Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories continue across the state
Brief lull before another wave of heavier snow and mixed showers moves through tonight
WE MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETELY DRIED OUT, BUT THE BULK OF THAT OVERNIGHT RAIN, WINTRY MIX AND SNOW SNOW SHOWER ACTION ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN HAS, YOU KNOW, MOSTLY COME TO AN END. THE ROADS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRYING OUT HERE AROUND THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. THERE’S ANOTHER ROUND OF WHAT WILL BE WINTRY MIX AND SNOW SHOWERS COMING THROUGH THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT, TURNING VERY COLD IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM SYSTEM STARTING FRIDAY. LINGERING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. NEXT WEEK DOES LOOK DRY AND GRADUALLY MILDER. WE STILL DO HAVE ALL THESE ACTIVE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THIS NEXT ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. THESE WILL STAY WITH US INTO FRIDAY MORNING AND EVEN INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN A FEW SPOTS. SO TODAY IT’S NOT A COMPLETE LOW, BUT ANY MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON PRECIPITATION WOULD GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND PROBABLY BE RAIN OFF THE MOUNTAINS AS TEMPERATURES STILL WARM INTO THE 40S. 50S AND 60S AROUND ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. WE HIT 5:00 THIS EVENING, AND THAT’S WHEN THERE SHOULD BE A RE INCREASE IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY OF WINTRY MIX AND SNOW SHOWERS THAT COULD BE GETTING HEAVY TOWARDS THE MIDNIGHT HOUR. WE’VE GOT SOME PRETTY GUSTY WINDS IN THE AFTERNOON FORECAST OUT IN EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THOSE WIND GUSTS, THEY COULD BE AS STRONG AS 50MPH. WHERE THE WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED. MORIARTY, CLINES CORNERS, SANTA ROSA. AND NOW FOR THAT STRETCH BETWEEN RUIDOSO AND ROSWELL INTO PORTIONS OF EDDY COUNTY. SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT. NOW, MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL THROUGH CENTRAL, NORTHERN, NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE DOES DROP BELOW FREEZING, SO SNOW THAT DOES FALL WILL LIKELY STICK AND ACCUMULATE. AND WE COULD BE UPPING THE SNOWFALL TOTALS. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A SECOND. BUT FRIDAY STILL EXPECTING MORNING SNOW SHOWERS AROUND AND ALBUQUERQUE AND ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS SANTA FE, TAOS, MORIARTY, LAS VEGAS, RATON, CLAYTON SNOW COULD LINGER WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. AND THESE ARE TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S FOR HIGHS. AND THEY WILL BE PAIRED WITH SOME WINDS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 SUSTAINED RANGE. SO WIND CHILL FACTOR WILL BE SOMETHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. IT MAY NOT FEEL LIKE IT’S ABOVE FREEZING. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL FORECAST SNOWFALL TOTALS INTO FRIDAY YOU KNOW MID MORNING HERE. BUT RECENT COMPUTER MODELS HAVE COME IN MUCH SNOWIER. NOW THESE ARE SOME REAL BIG NUMBERS, PROBABLY WAY TOO HIGH, BUT SOMETHING IN THE THREE PLUS INCH RANGE IS CERTAINLY GOING TO BE POSSIBLE HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. IT LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN AS THE SNOW WINDS DOWN, LOOK AT THESE COLD TEMPERATURES INTO SATURDAY MORNING, SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS IN THE COLDEST SPOTS. FOR A LOT OF US, IT’S GOING TO BE THE COLDEST NIGHT SINCE WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY OF LAST WINTER SEASON, SO IT’S ALMOST A YEAR SINCE WE FELT IT LIKE THAT. NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, FOUR CORNERS AREA, WINTRY MIX, SHOWERS CONTINUING OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. UPPER 30S, LOW 40S. I THINK THE SNOW TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE TO OUR EAST WHEN WE WAKE UP, SO IT’S ALL DONE, BUT WE’VE GOT COLD WIND CHILLS. HIGH 37. IT WILL FEEL LIKE ABOUT 25 IN THE AFTERNOON. SATURDAY. ANOTHER DAY IN THE 30S. WE DO CREEP BACK INTO THE 40S BY SUNDAY. AND THEN NEXT WEEK SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO INCLUDED ON THIS CHANCE AT BOTH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. IT’S A WET MORNING HERE IN THE AREA, BUT WE DO FIND OURSELVES IN THE 40S AND 50S THIS AFTERNOON. NOTE BY FRIDAY AGAIN, ANY SNOW IS GONE AND OFF TO THE EAST. A WEEKEND KEEPS US IN THE 40S, BUT THE 50S DO RETURN NEXT WEEK IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WELL, WE’RE KIND OF ON THE DRY SIDE OF THINGS TODAY. WE DO HAVE THE WIND IN THE FORECAST. SO REMEMBER THERE ARE WIND ADVISORIES FOR POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 50. HIGHS IN THE 60S FROM ROSWELL TO CARLSBAD. