Rain to begin 2026 for some areas

EVERY FAMILY ACROSS OUR STATE. WELL, WE DO HAVE SOME SHOWERS MOVING IN FOR THE NEW YEAR, BUT YOU’RE SAYING THIS IS ONLY PART OF NEW MEXICO? YEAH, PARTS OF THE STATE AND MANY AREAS PROBABLY JUST GOING TO BE PRETTY QUIET. BUT YOU NOTICE THAT THE SUN IS SETTING LATER. AND CHECK THIS OUT TOMORROW. THAT SUNSET FOR THE FIRST DAY OF 2026 IS 505. AND BY MLK DAY ON JANUARY 19TH, WE GET ANOTHER 20 MINUTES OF DAYLIGHT IN THE EVENINGS, ROUGHLY. AND YOU SEE, BY VALENTINE’S DAY, ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THAT, WE ADD ANOTHER 20 MINUTES IN THE EVENING. AND YEAH, WE SPRING FORWARD ON MARCH 8TH. AND THAT’S WHEN WE SET THOSE CLOCKS AHEAD ONE HOUR AND WE SEE THAT SUN SETTING AT AFTER 7 P.M. LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE. WE STILL HAVE SOME LIGHT IN THE SKY OUT THERE, SOME CLOUDS THICKENING RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS FOR NEW YEAR’S DAY, FOR PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. SOME BREEZY TO WINDY WEATHER TOO, AND WE’VE GOT A MILD FIRST WEEKEND OF 2026. LOOKING REALLY NICE. SEE THOSE CLOUDS THAT ARE INCREASING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST? NOT MUCH RAIN FROM THESE JUST YET. YOU ARE SEEING SOME ECHOES ON THE RADAR HERE, BUT THIS IS NOT REACHING THE GROUND. NO REPORTS OF ANY RAIN OR SNOW ACROSS NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW. YOU SEE AROUND SILVER CITY AND THE GILA RIVER RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO THINK THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO SEE THAT. FIRST. I’LL SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP IN JUST A MOMENT. 52 IN ALBUQUERQUE RIGHT NOW, AFTER A HIGH UP TO 57, OUR NORMAL HIGH IS 46. AND AFTER THE SNOWFALL IN CARLSBAD A COUPLE DAYS AGO, YOU’RE INTO THE LOWER 50S, MELTING OFF A LOT OF THAT SNOW, SOME DOWNSLOPING BREEZES, BRINGING SOME WARMER WEATHER TO THE EASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A HIGH WIND WARNING TOMORROW FOR THE MOUNTAINS AROUND QUEEN AND SOUTHWESTERN EDDY COUNTY. GUSTS THERE COULD BE UP TO 65MPH FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON. STORM SYSTEM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. IT’S GOING TO BE INCHING CLOSER AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW, ON NEW YEAR’S DAY. THAT WILL BRING THAT CHANCE OF SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS, ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. THAT SNOW LEVEL WILL BE QUITE HIGH BECAUSE THIS IS A RELATIVELY WARM SYSTEM, AND THEN IT WILL SQUEEZE BY AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY WITH SOME WINDY WEATHER OUT THERE. PLANNER FOR ALBUQUERQUE THIS THIS EVENING. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT FOR ANY OF THE CELEBRATIONS, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. WE’RE GOING TO STAY DRY IN ALBUQUERQUE. WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER 30S AND COOL INTO THE UPPER 30S AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AS WE GET TOWARD TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN SEE THOSE SHOWERS BY MIDNIGHT. AREAS AROUND T OR C, AND ALSO GALLUP GRANTS AND RESERVE AND SILVER CITY. SPOTTY SHOWERS OUT THERE. IF THIS HOLDS TOGETHER, WE COULD SEE SOME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS SCATTERED ABOUT IN ALBUQUERQUE AREA. AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR EARLY NEW YEAR’S DAY, WHEN MANY OF US ARE PROBABLY STILL SLEEPING BECAUSE WE’RE RECOVERING FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT? AND THEN A FEW ISOLATED SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. I THINK FOR FRIDAY, WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME BREEZY TO WINDY WEATHER OUT THERE AS THAT SYSTEM PULLS AWAY A FEW LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF RAIN FROM THIS SYSTEM. AS YOU CAN SEE. MOST OF IT ACROSS NORTH AND WESTERN AREAS. AND YES, I DO THINK THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE AN INCH OR A FEW INCHES OF SNOW FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS, THE TUSAS, AND ALSO THE SAN JUANS WOULD BE FAVORED FOR THAT SATURDAY. DRYING OUT, LOOKING NICE WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND THE SAME FOR SUNDAY WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE AND LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE’LL SEE A 40 TO 60% CHANCE OF WETTER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS, AND A 50 TO 70% CHANCE OF WARMER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS FOR THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF 2026. IMPACT WEATHER FOR THE FARMINGTON AREA FOR TOMORROW. BECAUSE THAT CHANCE OF SHOWERS OUT THERE. AND THEN NOTICE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS. SILVER CITY, LORDSBURG, DEMING, T OR C THROUGH YOUR FIRST DAY OF 2026 AND THEN A NICE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE IN THE STAY. MAINLY DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND LOOK AT THOSE MILD TEMPERATURES INTO THE UPPER 60S TO RIGHT AROUND 70 FOR THE ROSWELL AREA, WITH SOME GUSTY BREEZES OUT THERE. SAME DEAL. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF STATE. WE’RE LOOKING AT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER, BUT GUSTY BREEZES OUT THERE FOR LAS VEGAS. HIGHS RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES. NOW THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. WE COULD HAVE SOME SNOW SHOWERS. AS I MENTIONED AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW, THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR FOR THE SKIERS, THAT’S GOOD. SANTA FE LOOKING AT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AROUND AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. BRIEFLY RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO. BERNALILLO, RIO RANCHO, LOS LUNAS AND BLEND. YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING AT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS, MAINLY IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY. I DO THINK BY THE AFTERNOON WILL DRY OUT WITH SOME BREEZES TURNING WINDY FOR FRIDAY. BUT THE WEEKEND. LOOK AT THAT. ABOUT 15 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 60 DEGREES AND SUNSHINE. AND WE’RE GETTING RAIN, WHICH WE REALLY NEED. YEAH. WELL SOME AREAS WE NEED MORE. LET’S HOPE THAT WE GET MORE. BUT YOU KNOW, WE’LL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SOME SHO