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Monday, September 30, 2013

Flash Flooding On The Rio Felix...Sept 12th - Sept 18th.











USGS Flood Gauge On The Rio Felix Near Hagerman, NM.

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Three different flood crests were noted on the flood gauge on the Rio Felix Arroyo near Hagerman, New Mexico between September 12th and September 18th. I shot the photos above at the YO Crossing 14 miles west of Hagerman, just north of State Road 13. The water had over-topped this bridge at least twice.

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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Coolest Morning Of The Fall Season - Low's In The 40's.


High Temps Saturday.


Low Temps Reported This Morning.

NWS Mesonet Low Temps Reported This Morning.

Chilly This Morning.


HRRR Temps At 7 AM MDT This Morning.


The Low Temp In Atoka Was 46.

The Low Temp In Cottonwood Was 41.

The Low Temp In Southeastern Roswell Was 43.

The Low At Woody Farms North Of Hobbs Was 47.

The Low In Cloudcroft Was 37.

The Low At KEDU Radio In Downtown Ruidoso Was 28.

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Saturday, September 28, 2013

A Beautiful New Mexico Early Fall Weekend.


This Mornings Temps At Sunrise.


HRRR Dew Point Temperatures At 7 AM MDT This Morning.

A Pacific cold front swept eastward across New Mexico and west Texas overnight. Its really easy to see where the front was located at sunrise this morning. A much cooler and drier airmass has moved in behind the front. The Gulf moisture has been swept eastward out of the area with our dew point temperatures running in the 30's this morning, verses the 50's and 60's yesterday.

Yesterday's Rain.

NWS Midland, TX Dual Polarization Radar Estimated Rainfall Totals.
Using GRLevel 3_2.00 Software.

Most of yesterday afternoons and evenings thunderstorms managed to stay east of the Pecos River.

Yesterday's High Temps.


Today's High Temps.

Valid At 4 PM MDT Today.

00Z/6 PM MDT ECMWF Temperature Anomaly Forecast.
Valid At Noon MDT Today.

Sunday Morning Low Temps.

Valid At 7 AM MDT Sunday.

Sunday Afternoon High Temps.

Valid At 5 PM MDT Sunday.

Monday Morning Low Temps.

12Z 6 AM MDT WRF/NAM Forecast Temps.
Valid At 6 AM MDT Monday.

A beautiful weekend is in store for us across the Land of Enchantment. Our highs today and Sunday across southeastern New Mexico are forecast to be in the 70's. Our morning lows tomorrow morning and Monday morning are forecast to range from the mid 40's to the low 50's. 

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Friday, September 27, 2013

Fall Storm Gives US Another Shot At T-Storms.

 Valid At 6 PM MDT This Afternoon.

Valid At 10 PM MDT This Evening.


Valid At 6 AM MDT Sunday.

 An upper-level trough of low pressure will swing across New Mexico today and tonight. As it does so a cold front will sweep across the state behind it, while the dry line fires up across the eastern and southeastern plains this afternoon and evening.

Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to break out this afternoon across the local area and move eastward into west Texas tonight. Some of these thunderstorms will have to potential to become strong, perhaps even severe, and produce strong gusty winds, hail, and locally heavy rainfall. Some local rainfall totals may exceed an inch.

 Severe thunderstorms are forecast across parts of west Texas this afternoon and evening. There will also be a slight risk of tornadoes.

Colder air will invade the state behind the cold front tonight into the weekend. A Freeze Watch has been issued for parts of northern New Mexico for late tonight through Saturday morning.

By sunrise Sunday morning much of southeastern New Mexico should see our low temperatures dipping down into the 40's. Our highs on Saturday are expected to be in the 70's. 

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Monday, September 23, 2013

Flash Flooding Along The Rio Penasco - Sept 15th -18th, 2013.





Notice the debris line in the two photos above.




Holloman AFB Dual Polarization Radar Estimated Rainfall-
Using GRLevel 3_2.00 Software.

Flash flooding occurred along the Rio Penasco from September 12th through September 18th. Four different crests were measured by the USGS Gauge west of Hope. Radar estimated that 6.60" of rain may have fallen in the 16 Springs Canyon area east of Cloudcroft.

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Sunday, September 22, 2013

Severe T-Storms Northern NM Today - Snow Above 10,000' Tonight.




NWS Mesonet Low Temps This Morning.

Yesterday was a beautiful day across southeastern New Mexico and nearby areas. My wife and I took a trip up to Cloudcroft and Alamogordo, with Cloudcroft only having an afternoon high temp of 62 fall definitely was in the air. We noticed that the aspens are starting to turn so in a couple of weeks the mountains will be ablaze with color. The low temperature at the Carlsbad Airport ASOS this morning was 57F. It hasn't been this cool since May 14th when a low of 55F was reported.  



Valid @ 9 AM MDT Monday Morning.


An upper-level trough of low pressure is forecast to swing across northern New Mexico today. As it does so Severe Thunderstorms are forecast to break out across northern and north-central New Mexico this afternoon. Tonight as a colder airmass moves in behind this departing upper-level trough snow is forecast across the higher peaks of northern New Mexico above 10,000' MSL. 

Southeastern New Mexico is expected to remain high and dry today with our afternoon highs climbing up into the mid 80's. Welcome to the first day of the calendar beginning of fall.

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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Goodbye Monsoon...Hello Fall.



Dry air has replaced our tropical airmass that helped to produce 
the states much welcomed rainfall over the week and a half. This
is indicated by the orange and red shading on the map above.

A trough of low pressure currently located over the Pacific Northwest
will swing across northern New Mexico on Sunday.


Fall officially begins Sunday afternoon, September 22nd and with its arrival will be e a significant change in the weather pattern. Small hail and strong wind gusts are likely with thunderstorms on Sunday and Sunday night, mainly north of Interstate 40. Lowering snow levels Sunday night will allow for some snow accumulation on the higher peaks of the northern mountains. Much drier air, breezy conditions and temperatures a little below seasonal averages will characterize Monday's weather.

Valid At 6 PM MDT Thursday, Sept 26, 2013.

00Z/6 PM MDT GFS Temp Anomaly Forecast.
Valid At 6 PM MDT Thursday, Sept 26, 2013.

00Z/6 PM MDT ECMWF 500 MB Forecast.
Valid At 6 PM MDT Thursday, Sept 26, 2013.

00Z/6 PM MDT ECMWF Temp Anomaly Forecast.
Valid At 6 PM MDT Thursday, Sept 26, 2013.

Our rains have come to an end as the Monsoon comes to an end across New Mexico. The jet stream is becoming increasingly more active as it digs a little further to the south with time. One of these dips in the jet stream (upper-level trough of low pressure) may produce a dusting of light snow across New Mexico's northern mountains (over the highest peaks) by Monday morning. 

A second upper-level trough of low pressure is forecast to swing eastward across northern New Mexico by the end of next week. We will likely see our dry downsloping southwesterly winds return to the area along with high temps in the 90's ahead of it. By next weekend we will see slightly cooler temps especially in the mornings as drier air predominates. 


GFS Temperature Forecast For Carlsbad, NM Next Week.


GFS Temperature Forecast For Ruidoso, NM Next Week.

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