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Weekly Weather Briefing “Less Wind, but Continued Cool” NWS Albuquerque April 28, 2014

Weekly Weather Briefing “Less Wind, but Continued Cool” NWS Albuquerque April 28, 2014. Most Recent Temperatures. Today’s Max Temp Departure from Normal. Today’s Forecast Max Temperature. BELOW Average Temperatures Until Weekend. Maximum temperature departure from normal. Saturday, May 3.

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Weekly Weather Briefing “Less Wind, but Continued Cool” NWS Albuquerque April 28, 2014

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  1. Weekly Weather Briefing “Less Wind, but Continued Cool” NWS Albuquerque April 28, 2014

  2. Most Recent Temperatures

  3. Today’s Max Temp Departure from Normal

  4. Today’s Forecast Max Temperature

  5. BELOW Average Temperatures Until Weekend Maximum temperature departure from normal. Saturday, May 3 Tuesday, April 29

  6. Wind Speeds at a Glance MON Surface to 10kft Mean Wind Speed (kts) SAT SUN WED TUE FRI THU

  7. Forecast Details

  8. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Tonight Tonight: Anomalously deep upper low over the central U.S. Spokes of energy pinwheeling around the low will continue to bring areas of light precip to NC/NE areas. Winds diminishing after sunset. Colder temperatures!

  9. Hard Freeze Tonight Low Temperatures A hard freeze is expected tonight near Farmington, Española, Santa Fe, Estancia, Clines Corners, Raton and Las Vegas. Freezing temperatures are also possible within the Albuquerque Valley, near Corona, and portions of Guadalupe, Harding and Union Counties. Remember to protect pipes, plants and pets! Chama Farmington Raton Taos Clayton Santa Fe Las Vegas Gallup ABQ Grants Tucumcari Clines Corners Socorro Glenwood Ruidoso Roswell

  10. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Tuesday Tuesday: Continued cool, but LESS WIND! Next significant spoke of energy drops southward over WY/CO. Areas of light precip northern mountains and northeast.

  11. Tuesday’s Forecast Max Temperature

  12. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Wednesday Wednesday: Final piece of energy “breaks” off and drops south across the area Wed PM into Thu AM. Areas of mainly light snow to expand in coverage for the northern mountains, northeast highlands eventually extending southward.

  13. Wednesday’s Forecast Max Temperature

  14. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Thursday Thursday: Last piece of energy to exit far southeast NM late in the day. Reinforcing shot of cooler air builds south.

  15. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Friday Friday: Finally begin to lose influence of the unstable N-NW flow aloft.

  16. Upper Level Forecast Chart(Image is Moisture) Weekend Outlook Saturday Sunday Weekend: Dry, warmer and predominately “quiet” westerly flow pattern indicated both Saturday and Sunday. Daytime winds will be on the increase but fairly typical of the season. May have low grade critical fire weather conditions both days on the eastern plains.

  17. 6-10 Day Precip Outlook: May 4-8 http://www.cpcpara.ncep.noaa.gov/

  18. Week at Glance Hazards & Impacts Outlook Tonight (wind, freezing temps) Tuesday Wednesday-Thursday (light snow) Friday Weekend None MinorSignificant Synopsis A storm system diving southward from the Canadian Prairies will bring a renewed chance of showers to the north and northeast by midweek, and southward across the eastern plains through Thursday. The weekend will bring warming temperatures closer to normal for early May after this late April cool stretch.

  19. Weekly SST Departures (oC) Current Previous During the last four weeks, changes in equatorial SST anomalies were weakly positive in the east-central Pacific with a mix of negative and positive changes near the coast of South America.

  20. SST Outlook: NCEP Coupled Forecast System (CFS.v2 ) Issued April 28, 2014 The CFS.v2 ensemble mean (black dashed line) predicts El Niño starting in May. April 21 April 28 El Niño El Niño

  21. IRI/CPC Pacific Niño 3.4 SST Model Outlook Figure provided by the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society (updated 16 April 2014).

  22. Help Us Promote… April 28 – May 2, 2014 http://www.airquality.noaa.gov http://www.community.fema.gov/connect.ti/cfghome/grouphome

  23. Weekly Outdoor Event Calendar Expected Weather Impacts None MinorSignificant * Please contact Kerry Jones if you have additional events.

  24. As always… Stay up to date… weather.gov/abq Facebook @NWSAlbuquerque & #nmwx NOAA Weather Radio Favorite Media Outlet mobile.weather.gov NMroads.com

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