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FXUS65 KABQ 060930
AFDABQ
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
330 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
..NEW SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, FIRE WEATHER
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 325 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
- PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. EXPECT RISES IN RIVERS AND
ARROYOS, AS WELL AS WATER OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
- SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MOUNTAINS THROUGH TONIGHT. SLICK OR SNOWPACKED ROADS WILL IMPACT
TRAVELERS ABOVE 8,000 FEET.
- DAILY ROUNDS OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH SATURDAY FAVORING THE HIGH TERRAIN.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
A PESKY AND SLOW MOVING UPPER LOW IS CURRENTLY SITUATED ON THE AZ/
NM BORDER WITH ANOTHER UPPER LOW CIRCULATION NORTH OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED ONE AND OVER SOUTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHERN UTAH THIS
MORNING. GULF MOISTURE HAS STREAMED UP AND AHEAD OF THE SOUTHERN
UPPER LOW LOW WITH THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST TEXAS AND RAIN WITH
SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND NORTHERN NM.
WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING, PRECIPITATION HAS
CHANGED OVER TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING AT CLINES CORNERS, LAS
VEGAS, AND LOS ALAMOS. SNOW IS ALSO FALLING ACROSS THE PEAKS OF THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE UPPER 20S. THE
UPPER LOW WILL MOVE OVER THE HEART OF NEW MEXICO LATER THIS MORNING
AND AROUND MIDDAY, FOCUSING THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NM, NORTH AND EAST OF THE UPPER LOW. WITH THE
REPEATED ROUNDS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL NM, FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE, SO THE FLASH FLOOD
WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT. UPSLOPE FLOW NORTH OF THE
LOW WILL RESULT IN MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE PEAKS AND HIGH
MOUNTAIN PASSES ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. KEPT THE WINTER STORM
WARNING GOING FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WHERE AN ADDITIONAL
6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ON TOP OF THE ALREADY 4 TO
5 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF THE TUSAS MOUNTAINS, HAVE ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE ZONE UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.
DAYTIME HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN AND
CENTRAL NM DUE TO BEING UNDER THE UPPER LOW CIRCULATION BEFORE
SPREADING DOWN TO SURROUNDING LOWER ELEVATIONS. WITH THE WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION AND CLOUD COVER ALONG WITH VERY LOW HEIGHTS UNDER THE
UPPER LOW CIRCULATION, TEMPERATURES WILL BE 15 TO 25 DEGREES
BELOW AVERAGE AREAWIDE!
THE OVERALL COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW LOOKS
TO BE ON THE DOWNTREND HEADING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS LATE TUESDAY
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY DUE TO THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND
SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE FIRST LOW EXITING INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT
PLAINS. MEANWHILE THE SECOND NORTHERN UPPER LOW PIVOTS SOUTH OVER
SOUTHWEST ARIZONA. THIS LOW MEANDERS EAST OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA
WEDNESDAY WITH DAYTIME HEATING AND RECYCLED MOISTURE OVER THE AREA
RESULTING IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED TO POTENTIALLY NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS RANGES.
OVERALL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FOR WEDNESDAY LOOK TO AROUND 0.10 TO 0.25
ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGHER ELEVATIONS, MUCH LOWER THAN
YESTERDAY'S AND TODAY'S AMOUNTS.
LONG TERM
(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
AFTER THE MAIN UPPER LOW EXITS THE STATE, ANOTHER COMPACT UPPER
LOW WILL SWING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN AND BY WEDNESDAY
EVENING, WILL BE SHIFTING EASTWARD OVER SOUTHERN AZ. THIS LOW WILL
BE SLOWLY FILLING, BUT ENOUGH LIFT AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM SHOULD
ALLOW FOR ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM. A FEW SHOWERS MAY LINGER OVERNIGHT
BUT THE SYSTEM WILL BE TRANSITIONING INTO AN OPEN WAVE AND THE
MAIN ENERGY WILL BE GOING WELL SOUTH OF THE CWA.
ON THURSDAY, NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE STATE WILL PREVAIL AS AN
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS OVER SOCAL AND AZ. MOISTURE ACROSS THE
AREA SHOULD BE RECYCLED IN THE FORM OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON FAVORING THE HIGH TERRAIN. WEAK
NORTHEASTERLY FLOW ACROSS EASTERN NM AND LIGHT UPSLOPE WILL GIVE
THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THE BEST CHANCES AT
ADDITIONAL PRECIP.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY, A SURFACE HIGH WILL SETTLE INTO THE
GREAT PLAINS ALLOWING RELATIVELY MOIST EASTERLY FLOW TO INCREASE
ACROSS MUCH OF NM. THE UPSLOPE SHOULD ONCE AGAIN ALLOW FOR STORMS
TO FAVOR THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND A BREEZY
GAP WIND WITHIN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY SHOULD DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT.
THIS SHOULD PUSH THE BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WESTWARD TO THE AZ
BORDER AND SET THE STAGE FOR A MORE ACTIVE SATURDAY. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DWINDLE SIGNIFICANTLY SUNDAY AND MONDAY
FIRST AS THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MOVES OVERHEAD, THEN AS DRIER AIR
FILTERS IN WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW INCREASING. LESS STORM COVERAGE
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK TO NEAR OR ABOVE NORMAL FOR
ALL AREAS.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1158 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025
AN UPPER LOW WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST OVER NEW MEXICO DURING MUCH OF
THE TAF PERIOD EXITING INTO TEXAS AT THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FOCUS ACROSS
NORTHERN AND EASTERN NM THROUGH LATE MORNING AND NORTHERN NM FOR
THE REST OF THE DAY LINGERING ACROSS NORTHEAST NM FOR THE LAST FEW
HOURS. MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN AREAS
THROUGH LATE MORNING, IMPROVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST AREAS THEREAFTER.
