NWS Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Severe Weather Awareness Week
- Title
- New Mexico Severe Weather Awareness Week
- Runtime
- 3:58
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Severe Weather Awareness Week in New Mexico runs through April 5, 2014. Join us as we recap severe weather events across the state from 2013 and then look at some brief safety and preparedness tips.
Music: "Rattle Your Cage" by Krackatoa (Creative Commons License)
- Title
- What is CoCoRaHS?
- Runtime
- 5:57
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- This brief video explains the CoCoRaHS program in depth with a bit of humor introduced by forecasters from the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. CoCoRaHS is a great community-based volunteer program that can help fill in the gaps within precipitation data. Visit CoCoRaHS.org to sign up today!
Actors: Kerry Jones, Mark Fettig, Todd Shoemake, and special guest Bailey Anderson.
Music: "Couch Potato" by Stockmusicstore (Licensed by www.pond5.com)
Videography and editing by Todd Shoemake.
- Title
- CoCoRaHS March Madness 2014
- Runtime
- 1:21
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A brief introduction to the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS).
- Title
- Kids Speaking Out on EmergencyPreparedness
- Runtime
- 7:31
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Kids from the First Lego League and Jr. First Lego League teamed up with the Albuquerque National Weather Service to not only learn about Emergency Preparedness, but also to teach others about the importance of being prepared. There are numerous types of natural disasters that can lead to emergency situations. Being knowledgeable about these disaster situations and knowing how to plan and deal with them is crucial.
Music: Night Owl by Broke for Free (Creative Commons)
- Title
- Year in Pictures - 2013
- Runtime
- 8:47
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A compilation of weather and weather-related pictures during 2013 from the northern two-thirds of New Mexico. Music courtesy of musicshake, "Bits and bites."
- Title
- Weather 101: A Tutorial on Cloud Types
- Runtime
- 5:06
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- This 5 minute tutorial covers some basic cloud types. Four core cloud categories are discussed, as well as some combinations or hybrids across these categories. Visual depictions of the varying cloud types are shown with an inclusion of time lapse photography to illustrate the formation and dissipation of the clouds. For more weather information visit the Albuquerque National Weather Service website at weather.gov/abq or you can also find more weather education materials on the Jetstream website at www.srh.noaa.gov/Jetstream
Video Music: "Note Drop" by Broke for Free (Creative Commons)
Photography, editing, and narration by Todd Shoemake
- Title
- Extended Infrared Satellite Animation -- September 9-18, 2013
- Runtime
- 2:42
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Several impressive moisture surges were captured very well by satellite imagery between September 9-18, 2013. A nearly stationary upper level low pressure can be seen over the Great Basin while a deep plume of monsoon moisture was evident over New Mexico and Colorado. This extended animation revealed the evolution of these two key upper-level features during the historic rainfall event across the state.
- Title
- Extended Radar Animation - September 10-16, 2013
- Runtime
- 6:20
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A deep upper level low pressure system that became relatively stationary over the Great Basin beginning on September 10, 2013 provided a steady stream of near record monsoon moisture over New Mexico for over a week. This radar loop from September 10 to September 16 revealed bands of precipitation that resulted in total rainfall amounts over a 9-day period of 3 to 6 inches with some areas receiving just over 10 inches. Several river gauges reported record to near record crests and in a couple cases gauges were completely destroyed.
- Title
- 08.08.2013: La Manga Creek along SR 129 north of Newkirk
- Runtime
- 0:15
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A slow-moving severe thunderstorm produced torrential rain and hail up to 1" diameter near the Guadalupe/San Miguel county line between Conchas Dam and Newkirk Thursday afternoon, August 8, 2013. Heavy rain that falls over the north end of Mesa Rica just east of this location often results in rapidly rising flows in the arroyos that drain toward the west to the La Manga creek drainage.
- Title
- 08.08.2013: SR 104, ~20 miles west of Tucumcari
- Runtime
- 0:20
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- The arroyos quickly filled with fast-moving water after strong to severe thunderstorms moved through during the late afternoon hours Thursday, August 9, 2013. Courtesy of Kerry Jones.
