Coldest Two Nights Of The Season

Severe T-Storms East Of Hobbs, NM On 10-21-2010.

Mild Today But Another Chilly Night Expected Tonight.

Clear skies and light winds are producing the coldest temperatures of the season so far across the local area this morning. This mornings low temps from across SE NM will be available later today.

Today will be sunny and seasonably cool with afternoon highs in the upper 60's. Tonights low temps should be a couple of degrees cooler, with many locations dropping down to near the freezing mark.

Unseasonably warm temps will return by the weekend with afternoon highs in the mid-upper 80's across the lower elevations of SE NM. A few spots could reach 90. Long range outlooks keep up warm and dry into the middle of next week.

Lows Temps This Morning-

Aspendale Mtn Retreat Ctr-South of Cloudcroft 21

Dry Canyon-East of Cloudcroft 23

Ruidoso Mid-Town 25
Cloudcroft Climate 28

Smokey Bear Raws 29

Mayhill Raws 29

Weed 29
Ruidoso Climate 30

Artesia Climate 31

Tatum Mesonet 31
Capitan Climate 32

Sierra Blanca Regional Arpt 32

Dunken Raws 33
Elk Climate 33

Hope Climate 33

Caprock Climate 33

8-Mile Draw Raws 34

Cosmic Raws - Sunspot 34

Timberon 34

Roswell Climate 36

Artesia Arpt 36

Carlsbad Arpt 36

Tatum Climate 36

Hobbs Arpt 36

Roswell Arpt 38

McKittrick Canyon 39

NW Hobbs - KM5BS 39

2.1 NNW Downtown Carlsbad 40

Queen Raws 40

Paduca Raws - Near WIPP 41

Carlsbad Climate 41

Caprock Raws 43

Jal Climate 43

Dog Canyon 44

Carlsbad Caverns Natl Park Climate 45

Pine Springs Mesonet 46

Guadalupe Pass ASOS 46

Pinery Raws - Pine Springs 47

Bat Draw Raws - Carlsbad Caverns Natl Park 47

Temp Reports Are Courtesy Of-

MesoWest Weather

Weather Underground Wunder Map

Davis Vantage Pro WeatherLink Network

Midland National Weather Service Office Climate Summary
Albuquerque National Weather Service Office Climate Summary

Average High/Low Temps For Oct 28th

Roswell Airport 71/38

Artesia Climate 72/40

Hope 72/42

Carlsbad Climate 74/43

Carlsbad Caverns Natl Park 70/47

Hobbs Climate 72/44

Tatum Climate 69/38

Ruidoso Climate 63/28

Capitan 64/34

Cloudcroft Climate 56/30

Elk 67/33

Climate Averages Courtesy Of-

Western Regional Climate Center

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Peak Wind Gusts Reported Mon Oct 25, 2010

Our China Berry Tree Was A Causality To Yesterday's

High Winds In Carlsbad, NM.

Peak Winds Reported Mon Oct 25, 2010

Vaughn 91 mph

Bowl Raws 1/2 Mile North Guadalupe Peak 85 mph

Guadalupe Pass 84 mph

Clines Corners 74 mph

Pinery - Pine Springs 74 mph

Smokey Bear Raws - Near Ruidoso 70 mph

Carlsbad Airport 67 mph

McKittrick Canyon Raws 64 mph

Bat Draw Raws - Carlsbad Caverns Natl Park 57 mph

Artesia Airport 55 mph

Peak wind gusts are courtesy of-

NCAR

MesoWest Weather

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Jim Tucker's Photos Of Roswell Tornado.

A tornado touched down northwest of Roswell, New Mexico this afternoon. Chaves County Storm Chaser Jim Tucker (KB0QNW) was there to capture these awesome images of it.

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Tornadoes Touch Down NW Of Roswell, NM!

Tornadoes touched down northwest of Roswell, New Mexico this afternoon.

The top three photos are courtesy of Chaves County Storm Chaser Steven Johnson (K9TVS). They show a well developed wall cloud north of the city of Roswell.

The bottom three photos are courtesy of Albuquerque TV Station KRQE, Ian Schwartz and an unknown viewer, who shot these photos of tornadoes northwest of Roswell this afternoon.

The last photo is courtesy of Clint & Christi Conder of Roswell, New Mexico.

Click on this link to view the "storm damage reports" on the event courtesy of the Albuquerque National Weather Service Office.

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Historic Tornado Outbreak In Arizona Today!

3 - 7 Tornadoes In North-Central Arizona Today!

