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Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
Issued by NWS Albuquerque, NM
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504 FXUS65 KABQ 121202 AAA AFDABQ Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 602 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 600 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 - There is a high risk of burn scar flash flooding this weekend and a low chance of off-scar flash flooding with stronger storms that develop along and east of the Rio Grande Valley. - Storms in central and eastern New Mexico have the potential to produce large hail and damaging wind gusts this afternoon and evening. - The active monsoon pattern is expected to continue into next week, keeping the threat of burn scar flash flooding moderate to high each day through the end of the week. && .SHORT TERM... (Today through Sunday Night) Issued at 1209 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 A potent convective outflow boundary with deeper moisture surged west to the central mt chain late Friday evening. This boundary will progress into the RGV with moderate gap winds expected on the east side of the ABQ metro thru sunrise. The latest MOS guidance, RRFS, and HRRR show gusts of 30 to 40 mph peaking thru 5am before slowly decreasing after sunrise. The boundary will become stationary to the west of the RGV and become a focus for additional showers and storms this afternoon. The H5 high center will drift north toward southern NV today which will allow steering flow over NM to become more north to south. Daytime heating with deeper moisture, orographic forcing, and strong instability will allow storms to develop within central NM then move south/southeast on merging outflows. Storms may move repeatedly over the same areas (cell training) along the higher terrain today while the PWAT environment supports heavy rainfall. The latest WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook has a large `Slight Risk` area for the eastern half of NM. The most recent HRRR and HREF show storm clusters within central NM developing into a large area of storms from near Corona to Ruidoso and Roswell after sunset. The current Flash Flood Watch for burn areas may need expansion to some of the RGV and nearby higher terrain depending on guidance trends. The latest RRFS and NAM12 do not maintain any of this convection after sunset. This model disagreement decreases confidence that a potential second round of storms could impact the Ruidoso area burn scars this evening. Whatever remnant showers and storms do linger over southeast NM tonight will taper off to mid level clouds thru sunrise Sunday. The H5 high center over southern NV will continue drifting to the north and east toward UT by Sunday. This will allow flow aloft to become more north/northeast to south/southwest. Deep moisture with abundant instability and sufficient lift is likely to allow another healthy crop of storms to fire up along the central mt chain by noon Sunday. This activity will move slowly southward with colliding outflows leading to additional storms in the RGV and nearby high plains thru Sunday evening. PWATs continue to increase above 1" along and east of the central mt chain and more cell training is possible. WPC still shows a `Marginal Risk` for excessive rainfall which may be elevated to `slight` depending on how heavy rainfall evolves over the area today. Another large cluster of showers and storms may take shape as convection merges south and east of ABQ into Sunday evening. This may continue the threat for flash flooding in the Ruidoso area thru late Sunday evening. Otherwise, most areas will see partial clearing overnight. && .LONG TERM... (Monday through Friday) Issued at 1209 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 A more defined monsoonal moisture plume will begin setting up over New Mexico on Monday as high pressure remains off to the southwest. This will finally bring higher rain chances to the areas along and west of the Continental Divide that have generally been left out of the active Monsoon thus far. Tuesday and Wednesday are both looking like active days, with light north to northwest flow aloft. This will favor storms for areas just to the southwest of mountain ranges (e.g Albuquerque and Santa Fe) as storms move off the mountains into the lower elevations during the afternoon and evening hours. Burn scar flash flooding will remain of high concern, especially given that soil saturation will only increase with time. A near-stationary mid-level Low near Baja California will slowly work its way north mid-week, keeping near to slightly above average PWATs over the entirety of New Mexico through the end of the week. Moisture content is particularly high on both Wednesday and Thursday, which could be the most active days of the week. Relatively low 500mb heights (590-592dam) overhead will also limit the amount of subsidence and help to increase the coverage of storms. Global models keep moisture around through the weekend, allowing the active pattern to persist. Temperatures will also drop below seasonal averages late week due to the lower heights aloft and increased cloud cover from convective activity. && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 