- Title
- 08.04.2013 Shelf Cloud over Albuquerque
- Runtime
- 0:33
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A brief video featuring time lapse photography of an outflow dominant thunderstorm that produced a shelf cloud over Albuquerque. Footage was from the evening of 08.04.2013.
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- 07.26.2013: View to NE from NWS ABQ at 738pm MDT
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Title
- 07.26.2013: Looking NE from NWS ABQ at 730pm MDT
- Runtime
- 0:40
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Title
- 07.26.2013: View to the NW from NWS ABQ at 728pm MDT
- Runtime
- 0:28
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- Title
- Albuquerque July 26th 2013 significant gust front/outflow boundary wind event
- Runtime
- 0:30
- Date posted
- 13 years ago
- Description
- A cluster of strong storms originating over the northern mountains slid southward and impacted the Albuquerque Metro area during the early evening hours of Friday, July
26th 2013. Strong winds, flash flooding, dense cloud to ground lightning and hail impacted the area. The Albuquerque International airport reported a peak gust of 89 mph at 736 pm MDT. Significant damage was reported across the area including large downed trees and bent power poles. Nearly 30,000 residences lost power.
A series of high definition videos were taken from the airport by a NWS employee between 726 to 738 pm as the storm approached and eventually swept over the airport.
- Title
- Monsoon Awareness Week 2013: Heat Stress
- Runtime
- 3:29
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- "But it's a dry heat..." Many residents and visitors to the desert Southwest think low relative humidities mean that they do not need to worry about heat stress. While high relative humidities can certainly increase the adverse effects of heat on the human body, the hottest of days in New Mexico can result in numerous health issues.
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- Monsoon Awareness 2013: Downburst Winds
- Runtime
- 4:20
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The summer monsoon season is a favorite for many New Mexicans. However, thunderstorms associated with the monsoon can often bring strong local winds known as downbursts or microbursts. This brief video explains the science of downburst winds associated with thunderstorms, and also showcases some of the beautiful structure and power they possess. Native New Mexico storm photographer, Leah Robertson, discusses these downbursts winds in detail...
Narration: Kerry Jones, Leah Robertson
Photos: Leah Robertson, Jason Laney, Keith Hayes, Earl Breon, Todd Shoemake
Video and Editing: Todd Shoemake
- Title
- Monsoon Awareness 2013: Lightning
- Runtime
- 5:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The monsoon season is a favorite for many New Mexicans. While those towering thunderheads can add to the beautiful scenery of the enchanted New Mexico landscape, they can also bring hazards such as lightning. In this brief video we showcase some of the jaw-dropping power of lightning and some of its deadly impacts.
Narration: Kerry Jones, Shawn Bennett
Photography: Leah Robertson, Dale Mark, Chris Armijo, Jason Laney, Todd Shoemake
Videography/Editing: Todd Shoemake
- Title
- "Herky Jerky" Wind that is dangerous to Firefighting assets
- Runtime
- 1:01
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Around noon on Thursday, May 30th, the Albuquerque National Weather Service incident meterologist captured strong, changing winds at the Albuquerque Sunport. A photo was taken of the display console representing the Sunport weather observation during this period. The photo is placed on our Facebook page. Notice the wide gust spreads (11 knot gust to 31 knot). Gust spread is the difference between sustained wind speed and recorded gusts (20 knot). Sustained speeds are the 2 minute average while gusts represent the peak speed during a rolling 5 second time frame. The video shows this type of herky-jerky wind regime.
Herky-jerky like winds with wide gust spreads represent a turbulent atmosphere. Turbulent atmosphere's are dangerous to fire fighting assets, both to fire crews on the ground as well as aviation equipment (air tankers, helicopters etc). A fire that is allowed to breathe under a lighter wind regime followed up by strong/violent gusts can transport fire brands fu...
- Title
- Releasing Weather Balloons
- Runtime
- 4:09
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Did you know that the Albuquerque Weather Service office releases weather balloons twice a day? This brief video highlights the National Weather Service Upper Air program with a specific focus on the Albuquerque weather forecast office.
