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Highland Meadows, New Mexico

Community in Valencia County, New Mexico

Air quality

The air at Highland Meadows

Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Albuquerque (NM), 30 miles off.

38Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good23.9 mi
  • Ozone38Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good23.9 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 39, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 6 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland Meadows

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Highland Meadows, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 6 PM.

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On the radar over Highland Meadows, New MexicoReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Highland Meadows, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

I-40 at SR6NM001

Beside a road/2.4 mi away/5,560 ft/69 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank594of 950

Laguna RAWSLRAN5

A remote fire weather station/16.3 mi away/5,888 ft/397 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank227of 950

Los Lunas PMCS2169

At a soil climate station/25.8 mi away/4,846 ft/645 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank569of 950

measured daily2 instruments

Mesita 9.1 ENM-CB-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.9 mi away/5,624 ft/133 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CuberoCBRN5

At a cooperative observer's station/22.0 mi away/6,237 ft/746 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 24.8 mi from Highland Meadows, New Mexico. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 11:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AEGFIG. A THE SKY OVER ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEAlbuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AEG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

41.4 F with a dew point of 15.8 F, 35 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt: temperature 41.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.8, 35 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AEGFIG. B THE AIR AT ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 10.7 FTEMPERATURE 41.4 FDEW POINT 15.8 FSPREAD 25.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 35 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEAlbuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AEG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 29 mph.

Plan of the wind at Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, north up: blowing from 150 degrees, the south southeast, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT AEGFIG. C THE WIND AT ALBUQUERQUE/DOUBLE EAGLE II APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 150°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEAlbuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS AEGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-AEG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Albuquerque/Double Eagle Ii Apt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Mexico

18 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Highland Meadows

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Highland Meadows

River and lake gauges