Author Topic: One thing about New Mexico... (Read 204782 times)

Chris H. · « **Reply #350 on:** May 14, 2011, 06:10:37 AM »

Quote from: Cienega32 on May 13, 2011, 07:41:23 PM

Quote from: sonylr on May 13, 2011, 05:34:28 AM

Huh?

I think he's kicking himself for multiple predictions, is freaked out from floods because storms in New Mexico can get downright scary, and he's mad because…well that part I can't figure out.

I don't understand the left-right combo he's talking about. I think he also meant heavy rain dumps don't do us any good. This is the desert. Ever take a leak on the side of a sand filled ditch? It doesn't seep into the ground, it just rolls right off. (Of course you know that, but I'm just using that as an example).

Cienega32 · « **Reply #351 on:** May 16, 2011, 01:38:30 AM »

Actually, the text was from a post of mine in April. Guess it was missing the quote tags but the graphics in response puzzled me.

Cienega32 · « **Reply #352 on:** May 16, 2011, 03:23:11 AM »

And there it is... one hundred days!

NOTE: Accumulation for 02-05-2011 is snow melt from 02-02-2011 snowfall

I think the all-time record is 106 days but that's for El Paso. Looks like easy money as the only thing in the forecast is (surprise) WIND.

Chris H. · « **Reply #353 on:** May 17, 2011, 03:06:31 PM »

We're expecting thunderstorms later this week…

Yes, a wet summer it just might be.

Chris H. · « **Reply #354 on:** May 21, 2011, 01:15:13 AM »

Actually saw some measurable precip today...about 2/10ths of a inch. That's something, but it ain't a whole lot.

Interesting thunderstorm clouds we saw today too...nothing came from them but a few drops on the ground, but it was an interesting sight.

Bunty · « **Reply #355 on:** May 21, 2011, 02:50:07 AM »

It rained up to 6" in the Oklahoma City area. I was real envious of them since it only rained .73 here. So maybe around here the drought is still on.

Cienega32 · « **Reply #356 on:** May 21, 2011, 03:55:43 AM »

Quote from: Chris H. on May 21, 2011, 01:15:13 AM

Actually saw some measurable precip today...about 2/10ths of a inch. That's something, but it ain't a whole lot.

That would be a deluge down here. I haven't seen 0.2" or more since Oct 4th (0.35"). In fact, add it ALL up from Oct 5th to date and it's still less (0.18").

It's going to be real weedy after my first rainfall...

Cienega32 · « **Reply #357 on:** May 24, 2011, 12:46:06 AM »

Tomorrow will establish a new all-time record in El Paso for consecutive no rain days -110.

Farmtalk · « **Reply #358 on:** May 24, 2011, 05:27:25 PM »

This year, we are running a surplus of 5 inches in the rain department, but isnt the whole Mississippi River system likewise?

We got 0.75 inches of rain in about an hour a couple of days ago....

....and Chris! Your ants make me think that there are ants in my computer!

Chris H. · « **Reply #359 on:** May 24, 2011, 07:16:37 PM »

More wind today...and it's a sad day across the Midwest...more tornadoes this time impacting Oklahoma. Second outbreak of the year? Indeed.

I want rain.

Farmtalk · « **Reply #360 on:** May 24, 2011, 07:18:45 PM »

That depends what you call an "outbreak"; there have been many days with at least 15 tornadoes reported in a fairly concentrated area.

Good luck with your rain; maybe I'll air mail you some from WV!

Chris H. · « **Reply #361 on:** May 28, 2011, 11:51:07 PM »

Hit 93*F at 4:27PM today...windy...replaced swamp cooler with a new one today...and got burnt. What a fun weekend so far. (Yes I'm being heavily sarcastic here - I will say that it IS nice to have cold air in the house today...yesterday was ridonculous).

Farmtalk · « **Reply #362 on:** May 29, 2011, 12:06:37 AM »

94F and 65F dew points predicted for Tuesday...It's gonna be a scorcher! 90s for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and possibly Wednesday

Cienega32 · « **Reply #363 on:** May 29, 2011, 01:05:30 AM »

94 and windy (as usual) down here as well. 95 the 2 days prior. T-or-C hit 100 yesterday as did Juarez and I'm sure to hit upper 90s tomorrow. 11PM and it's still 80.

HOWEVER - something I haven't seen in the Fcast in recently memory - wait for it... 20% chance of precip on Tuesday. nite.

I doubt I'll be in that 20% Fcast area.

CHRIS - glad to hear you have cold air coming out of the vents now! Makes quite a difference when it's working!

Farmtalk · « **Reply #364 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:41:48 AM »

20% isnt very high.....Isolated thunderstorms?

Chris H. · « **Reply #365 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:18:30 PM »

Quote from: farmtalk on May 29, 2011, 09:41:48 AM

20% isnt very high.....Isolated thunderstorms?

This is the desert. We generally don't look at it that way. We just say "yay!!! RAIN!!!!"

And usually, our best thunderstorms out here form from a forecast between 20% and 40%, usually in the afternoon...it rains like crazy. Sometimes.

Chris H. · « **Reply #366 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:21:19 PM »

Our chances of rain up here start Monday night, go through Thursday...

With a high of 90. This should be interesting. But I'm so tired of this f***ing wind. It's not like my backyard needs another three feet of sand against the SE corner.

Farmtalk · « **Reply #367 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:23:01 PM »

Does your area ever get dust storms?

Chris H. · « **Reply #368 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:35:19 PM »

Southern and western New Mexico...and sometimes eastern portions of the state about 60 or so miles out from Albuquerque see blowing dust if the winds are high enough. It's real bad where Cienega lives, especially when thunderstorms dump a lot of rain that dries before hitting the ground...or when there are microbursts, which occur frequently in my observations down there. Up here in Albuquerque, not so much...not unless we get a powerful cold front that has wind speeds past 40 mph

Farmtalk · « **Reply #369 on:** May 29, 2011, 02:41:27 PM »

Well if you wanna feel better, it is 86 degrees here right now, and the dew point is in the mid 60s...Heat indeces are approaching 90..pretty hot for this time of year since the average high is around 78.

Chris H. · « **Reply #370 on:** May 29, 2011, 04:31:58 PM »

It's 87 here...and windy.

And our swamp cooler tried to turn on (since it's hooked up to a thermostat instead of the usually rotary switch) and kept overloading. Weird. We flipped it to high and it kicked right in.

Farmtalk · « **Reply #371 on:** May 29, 2011, 05:17:06 PM »

We hit 90 today for the first time this year.

Early.....

Cienega32 · « **Reply #372 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:01:02 PM »

Dust storms...

Along I-10, there are many stretches running thru open range that have caution signs announcing zero visibility possible during dust storms. I've been in one and they weren't kidding. While I was driving east one year from my old home in Vegas, there was this huge brown wall up ahead as wide as you could see. By the time I was in it, I could barely see the front of my car. Needless to say, I pulled off as soon as I could to wait it out.

Farmtalk · « **Reply #373 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:12:37 PM »

That sounds frightening!!!!

i'm glad we dont have any of those hear!

Cienega32 · « **Reply #374 on:** May 29, 2011, 09:13:28 PM »

Quote from: farmtalk on May 29, 2011, 09:41:48 AM

20% isnt very high.....Isolated thunderstorms?

For me, being in the El Paso broadcast region, that usually means somewhere in that region there's a 1 in 5 chance some rain might fall based on past history with similar conditions. That can boil down to cloud burst 40 miles away...

But just seeing ANY% chance and not the wind turbine icons is pretty exciting

It's now centered on TUES nite and mentions 'Severe T-storms'.

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