Narration: Chris Luckett
Video Editing: Todd Shoemake
Music: "The Gold Lining" by Broke for Free
- Title
- Inside the Albuquerque National Weather Service
- Runtime
- 4:12
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This brief four minute video highlights a few of the responsibilities of the National Weather Service in Albuquerque. Take a brief tour with us as we explore some of the day-to-day activities that meteorologists and staff technicians perform to keep you abreast of the latest weather conditions. The Albuquerque National Weather Service office continuously monitors the weather for the counties of northern and central New Mexico. Our office also issues seven day forecasts for these areas, collects various types of ground based and upper air weather data, and most importantly issues watches, advisories, and warnings for hazardous weather conditions.
Narration: Tim Shy
Video Footage and Editing: Todd Shoemake
Music: "Luminous" by Broke for Free (Creative Commons)
"Things to Come" by Broke for Free (Creative Commons)
- Title
- LittleBear_00124_cool_water_drop
- Runtime
- 0:38
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Video of Type I helo dropping water on a slop-over along the high mountain crest above Tularosa Basin New Mexico. Little Bear fire June 2012
- Title
- Hail and Thunderstorm Winds
- Runtime
- 5:29
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Severe Weather Awareness Week 2013. This video briefly describes the science of hail, and the climatology of hail and damaging thunderstorm wind events across New Mexico.
- Title
- Understanding Outlooks, Watches & Warnings
- Runtime
- 2:32
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Day two of Severe Weather Awareness Week in New Mexico.
- Title
- Severe Weather Awareness Week 2013 - Climatology
- Runtime
- 4:58
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This video reviews the New Mexico 2012 severe weather season, and highlights tornado, large hail, and damaging thunderstorm wind climatology across the state.
- Title
- Watch the Weather
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This is a brief video featuring some time lapse photography that meteorologist, Todd Shoemake, shot around the Albuquerque Weather Forecast Office and surrounding areas. Sequences feature a wide spectrum of different clouds propagating, forming, and dissipating, sunrises, sunsets, as well as some other common scenes that meteorologists know all too well while watching the weather. Thousands of still images were taken at different intervals, varying from 2 to 8 seconds. These individual images were then compounded to play back at 30 frames a second, forming the video sequences. Click on settings, and watch in 720 HD for the best viewing experience.
Music: "As Colorful As Ever" by Broke for Free (Creative Commons)
Video and Still Photography: Todd Shoemake
- Title
- CoCoRaHS in New Mexico
- Runtime
- 13:54
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Overview of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network in New Mexico.
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- Weather Balloon Launch - February 28, 2013
- Runtime
- 0:55
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- Weather balloon launch on Thursday, February 28, 2013. Weather balloons ascend to near 100,000 feet MSL and are launched twice-daily from the NWS office in Albuquerque, NM.
- Title
- SW Coordination Center 2013 Fire Weather Outlook-- Part II
- Runtime
- 10:48
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- 2013 Fire Season Considerations and Outlook
- Title
- SW Coordination Center 2013 Fire Weather Outlook-- Part I
- Runtime
- 17:08
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- This video provides the methodology used to develop the "2013 Fire Season Considerations and Outlook" in Part 2.
- Title
- Winter Weather Awareness Week: Staying Safe
- Runtime
- 6:03
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The National Weather Service (NWS) designated October 29 - November 2, 2012 as New Mexico Winter Weather Awareness Week. This marked the annual campaign to promote winter weather and cold weather safety awareness across New Mexico. Each day during Winter Weather Awareness Week, a new topic was discussed in detail. Click on the multimedia video clips for more information.
- Title
- Winter Weather Awareness Week: Precipitation Types
- Runtime
- 5:19
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The National Weather Service (NWS) designated October 29 - November 2, 2012 as New Mexico Winter Weather Awareness Week. This marked the annual campaign to promote winter weather and cold weather safety awareness across New Mexico. Each day during Winter Weather Awareness Week, a new topic was discussed in detail. Click on the multimedia video clips for more information.
- Title
- Winter Weather Awareness Week: Understanding Products
- Runtime
- 4:43
- Date posted
- 14 years ago
- Description
- The National Weather Service designated October 29 - November 2, 2012 as New Mexico Winter Weather Awareness Week. This marked the annual campaign to promote winter weather and cold weather safety awareness across New Mexico. Each day during Winter Weather Awareness Week, a new topic was discussed in detail. Click on the multimedia video clips for more information.
