In Albuquerque, it's starting off as a Sandia/Manzano kind of day. The clouds from last night didn't burn off till well after sunrise. And it's raining hard, right now, in the Tijeras/Cedar Crest area!
(2:40 p.m. PDT) Winds are from the SE. There has been an interesting handoff - like a relay race - as storms from north of Ruidoso head NW, decay, apparently had off to new storms behind the Los Pinos, handoff again to new storms behind the Sandias, decay, etc. The handoff isn't visible, though. Gust fronts are generally visible only relatively-close to the radar. Over mountain ranges, they can't be seen.
Nevertheless, there now seems to be a stationary gust front just south of Bernardo. It's just sitting there: the storm motion is to the NW, and outflow just matches advection.
(4:30 p.m. PDT) The Bernardo gust front eventually assisted in the development of cells just east of Socorro.
A new cell is developing on the north flank of Mt. Taylor. Not quite clear what is happening there.
But a big gust front just passed across ABQ, from east to west, particularly notable in the South Valley, but also present in the North Valley!
(4:40 p.m. PDT) And a second gust front at Belen! meanwhile, the stately Bernardo front is moving on in to the Polvadera area, and will likely trigger cells near "M" Mountain.
(5:10 p.m. PDT) Another gust front near Bernalillo merged with the West Mesa gust front, and they all are pressing west.
No storm near "M" Mountain yet, although one may move in from the south. Raining heavily in Bernardo now.
(11:30 p.m. PDT) Disintegrating storm approaching ABQ from the SE. The rain guage at the airport has served as an effective rain repellent so far, but that might change tonight.
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