................... 46 79 47 80 / 50 20 10 20  
SPRINGER........................ 47 79 49 80 / 50 30 10 20  
LAS VEGAS....................... 47 77 49 77 / 30 40 20 40  
CLAYTON......................... 49 78 54 81 / 50 10 5 5  
ROY............................. 49 76 51 79 / 50 30 20 20  
CONCHAS......................... 55 82 56 86 / 30 20 20 20  
SANTA ROSA...................... 54 79 55 83 / 30 30 20 20  
TUCUMCARI....................... 55 80 57 85 / 30 10 20 10  
CLOVIS.......................... 56 78 59 86 / 40 10 20 10  
PORTALES........................ 56 78 56 87 / 30 10 20 10  
FORT SUMNER..................... 57 81 56 86 / 30 20 20 20  
ROSWELL......................... 62 81 64 90 / 30 20 20 20  
PICACHO......................... 57 80 56 85 / 20 40 30 40  
ELK............................. 54 81 53 84 / 20 40 30 50  
 

 
   
ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...25  
LONG TERM....25  
AVIATION...52  
 
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