FXUS65 KABQ 271728 AAA
AFDABQ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1030 AM MST MON JAN 27 2003

WILL NEED TO BOOST MAX TEMPS ACROSS UPPER GILA REGION AND IN 
PARTICULAR GLENWOOD WHICH HAD A HIGH OF 69 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. 
OTHERWISE ONLY MINOR TWEAKS TO TEMPS AND WIND NEEDED ON THE UPDATE. 
WENT WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR ALL BUT THE FAR NORTH AND NORTHEAST 
QUARTER WHERE ENOUGH HIGH CLOUDINESS EXPECTED TO KEEP PC WORDING. 
ALSO EXPECTING A FAIR NUMBER OF NEAR RECORD HIGHS OR NEW RECORDS FOR 
THE DATE...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHEAST AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST. 
THIS ALREADY COVERED IN PREVIOUS PACKAGE.  /KJ

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
UPPER RIDGE JUST W OF NM WILL CONTINUE TO FLATTEN AS RELATIVELY WEAK 
DISTURBANCES CARRY MINOR PACIFIC MOISTURE ACROSS MAINLY THE N HALF 
OF NM TUE AFTN/EVE AND WED AFTN/EVE. AT THE SURFACE...A PACIFIC 
FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE EAST TUE NIGHT WITH COOL AIR REINFORCEMENT 
OUT OF THE NORTH ARRIVING WED. DID NOT ADJUST SLIGHT PRECIP CHANCES 
FOR THE NORTH...WEST OR EAST DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. 
HOWEVER...POSSIBILITY EXISTS FOR ANOTHER LOW CIG/FZ FG EPISODE WED 
AM AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE DAMS OVER CAO...TCC AND CVN. AVN NUMERIC 
GUIDC NOW LOWERS CIG AND/OR VSBY IN THESE LOCATIONS...SO LATER 
SHIFTS SHOULD MONITOR MODEL FCST FOR PERSISTENCE AND DEPTH OF COOL 
AIR/MOISTURE AS THE FRONT APPROACHES. GFS INDICATES A STRONGER 
SHORTWAVE AND DEEPER OPEN TROF SHOULD CROSS THE CWA LATE SAT NIGHT 
THRU SUNDAY WHILE A PACIFIC FRONT PASSES AT THE SURFACE. THIS MAY 
ALSO INDUCE SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER THE N MTNS AND NW...BUT LACK 
OF SFC UPSLOPE MAY KEEP THE EAST DRY.

HIGH TEMPS IN THE EAST WILL APPROACH RECORDS MON THANKS TO FLAT UPPER
RIDGE AND LEE TROF AT SFC. ALTHOUGH LEE TROF WILL REMAIN IN
THE EAST ON TUE AHEAD OF APPROACHING COLD FRONT...CLOUDINESS WILL
COOL TEMPS SLIGHTLY IN THE NE. W/ FEW CLOUDS...SE SHOULD WARM AS GOOD
OR BETTER TUE THAN MON. WED AND SUN...TEMPS COOL A FEW DEGREES IN
THE E W/ CLOUDS AND COOLER AIR BEHIND COOL FRONTS. DLC

ABQ BB 061/034 060/031 050 44000
SAF BE 058/029 056/025 046 44000
TCC BE 070/038 068/024 049 44000

.ABQ...NONE.