Today's outbreak of severe weather in Arizona was historical to say the least. The Flagstaff NWS Office issued 3 tornado warnings yesterday, 28 (at last count) today. That is simply unheard of for a western state! 28 tornado warnings in a year is unheard of, not just for Arizona, but for most western states. Not including Colorado, or maybe New Mexico.

The last time the state of Arizona had anything even close to today's outbreak was on Oct 3, 1968. The US Forest Service is reporting that one of the tornadoes left a damage path in the mountains, through the forest, 15 miles long!

Here is a video of some of the damage in Bellemont, AZ which is located just WNW of Flagstaff (in the mountains by the way, nearly 7,000' in elevation).

Tornadoes were on the ground as early as 5:30 AM MST, with temps in the 40's & 50's. One of the tornadoes missed the Flagstaff NWS Forecast Office by only 1/4 of a mile.


 In Bellemont, AZ 200 homes were damaged, 33 inhabitable. Seven people were injured. 28 cars of a parked freight train were derailed, and numerous vehicles overturned. Many trees in the nearby forest were knocked down.

Video of the Bellemont, AZ tornado popping power lines & transformers this morning. WOW!

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Aspen's Are Turning In The Sacramento Mtn's.

Took A Drive Up To Cloudcroft, NM (8,750') To Check Out The Aspen's Today.

I Shot This Photo Near Dunken, NM On The Way Up To Cloudcroft.

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SE NM September & YTD Rainfall Totals

Miles & Miles Of Nothing But Miles & Miles.

Clear Blue Skies - Beautiful SE NM Weather For Late September..

I Shot This Photo 5 Miles North Of The Junction Of Hwy's 457 & 82 In Lea Co, NM.

SE NM 2010 Year To Date  Rainfall Totals
Chaves County NM	Sept	Yr To Date
Elk Climate	2.99	16.61
3.5 WNW Downtown Roswell	0.70	14.86
Roswell Airport	1.82	14.16
0.3 SSW Downtown Roswell	0.86	14.01
4.1 NNE Downtown Roswell	1.72	12.13
7.6 NNW Downtown Roswell	0.72	10.82
10.0 W Downtown Roswell	0.70	8.32
Eddy County NM	Sept	Yr To Date
33.3 WSW Carlsbad - Queen	5.17	31.73
0.9 NE Lakewood	1.59	19.10
1.1 NNE Downtown Carlsbad	6.07	18.94
3.1 SSE Carlsbad	3.92	18.93
2.0 N Downtown Carlsbad	4.64	17.74
2.1 NNW Downtown Carlsbad	4.39	17.25
Carlsbad Climate	3.41	17.21
2.2 N Downtown Carlsbad	3.94	16.07
Carlsbad Airport	3.74	15.83
15.5 S Artesia	1.99	15.80
3.4 N Downtown Carlsbad	4.17	15.43
19.8 WNW Carlsbad	2.85	14.88
15.5 NW Carlsbad	1.76	14.07
1.9 NW Downtown Carlsbad	5.41	13.83
17.1 NW Carlsbad	1.94	12.85
Artesia Climate - 6 S	1.85	12.58
4.8 SSE Artesia - Atoka	1.67	12.22
Lea County NM
26.6 WNW Jal	1.69	15.62
8.0 SSE Hobbs	0.79	15.47
0.9 NNW Downtown Lovington	2.30	15.15
0.4 NNE Downtown Hobbs	0.58	14.86
8.3 SSE Hobbs	0.55	12.88
Tatum Climate	1.25	11.71
Hobbs Climate	1.06	10.31
2.1 SSE Hobbs	0.11	10.01
Lincoln County NM
4.4 NW Ruidoso	1.69	24.33
3.9 NNW Ruidoso	2.44	22.11
Ruidoso Climate	2.15	19.83
Otero County NM
4.9 NE Cloudcroft	3.39	36.20
Cloudcroft Climate	2.97	35.93
0.4 ESE Cloudcroft	2.82	33.46
1.8 SW Cloudcroft	3.02	32.68
0.5 NNW Cloudcroft	3.01	32.63
2.3 S Cloudcroft	3.13	31.56
4.0 E Cloudcroft	2.44	29.76
16 ESE Cloudcroft - Mayhill	1.86	25.42
0.07 N Sunspot	3.90	25.26
5.4 W Cloudcroft	2.46	18.27
0.6 S Pinon	1.76	13.72

Rainfall Totals Are Courtesy Of-

CoCoRaHS

Midland NWS Office Climate Page

Albuquerque NWS Office Climate Page

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