Brief Break From The 100-Degree Temps.

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8-10 Day ECMWF/GFS 500 MB Mean Height Forecasts

Valid 6-19-2001 Through 6-29-2011.

6-10 Precipitation Outlook.

8-14 Day Precipitation Outlook.

Weak Cold Front Breaks String Of 100-Degree Temps.

A weak cold front will usher in slightly cooler temps (about 10-degrees cooler) to the area tomorrow and Wednesday. We should see our afternoon highs today range from 100 - 105 across most of SE NM. We are looking at the 90's for tomorrow and Wednesday. Enjoy the brief  respite from the searing 100-degree temperatures. Because by Thursday we will warm back up to 100 or above right on through the first of next week. 

Take a look at the 8-10 ten day long-range 500 millibar charts above. Both the European (ECMWF) and the US GFS models are forecasting the mid-level ridge of high pressure to become entrenched over the Desert Southwest through the end of the month.

 The US GFS model is forecasting the ridge to become more centered over New Mexico, while the European (ECMWF) model is centering the ridge a little further to the west. If the GFS model is correct, (I personally believe it will be) then this will effectively shut down any hope of a monsoon intrusion working northward out of Mexico and into the area.

 The ridge is acting like a huge roadblock, squashing any potential monsoon moisture intrusions into the area and keeping us high and dry for at least the next ten days. This is reflected in the 6-10 day and the 8-14 day long range precipitation forecast maps.

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As if yesterday's blistering heat wasn't enough, southwesterly wind gusts quickly turned our local weather into "Blast Furnace Conditions" by noontime yesterday.

Peak Wind Gusts Reported Sunday Afternoon-

Pine Sprinigs - Guadalupe Mtns Natl Park 62 mph

Guadalupe Pass ASOS 60 mph

Sierra Blanca Regional Arpt AWOS 60 mph

Bowl Raws - 1/2 Mile N GDP Pk 57 mph

Caprock Raws 55 mph

Tatum Mesonet 54 mph

Carlsbad Arpt ASOS 54 mph

Pinery Raws - Pine Springs 51 mph

Smokey Bear Raws - Near Ruidoso 51 mph

Sacramento Peak 50 mph

Artesia Arpt AWOS 50 mph

Dunken Raws 48 mph

Bat Draw Raws - Carlsbad Caverns 47 mph

Mescal Raws - Near Mescalero 45 mph

Roswell Arpt ASOS 45 mph

Hobbs Arpt 45 mph

Cosmic Raws - Sunspot 44 mph

Queen Raws 41 mph

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High Temperatures Reported Sunday

(June 19, 2011)

West Texas-

Pecos Arpt SWOS 113

Wink Arpt ASOS 111

Midland Intl Arpt ASOS 108

Big Springs Arpt AWOS 108

Snyder Arpt AWOS 108

Fort Stockton Arpt ASOS 107

Seminole Arpt AWOS 106

Chaves County-

Roswell Arpt ASOS 105

8-Mile Draw Raws 105

Roswell Climate 103

Dunken Raws 95

Elk Climate 92

Eddy County-

Carlsbad Arpt ASOS 108

2.1 NNW Downtown Carlsbad 107

Carlsbad Climate 106

Artesia Arpt AWOS 104

Artesia Climate 103

Caprock Raws 102

Hope Climate 101

Bat Draw Raws 100

Queen Raws 94

Lea County-

Jal Climate 107

Paduca Raws 107

Hobbs Arpt 104

NW Hobbs - KM5BS 103

Tatum Climate 103

(Tied 103 On 6-19-1980)

Tatum Mesonet 102

Lincoln County-

Capitan Climate 89

Sierra Blanca Regional Arpt AWOS 86

Smokey Bear Raws - Near Ruidoso 85

Otero County-

Weed - Dark Ridge Observatory 89

Mayhill Raws 87

Timbron CW7724 87

Mescal Raws - Near Mescalero 86

Cloudcroft - Dry Canyon 82

Cosmic Raws - Sunspot 81

Cloudcroft Climate 79

Sacramento Peak 76

Culberson County-

McKittrick Canyon Raws 99

Guadalupe Pass ASOS 98

Pinery Raws - Pine Springs 94

Dog Canyon Raws 90

High Temperature Data Is Courtesy Of-

NCDC US Records
Davis WeatherLink
NM MesoWest Weather
NWS El Paso Climate Page
NWS Midland Climate Page
NWS Albuquerque Climate Page
NWS Albuquerque Rosa Reports
NWS Midland Regional Climate Summary

The Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction!