Winter storms on the way to New Mexico

REPORTING FROM SANTA FE COREY HOWARD KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY. BYRON IS TIMING OUT THE RAIN, SNOW AND COLD. YEAH, AND EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE THE COLD WILL BE A DEFINITE THING THAT YOU WILL NOTICE AND YOU WILL WANT TO BUNDLE UP FOR AND PREPARE FOR THE COLDEST. SO FOR THE SEASON, IN FACT, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO LATE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR THAT WE WERE IN THE TEENS FOR ALBUQUERQUE AND SATURDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE WE’LL BE THERE. GALLUP EVEN WORSE BELOW ZERO AND THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE THE WIND CHILL WILL LIKELY BE WELL BELOW THAT. LAS VEGAS SEVEN DEGREES BY SATURDAY MORNING. AND OF COURSE YOU SEE ON THE LEFT THERE THOSE ARE CURRENT OR THIS MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES. YOU SEE, ROSWELL WAS 33 THIS MORNING, DROPPING TO 19 BY SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH THAT, AS YOU HEARD, WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT CHANCE OF SOME RAIN AND SNOW AHEAD. SO WE’VE GOT THAT WINTER BLAST ON THE WAY. THE FIRST ONE IS KIND OF A WARMER SYSTEM THAT WORKS IN LATE TOMORROW INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. THAT NEXT ONE IS THAT WINTER BLAST THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BRINGING SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. ALSO, SOME STRONG WINDS IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTHWEST OF CARLSBAD. WINDS GUSTS TO 70MPH THERE FOR LATER TOMORROW INTO THURSDAY. BUT HERE’S OUR FIRST STORM SYSTEM OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. I TALKED ABOUT THAT EARLIER IN THE NEWSCAST, AND THAT’S GOING TO WORK THROUGH NEW MEXICO FOR TOMORROW INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. THIS IS THE COLDER ONE THAT’S UP HERE OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA. AND IT’S GOING TO DIVE INTO THE ROCKIES BRINGING US THAT COLD SURGE OF AIR ALONG WITH THE CHANCE OF SNOW. SO WE’RE QUIET ALL THE WAY THROUGH MUCH OF YOUR DAY FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. I THINK WE GO INTO IMPACT MODE TOMORROW EVENING WITH THAT RAIN SHOWER WORKING IN, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH FUTURE TRACK PLANNER ACROSS NEW MEXICO. NOTICE THAT BY EARLY AFTERNOON, SILVER CITY, LORDSBURG, DEMING, SEEING THOSE RAIN SHOWERS, THEY LIFT NORTH AND EASTWARD AS WE GO LATER INTO THE DAY. AND YET HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE, AROUND DINNERTIME, 7:00 OR SO, WE’LL HAVE THAT CHANCE OF RAIN. ALSO, WHERE THOSE ALAMOGORDO FACTORY GALLUP GRANTS COULD BE MIXING WITH SOME SNOW AS WELL. AND THAT BLUE IS SNOW. OF COURSE, THE GREEN IS RAIN. BY THURSDAY MORNING IT’S OUT OF HERE, BUT WE COULD HAVE SOME IMPACTS FOR TRAVEL THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. I-40 GRANTS TO GALLUP AND ALSO IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. 285 SANTA FE TO ESPANOLA TO TRACE PIEDRAS AND ALSO HIGHWAY 550 CUBA TO BLOOMFIELD. AZTEC COULD HAVE SOME WINTRY TRAVEL THURSDAY MORNING. AND THEN THE COLDER AIR REALLY DIVES IN LATER THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL THIS BLUE IS SNOW AS WE GO THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, WE COULD SEE A BACKLASH OR KIND OF A WRAPAROUND SNOW EVENT. WITH THAT ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM. AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND YOU SEE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS THE STATE, DON’T FOCUS SO MUCH ON THE AMOUNTS. BUT YEAH, ALSO LOOKING AT GOOD CHANCES OF SOME SNOW THAT COULD BE SIGNIFICANT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. BUT EVEN SOME SNOW POSSIBLE RIGHT HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE AS WE GET INTO THURSDAY, THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING IN FOUR CORNERS AND FARMINGTON, WE’RE LOOKING AT SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THAT WOULD MIX WITH SOME SNOW, CAUSING SOME DIFFICULT TRAVEL AS WE GET IN, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE GALLUP AND GRANTS AREA INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AND THEN ANOTHER WAVE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SWEEPING IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. THOSE RAIN SHOWERS GET GOING MIDDAY, IT LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN SNOW AND RAIN MIXES AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY WITH BONE CHILLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS. BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH US, YOU HAVE A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS. LOOKS LIKE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW EVENING AND THEN SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AS WE GET INTO THURSDAY MORNING, AND AGAIN AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY MORNING. AND FOR ROSWELL, IT LOOKS LIKE MAINLY A RAIN EVENT FOR YOU, BUT GET READY, THE COLD IS COMING FOR YOU. 19 BY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AREA WE’RE WATCHING ALSO FOR SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS AS WE GET INTO FRIDAY. I THINK IT WILL BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WE’LL SEE THE BIG TRAVEL IMPACTS AND COULD BE SOME YEAH, BIG TIME TRAVEL PROBLEMS. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. WE’RE HOPING FOR THE SNOW. THOSE SKI AREAS. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE GOING TO GET SOME MAYBE SIGNIFICANT IN SOME AREAS. SANTA FE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW EVENING. MIXING WITH SNOW COULD HAVE SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS THURSDAY MORNING AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY MORNING. AND YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE RAIN SHOWERS TOMORROW EVENING. AND THEN IN THE COLD SWEEPS IN AS WE GO INTO LATER THURSDAY. RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY COULD HAVE SOME ACCUMULATION OF SNOW. I KNOW YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE THERE WILL BE A DELAY ON FRIDAY MORNING FOR ALBUQUERQUE, AND THERE’S A CHANCE THERE’S A THERE’S A DECENT CHANCE. IT LOOKS LIKE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY MORNING, THURSDAY MORNING, NOT SO MUCH. BUT FRIDAY MORNING YOU’RE GETT