NWS Forecast For Roswell, NM

Today

Hot
Hot

Hi 102 °F
Tonight

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 71 °F
Wednesday

Hot
Hot

Hi 101 °F
Wednesday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 70 °F
Thursday

Hot
Hot

Hi 100 °F
Thursday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 69 °F
Friday

Hot
Hot

Hi 100 °F
Friday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 69 °F
Saturday

Hot
Hot

Hi 100 °F

NWS Forecast For Artesia, NM

Today

Hot
Hot

Hi 101 °F
Tonight

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 72 °F
Wednesday

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Hi 100 °F
Wednesday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 72 °F
Thursday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 99 °F
Thursday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 71 °F
Friday

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Hi 98 °F
Friday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 69 °F
Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 99 °F

NWS Forecast For Carlsbad, NM

Today

Hot
Hot

Hi 103 °F
Tonight

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 69 °F
Wednesday

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Hi 102 °F
Wednesday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 72 °F
Thursday

Hot
Hot

Hi 102 °F
Thursday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 71 °F
Friday

Hot
Hot

Hi 101 °F
Friday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 71 °F
Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 101 °F

NWS Forecast For Hobbs, NM

Today

Sunny
Sunny

Hi 99 °F
Tonight

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 74 °F
Wednesday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 99 °F
Wednesday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 70 °F
Thursday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 98 °F
Thursday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 70 °F
Friday

Mostly Sunny
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 97 °F
Friday
Night

Partly Cloudy
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 69 °F
Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 99 °F

NWS Forecast For Ruidoso, NM

Today

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Isolated
Tstms
Hi 87 °F
Tonight

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 58 °F
Wednesday

Scattered Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 30%
Scattered
Tstms
Hi 86 °F
Wednesday
Night

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Isolated
Tstms
Lo 55 °F
Thursday

Isolated Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Isolated
Tstms
Hi 85 °F
Thursday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 52 °F
Friday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 84 °F
Friday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 53 °F
Saturday

Partly Sunny
Partly
Sunny
Hi 82 °F

NWS Forecast For Cloudcroft, NM

Today

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 80 °F
Tonight

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 52 °F
Wednesday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 81 °F
Wednesday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 55 °F
Thursday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 80 °F
Thursday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 10%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 53 °F
Friday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 79 °F
Friday
Night

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Lo 52 °F
Saturday

Slight Chance Thunderstorms Chance for Measurable Precipitation 20%
Slight Chc
Tstms
Hi 78 °F

MY Current Weather 2.1 NNW Downtown Carlsbad, NM 3,158'

Funnel Cloud NW Of Roswell, NM 7-6-2009 Courtesy Of KRQE News 13

Lightning Strike-Carlsbad, NM July 4, 2009

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Roswell, NM Scud Cloud 4-28-2009

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Austrian Storm Chasers Video Of A Supercell Thunderstorm SE Of Carlsbad, NM 4-28-2009

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Supercell Thunderstorm & Tornado In Southern Eddy County SE Of Carlsbad, NM 4-28-2009

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Blowing Dust Atoka, NM 12-26-2008

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Carlsbad, NM Flash Flooding 6-20-2009

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Flash Flood Near Artesia, NM 8-29-2005

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Supercells Near Roswell, NM

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Tatum, NM EF2 Tornado March 23, 2007

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Current SPC Watches In Effect!

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Current SPC Mesoscale Discussions!

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Map Courtesy Of The Midland/Odessa NWSFO

Weather briefing image, situation described in text.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Looking South At Guadalupe Peak From The Rim On 540 South Of Queen.

Hot Wx To Stick Around!

Hobbs tied their record high temperature for the date yesterday when they hit 103, their old record was 103 set in 2001. 

Not much change is anticipated in the overall setup across SE NM the next couple of days. Afternoon highs will continue to range from 100-105 with overnight lows in the upper 60's to the low 70's. Long-range models continue to indicate triple digit temperatures into the first of next week.