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR TWO. PROBABLY RAIN, MAYBE WINTRY MIXTURES ON THE MOUNTAINS. WEEKEND. DRY 50 AND 60 DEGREE TEMPERATURES DO RETURN NEXT WEEK IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. YOU KNOW WE’RE INCLUDED IN ON THIS CHANCE AT SNOW AND WINTRY MIX. SHOWERS BUT GENERALLY LIGHT STUFF UNTIL THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. HIGHS LOW AND MID 40S. TOMORROW’S HIGH TEMPERATURE ONLY AROUND 30. WE COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW FALLING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION, VERY DIFFICULT. TRAVEL LIKELY, SOME SCHOOL DELAYS AND MAYBE SOME CANCELLATIONS. TOMORROW. THE WEEKEND 39. YOUR HIGH SATURDAY. WE’RE BACK IN THE 40S BY SUNDAY. NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. ALSO WITH THE INCREASE IN WINTRY MIX AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TOMORROW, SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION CERTAINLY CAN’T BE RULED OUT WITH THE SCHOOL DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS. SATURDAY’S HIGH 33 AS THE SNOW IS GONE SUNDAY. WE’RE STILL IN THE 30S 40S THOUGH. NEXT WEEK FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. WE’VE GOT THE HIGHS BACK AROUND 50 TODAY. SO YOU KNOW ANY ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS BEFORE 5 P.M. WOULD GENERALLY BE LIGHT RAIN AND WINTRY MIX AND SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY TONIGHT, TOMORROW MORNING. AND THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO 1 TO 3 INCH SNOWFALL LOOKS TO BE THE RIGHT CALL HERE. AND IT COULD EVEN BE MORE THAN THAT SATURDAY. WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BIG COLD WAY BELOW FREEZING IN THE MORNING AN
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories continue across the state
Brief lull before another wave of heavier snow and mixed showers moves through tonight
It may not stay completely dry this morning, but any morning or early afternoon showers will generally fall as rain and stay light and scattered in nature. Temperatures could still get close to 50 degrees today in Albuquerque. Breeziness is expected and there could be some stronger wind hitting eastern and southeast New Mexico.This evening and tonight we expect an increase in wintry mix and then snow showers with the potential for heavy snowfall through western, central and northern New Mexico. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for many locations due to the potential for heavy accumulating snow and difficult travel conditions. In the Albuquerque metro, a winter weather advisory could be issued as recent computer model runs are coming in with more snow accumulation than perhaps originally thought. We will be monitoring that closely. Right now we are expecting a 1-3″ snowfall for the metro, and it could end up being more than that.Once snow winds down Friday, expect it to turn much colder and breezy/windy with wind chills making it feel like it is below freezing even during the warmest part of the day. Then by Saturday morning low temperatures will be down in the teens and single digits, the coldest temperatures many of us have seen since last February, so the coldest in almost a year!
It may not stay completely dry this morning, but any morning or early afternoon showers will generally fall as rain and stay light and scattered in nature. Temperatures could still get close to 50 degrees today in Albuquerque. Breeziness is expected and there could be some stronger wind hitting eastern and southeast New Mexico.
This evening and tonight we expect an increase in wintry mix and then snow showers with the potential for heavy snowfall through western, central and northern New Mexico. Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for many locations due to the potential for heavy accumulating snow and difficult travel conditions. In the Albuquerque metro, a winter weather advisory could be issued as recent computer model runs are coming in with more snow accumulation than perhaps originally thought. We will be monitoring that closely. Right now we are expecting a 1-3″ snowfall for the metro, and it could end up being more than that.
Once snow winds down Friday, expect it to turn much colder and breezy/windy with wind chills making it feel like it is below freezing even during the warmest part of the day. Then by Saturday morning low temperatures will be down in the teens and single digits, the coldest temperatures many of us have seen since last February, so the coldest in almost a year!
