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FXUS65 KABQ 152122
AFDABQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
322 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013

.FIRE WEATHER UPDATE...

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WED AND THU...

SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING A PERTURBATION APPROACHING THE FOUR
CORNERS THIS AFTERNOON. MODELS SUGGEST THIS FEATURE SHOULD MAKE FOR A
CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE EVENING AS IT SHIFTS EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
AREAS. MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WEST OF THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAIN THIS EVENING.
GUSTY WEST WINDS NOTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH SUNSET.

MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO NORTHERN
AREAS SUNDAY AS DRIER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE WEST.
HOWEVER...SOUTH OF I-40 SOME MOISTURE WILL WORK ITS WAY NORTHWARD
WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SCATTERED TO ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE.
ON SUNDAY...MANY OF THE CELLS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST OF A
QUEMADO TO TAOS LINE WILL PRODUCE LITTLE OR NO RAIN. ONCE
AGAIN...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE ACROSS
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

LOOK FOR AN UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MONDAY AND TUESDAY ALONG
AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DUE TO ENHANCED MOISTURE WITH A
BACK DOOR COLD FRONT THAT WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT
SHOULD PUSH THROUGH GAPS IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MONDAY NIGHT
WITH 15-25 MPH EAST CANYON WINDS. SOME OF THE FRONTAL MOISTURE MAY
PUSH FAR ENOUGH WEST FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MOUNTAINS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL DEVELOP AS AN
UPPER LOW TRACKS ACROSS THE NW US CAUSING WINDS ALOFT TO STRENGTHEN
OVER NEW MEXICO.  A MODERATELY STRONG SURFACE TROUGH WILL ALSO
DEVELOP IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL
BECOME BREEZY BOTH DAYS WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS FAVORING THE AREA
EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. HOWEVER...WESTERN AREAS WILL
BE GUSTY TOO. CRITICALLY LOW MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP FROM
THE E SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WESTWARD
WEDNESDAY...AND THESE WILL EXTEND EASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE
PLAINS THURSDAY. HAINES INDICES OF 6 WILL BE COMMON BOTH DAYS.
TEMPERATURES WILL VARY FROM A FEW TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WITH
THE WARMEST READINGS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...WHERE THE GREATEST
THREAT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST.

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.PREV DISCUSSION...256 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FAIRLY WIDESPREAD THROUGH THIS EVENING AND
AGAIN SUN. ACTIVE OVER THE EAST MON AND TUE. DRIER CONDITIONS WITH
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THE REST OF
NEXT WEEK.

RATHER TAME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER THE SW AND SC
MOUNTAINS AND NE NM THIS PM. OVERALL LESS COVERAGE AND ENTHUSIASM
THAN ON FRI. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED COVERAGE THIS EVENING WITH A FEW
LINGERING CELLS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BEST POPS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS
ONTO THE EASTERN HIGH PLAINS.

AN INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE SHOWN ON MODELS ARRIVING IN THE SW
TONIGHT AND SPREADING OVER MUCH OF THE STATE SUN. THIS SHOULD RESULT
IN AN INCREASE IN CONVECTION SUN AND HAVE BUMPED POPS UP INTO THE SCT
CATEGORY OVER THE SW AND SC HIGH TERRAIN.

A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT STILL SLATED FOR SUN NIGHT INTO MON OVER THE
EASTERN PLAINS...WITH A PUSH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MON EVENING.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE E WILL
PRODUCE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD SHOWERS FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN PEAKS E
TO THE TX BORDER. MEANWHILE DRIER AIR WILL INFILTRATE THE W WITH VERY
LIMITED SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH WOULD BE OF THE DRY VARIETY.

THE E WILL DRY OUT SOME FOR THE MID AND LATE PORTION OF NEXT WEEK
WITH OVERALL CONVECTION LOW FROM WED TO FRI. MODELS ARE SUGGESTING
THOUGH ENOUGH MOISTURE WILL CREEP N AROUND HIGH PRESSURE SETTING UP
TO OUR E TO GENERATE ISOLATED STORMS AT LEAST OVER THE SE HALF OF
THE STATE BY THU AND FRI. MEANWHILE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO
ABOVE NORMAL READINGS AND HUMIDITIES LOWER...WHILE WINDS INCREASE.
THIS COULD LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WED THROUGH
FRI OF NEXT WEEK. CHJ

.FIRE WEATHER...
WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY. 44

.AVIATION...
18Z TAF CYCLE
SCT TS SHOULD FAVOR THE AREA ALONG AND JUST E OF THE CENTRAL MTN
CHAIN TODAY WITH A SECONDARY AREA OF NEAR SCT COVERAGE POSSIBLE
ALONG THE CONTDVD. OTHERWISE...COVERAGE OF STORMS SHOULD BE ISOLD.
CELLS WEST OF THE RIO GRANDE WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO PRODUCE DRY
MICROBURSTS...CELLS ACROSS THE E PLAINS WILL BE MORE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE WET MICROBURSTS AND CENTRAL AREAS SHOULD SEE A MIXTURE OF
WET AND DRY MICROBURSTS. ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE NEAR STORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW TO 6 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL WILL ALSO RESULT IN DENSITY ALTITUDE CONCERNS WITHIN AND
NEAR MTNS. SUNDAYS TS COVERAGE SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAYS ACROSS
THE N...BUT THE LATEST MODEL RUNS INDICATE AN UPTICK IN TS COVERAGE
ALONG AND S OF HWY 60 AS BETTER MOISTURE SHIFTS NORTHWARD FROM
MEXICO. 44

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.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

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