600 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Storms continue to re-generate in the eastern plains this morning, but will decrease in both coverage and intensity through the morning, before ending by 18Z. MVFR to IFR cigs have developed along the east slopes of the central mountain chain. Clouds will begin to dissipate after 17Z, potentially not clearing until as late as 21Z in the central/northeast highlands. Scattered storms may impact areas east of the Continental Divide this afternoon, moving from northwest to southeast at 10 to 15 kts. There is a low chance of large hail and damaging wind gusts with storms in the afternoon and evening in central and eastern areas. Storms may persist as late as 09Z in the southeast plains tomorrow night, however confidence in storms in this area remains low at this time. There is a low to moderate chance that MVFR to IFR cigs develop in eastern NM tomorrow night after storms end. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 1209 AM MDT Sat Jul 12 2025 Critical fire weather conditions are not expected through the forecast period. Scattered to widespread storms are likely each day, generally favoring northern and eastern New Mexico. Wetting rainfall is likely in almost all locations and multi-day rainfall may exceed 3 inches portions of the eastern plains. Good to excellent RH recoveries are likely each night in eastern New Mexico, with fair recoveries favored in the western third of the state. Prevailing winds will generally be light, outside of gap winds tonight and tomorrow night through passes in the central mountain chain and gusty outflow winds near storms. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Farmington...................... 96 61 96 65 / 0 0 5 10 Dulce........................... 91 46 91 45 / 20 10 50 40 Cuba............................ 89 55 88 55 / 20 20 40 40 Gallup.......................... 94 49 94 55 / 5 5 10 30 El Morro........................ 89 54 89 56 / 10 10 40 50 Grants.......................... 93 54 92 55 / 20 10 40 40 Quemado......................... 91 57 91 58 / 20 20 60 70 Magdalena....................... 89 60 88 60 / 30 40 70 50 Datil........................... 88 54 87 55 / 30 30 70 60 Reserve......................... 96 54 96 54 / 30 30 70 60 Glenwood........................ 99 59 99 59 / 50 30 80 60 Chama........................... 83 46 83 46 / 40 10 60 40 Los Alamos...................... 81 59 83 58 / 50 40 70 30 Pecos........................... 78 55 81 54 / 60 50 80 30 Cerro/Questa.................... 81 51 83 52 / 70 30 60 30 Red River....................... 71 43 73 43 / 80 30 70 30 Angel Fire...................... 72 38 75 38 / 80 30 70 20 Taos............................ 83 49 85 50 / 70 30 60 30 Mora............................ 74 48 78 48 / 80 40 80 30 Espanola........................ 91 58 91 58 / 50 40 50 30 Santa Fe........................ 83 59 83 58 / 70 50 70 40 Santa Fe Airport................ 86 58 87 58 / 60 50 60 30 Albuquerque Foothills........... 92 66 92 65 / 50 50 60 40 Albuquerque Heights............. 93 64 94 64 / 40 40 40 40 Albuquerque Valley.............. 96 64 96 64 / 40 40 30 40 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 94 65 94 65 / 40 40 30 40 Belen........................... 96 61 95 62 / 30 40 30 40 Bernalillo...................... 94 63 95 63 / 40 40 40 40 Bosque Farms.................... 96 61 95 61 / 40 40 30 40 Corrales........................ 96 64 96 64 / 40 40 40 40 Los Lunas....................... 96 63 95 63 / 30 40 20 40 Placitas........................ 89 63 91 63 / 50 50 50 30 Rio Rancho...................... 94 64 94 64 / 40 40 40 40 Socorro......................... 98 65 97 65 / 40 50 40 50 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 84 56 87 56 / 60 50 60 40 Tijeras......................... 86 59 88 58 / 60 50 60 40 Edgewood........................ 84 54 86 54 / 60 50 60 30 Moriarty/Estancia............... 84 54 87 52 / 60 50 60 30 Clines Corners.................. 75 54 80 55 / 50 50 60 30 Mountainair..................... 84 56 86 55 / 50 60 60 40 Gran Quivira.................... 83 56 84 55 / 50 70 70 40 Carrizozo....................... 89 62 87 60 / 40 60 60 40 Ruidoso......................... 80 56 79 55 / 60 50 80 30 Capulin......................... 71 51 78 51 / 60 40 30 10 Raton........................... 77 52 83 52 / 70 40 40 10 Springer........................ 78 53 84 52 / 70 40 50 20 Las Vegas....................... 75 52 80 52 / 70 40 70 30 Clayton......................... 75 59 83 59 / 40 40 10 20 Roy............................. 75 56 81 57 / 70 50 30 20 Conchas......................... 82 62 87 63 / 60 40 20 30 Santa Rosa...................... 80 61 84 60 / 50 40 30 30 Tucumcari....................... 79 59 85 60 / 40 40 10 30 Clovis.......................... 83 63 86 63 / 40 50 20 40 Portales........................ 84 64 87 63 / 50 50 20 40 Fort Sumner..................... 85 64 87 63 / 40 30 20 30 Roswell......................... 90 68 89 67 / 40 50 20 30 Picacho......................... 85 61 84 60 / 50 40 40 30 Elk............................. 84 59 83 57 / 50 30 60 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flood Watch from noon MDT today through this evening for NMZ214- 215-226-229. && $$ SHORT TERM...42 LONG TERM....16 AVIATION...16