IFR TO LIFR CONDITIONS LINGER LONGEST ACROSS THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. SNOW ACROSS THE HIGH PEAKS OF THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL RESULT IN MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS.
FIRE WEATHER
ISSUED AT 325 AM MDT TUE MAY 6 2025
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK. WIDESPREAD
SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH MOUNTAIN PEAK SNOW TODAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NM. CLEARING OUT THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT WITH MORE DAYTIME HEATING TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN WEDNESDAY. MORE DAYTIME
TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THANKS TO A REINFORCING BACKDOOR FRONT.
LOWER SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE SUNDAY AS DRIER WESTERLY FLOW BEGINS
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION. ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
RETURN TO WESTERN AND SOUTHERN AREAS MONDAY BECOMING NEAR CRITICAL
TO LOCALLY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS NEXT TUESDAY AS
SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE IN INTENSITY. GREEN UP FROM THIS WEEK'S
PRECIPITATION SHOULD HELP TO LIMIT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND EASTERN NM.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
FARMINGTON...................... 55 36 66 42 / 90 30 30 10
DULCE........................... 48 26 62 33 / 100 20 40 30
CUBA............................ 48 30 58 34 / 90 30 40 20
GALLUP.......................... 54 31 63 32 / 70 50 60 20
EL MORRO........................ 50 36 58 35 / 80 50 70 30
GRANTS.......................... 54 32 61 33 / 70 50 60 20
QUEMADO......................... 55 35 61 35 / 70 50 80 40
MAGDALENA....................... 57 39 61 41 / 70 50 70 30
DATIL........................... 54 35 59 37 / 70 50 80 40
RESERVE......................... 57 28 68 32 / 60 20 70 20
GLENWOOD........................ 61 32 73 34 / 50 10 50 10
CHAMA........................... 42 26 54 32 / 100 40 50 30
LOS ALAMOS...................... 44 36 56 41 / 100 30 60 20
PECOS........................... 44 32 54 35 / 90 40 60 20
CERRO/QUESTA.................... 43 28 53 32 / 100 50 40 20
RED RIVER....................... 34 23 42 25 / 100 60 50 20
ANGEL FIRE...................... 39 21 48 25 / 100 60 50 20
TAOS............................ 45 25 56 30 / 100 50 40 20
MORA............................ 40 27 51 30 / 100 50 60 20
ESPANOLA........................ 49 35 63 41 / 90 30 40 20
SANTA FE........................ 44 35 56 39 / 90 30 60 20
SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 48 34 61 37 / 90 30 50 20
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 54 44 64 46 / 80 40 50 20
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 57 43 66 47 / 70 40 40 20
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 59 43 68 44 / 70 40 40 20
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 57 42 67 46 / 70 30 40 20
BELEN........................... 62 41 69 42 / 70 50 40 20
BERNALILLO...................... 57 41 68 44 / 80 30 40 20
BOSQUE FARMS.................... 60 40 68 41 / 70 40 40 20
CORRALES........................ 57 40 68 44 / 70 30 40 20
LOS LUNAS....................... 61 40 68 42 / 70 40 40 20
PLACITAS........................ 53 41 63 44 / 80 30 40 20
RIO RANCHO...................... 56 41 67 45 / 70 30 40 20
SOCORRO......................... 64 44 71 46 / 60 50 50 20
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 49 36 58 40 / 80 40 50 20
TIJERAS......................... 52 38 60 41 / 80 40 50 20
EDGEWOOD........................ 51 36 61 38 / 80 40 50 20
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 31 61 33 / 70 40 50 20
CLINES CORNERS.................. 47 32 55 35 / 70 30 50 20
MOUNTAINAIR..................... 55 36 61 38 / 70 40 50 20
GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 56 35 61 36 / 50 40 40 20
CARRIZOZO....................... 61 40 66 43 / 50 30 40 20
RUIDOSO......................... 54 36 59 38 / 40 20 40 20
CAPULIN......................... 40 31 46 31 / 100 90 70 20
RATON........................... 44 31 53 34 / 100 80 50 10
SPRINGER........................ 45 33 56 34 / 100 70 40 10
LAS VEGAS....................... 44 32 55 33 / 90 50 60 20
CLAYTON......................... 48 40 56 40 / 100 90 60 10
ROY............................. 47 36 55 36 / 100 70 40 10
CONCHAS......................... 55 42 63 42 / 80 60 40 10
SANTA ROSA...................... 55 41 60 41 / 70 30 40 10
TUCUMCARI....................... 58 42 61 42 / 90 50 40 10
CLOVIS.......................... 60 44 63 43 / 50 30 20 10
PORTALES........................ 62 42 65 42 / 40 30 20 5
FORT SUMNER..................... 61 43 64 42 / 60 30 30 10
ROSWELL......................... 69 48 70 48 / 30 10 10 5
PICACHO......................... 64 41 65 42 / 40 20 30 10
ELK............................. 61 38 66 39 / 30 10 30 20
ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR NMZ215-223-227>234.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ210.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR NMZ213-214.
FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR NMZ226-235>239.
SHORT TERM...71
LONG TERM....34
AVIATION...71
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