Eastern New Mexico Heating Up

The SPC has outlined a mesoscale discussion for eastern New Mexico, where a weather watch may be needed soon. Satellite and surface observations suggest the original target of northeast NM has been slow to warm up beneath widespread stratocumulus clouds north of the frontal boundary. Greater destabilization has taken place along the I-25 corridor and into east-central/southeast NM. This zone of greater instability should develop northward this afternoon. Thunderstorms are initiating in a widely scattered fashion between Albuquerque, Pecos, and Clovis. One cell near ABQ briefly exhibited supercell character with a small appendage and sharp reflectivity gradient.

Patrick Burke (EWP Weekly Coordinator, 27-30 May)