A few isolated thunderstorms may pop up over the Guadalupe Mountains this afternoon and evening. There is a very slight chance that one or two of these may drift out over the Eddy County Plains this evening....but don't get your hopes up too high.

Widely scattered thunderstorms are forecast for most of the the week over the Sacramento and Captain Mountains. A weak cold front will attempt to push southward into SE NM by the end of the week. This will bring slightly higher chances of a few thunderstorms and maybe five degrees of cooling....but this is pretty uncertain at this time as well.

Sunday, July 12, 2009

RAIN!

Align Center video
RAIN!
Roy Lawson Sent This To Me Today Via An Email. Roy & I Went To School Together In Artesia.
I Do Not Know Where He Got This From...If You Recognize This-
 Please Send Me The Info On The Video So I Can Give The Proper Credit To Whom Is Due.
WendellMalone@plateautel.net

Monday, July 6, 2009

Close Up View Of The Rain Free Base & Wall Cloud With Funnels
Classic Ragged SE NM Wall Cloud
Rain Free Base-Wall Cloud-With Double Funnel Clouds
Rain Free Base With A Wall Cloud
Mature Fat Funnel Cloud
Skinny Rope Type Funnel Cloud-Dissipating Stage

Click On The Images To Enlarge Them

At 6:13 PM MDT this afternoon Chaves County Skywarn Storm Chaser Steven Johnson shot these amazing photos of a tornadic supercell thunderstorm that was located 9 miles NE of Arabela in Lincoln County New Mexico, or 38 miles NW of Roswell, NM in Chaves County.

The storm was moving south at 15 mph and Steven's reports along with the Cannon AFB Doppler Radar data prompted the Albuquerque National Weather Service Forecast Office to issue a Tornado Warning on this storm. Job well done Steven!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Deep Solar Minimum Continues

ClimatePatrol.com

"July has arrived and half of the year 2009 is now in the record books. On the surface June seemed to have so much promise but it is clear that we are still very deep in this extended solar minimum. 

If you are like me and keep an eye on the sunspot activity daily you were probably thinking things were finally turning a corner. Perhaps they are but June wasn't it. I thought a few solar disturbances lacking a true spot were being called a spot during the month. Now that the official sunspot number for June has been released that appears to be the case. At the end of the day on the 30th I had seen the unofficial sunspot number listed at 6.6. The official number was significantly lower at 2.6. 

The sunspot number isn't the only solar indicator that remains very low. The solar flux was the lowest it had been in over half a year at 68.6. I think this is a good indication that the sun remains very stable and that this solar minimum will continue for what could be a very long time. 

Just how deep is this solar minimum? We now have 18 consecutive months with a sunspot number below 10. You have to go back to the solar minimum of 1911 to find an equal. We aren't experiencing a never before seen minimum. We just haven't seen one this deep in 90 years. Minimums of this nature were a bit more typical during the 1800's. I will include a link to the data so you can see for yourself."

SE NM Skywarn Amateur Radio Freq's

Chaves Co-
(Yucca Net) 147.180
NM Mega Link 147.140

Eddy Co-
Artesia FLETC 444.975
Carlsbad VHF 146.880

West Texas Connection
Dark Canyon 147.120


SE NM Rainfall/Temp Spreadsheet

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Wendell L. Malone
I am the volunteer National Weather Service Area SkyWarn Coordinator for Eddy/Culberson Counties in Southeastern New Mexico. I grew up as a farm boy in the Artesia, NM area and graduated from Artesia High School in 1976. I joined the USN and served as an Aerographers Mate Second Class Petty Officer and was honorably discharged in 1981. I have a combined total of 17 1/2 years as an Aviation Surface Weather Observer in the US Navy, and at the NWS/FAA Aviation Weather Contract Stations in Carlsbad, NM, Roswell, NM, and Wink, TX. I have been an Eddy County SkYWarn Storm Spotter/Chaser for the past 36 years. I have been the Area SkyWarn Coordinator for Eddy/Culberson Counties for the past 4 years.
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