Warm start to February across New Mexico

THE WAY OF BEING PRODUCTIVE AROUND THE HOUSE OR AT WORK, SEEK MEDICAL HELP. WELL, IT IS A MILD START TO FEBRUARY SO FAR. HERE’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST BYRON MORTON. THAT’S RIGHT. AND IF YOU LOOK OUTSIDE IN THE PAST HALF HOUR, YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THIS PRETTY INCREDIBLE CLOUD. THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A LENTICULAR CLOUD. LENTICULAR CLOUD PRETTY MUCH LOOKS LIKE A UFO. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK, AND THEY LOOK UP AND THEY THINK, OH BOY, WE’RE BEING INVADED. BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU GET THE WIND GOING OVER THE MOUNTAINS THERE, AND IT CREATES A WAVE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. SO AS THE AIR RIDES UP, IT CREATES THESE LAYERS OF CONDENSATION OR CLOUDS THAT FORM THOSE KIND OF LAYERED LOOK TO CLOUDS OR SCALLOPED CLOUDS, I GUESS YOU COULD CALL IT, BUT PRETTY COOL STUFF. SHARE YOUR PICTURES TO OUR KOAT YOU LOCAL FACEBOOK PAGE. AND WE ALSO HAVE A SHRIEKING SNOW PACK. LOOK AT THIS. YOU KNOW NEW MEXICO LAST MONDAY, A LARGE CHUNK OF THE STATE SEEING THAT SNOW COVER, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHEAST WHERE WE HAD THAT WINTER STORM THE WEEKEND BEFORE LAST MONDAY. BUT TODAY, YEAH, MUCH OF THAT IS GONE, RELEGATED TO MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS. LIVE. LOOK FROM THE CREST CAM RIGHT NOW YOU SEE SOME THAT SNOW ON THE MOUNTAINS. THERE. DRY AND QUIET START TO FEBRUARY BREEZES AND A MIDWEEK COOL DOWN ABOUT IT. RAIN AND SNOW CHANCES MIGHT RETURN NEXT WEEK, BUT THAT’S THE WAY IT WAS LOOKING LAST WEEK AT THIS TIME FOR THIS WEEK AND DIDN’T PAN OUT, SO WE’LL HOPE FOR THE BEST. 61 ALBUQUERQUE. OUR AVERAGE HIGH TODAY IS 51 DEGREES. WE’RE TEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. LOOK AT THE 60S FOR SANTA ROSA TOO. WE HAVE A DOWNSLOPING WIND IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE, ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 25MPH. MORIARTY IN SANTA ROSA, THAT DOWNSLOPING COMPRESSIONAL WIND WARMS THINGS UP. AND THAT’S WHY THE WARMER TEMPERATURES OUT TO THE EAST, BUT STILL VERY COLD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST, INTO THE GREAT LAKES AND NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW, TEENS AND 20S AND 30S, THAT’S WHERE THE COLD IS. EVEN FLORIDA HAD SOME SNOW OVER THE WEEKEND. JUST SOME REALLY COOL STUFF THERE. YOUR PLANNER FOR ALBUQUERQUE TONIGHT. GRAB A JACKET. TEMPERATURES DROP QUICKLY, WILL DIP INTO THE LOWER 30S BY TOMORROW MORNING. SO TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW MEXICO GOING FROM THE MILD TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE COLD TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING. 20S, 30S NORTH WITH 30S DOWN TO THE SOUTH. BUT A GOOD RECOVERY TOMORROW. ANOTHER NICE DAY ON YOUR TUESDAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S FOR ALL PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. I THINK AS WE GET INTO LATER IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY, WE’LL STILL SEE SOME OF THOSE BREEZES ACROSS THE NORTH AND EASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. WE HAVE A FRONT THAT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THAT WILL CRANK UP SOME KANDY WINDS HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE EARLY IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY, AND MAKE FOR SOME BREEZY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. A LITTLE BIT COOLER, TOO. YOU SEE THAT 40S AND 50S NORTH WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S AND 60S DOWN TO THE SOUTH. IT’S A MINOR COOLDOWN AND IT’S VERY SHORT. WE’LL BE BACK TO THE 60S IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY FRIDAY, EVEN WARMING UP STILL NEXT WEEK. LOOKING AHEAD, IT DOES LOOK LIKE WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR ALL PARTS OF THE STATE. BUT THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS. IF IT PANS OUT A 33 TO 50% CHANCE OF ABOVE AVERAGE RAIN AND SNOW. WE HOPE FOR THAT BECAUSE WE NEED THAT MOISTURE TO THE FOUR CORNERS, DURANGO. CHILE. GALLUP, GRANT COUNTY A QUIET STRETCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SAME ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST. YEAH, A LITTLE COOL DOWN THERE ON WEDNESDAY, BUT NOT MUCH. AND THEN YOU’RE BACK TO THE 60S FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. MAYBE A SHOWER BY SUNDAY, IF WE’RE LUCKY, INTO THE SOUTHEAST WITH ALSO A 57 TOMORROW LOOKING AT A 58 IN ARTESIA. SO A LITTLE COOL DOWN COMPARED TO TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY. BUT IT REBOUNDS. LOOK AT THAT. NEAR 70 ON SATURDAY FOR ROSWELL NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SOME BREEZY TO WINDY WEATHER AT TIMES. RATON LAS VEGAS, MORIARTY AND SANTA ROSA. A LITTLE COOL DOWN ON WEDNESDAY, BUT IT’S BRIEF 40S ON WEDNESDAY, 60S THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. SAME DEAL. COLD NIGHT, BUT YOU HAVE A GOOD RECOVERY IN THE AFTERNOON. 52 IN SANTA FE TOMORROW. COOLER FOR WEDNESDAY BUT MILD FOR THE WEEKEND AHEAD. RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO. BERNALILLO, RIO RANCHO, LOS LUNAS. AND AFTER A COLD START, WE’RE IN FOR A MILD DAY TOMORROW. 61 DEGREES. A LITTLE COOL DOWN THERE FOR WEDNESDAY WITH SOME BREEZES. AND THEN WE REBOUND FOR THE WEEKEND. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S ABOVE AVERAGE. AND WE’LL WATCH FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEXT WEEK. KIND OF HOLDING OFF ON THAT CHANCE RIGHT NOW. BUT A REALLY NICE STRETCH FOR THIS FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. HAPPY GROUNDHOG DAY BY THE WAY. OR PRAIRIE DOG DAY. DISAPPOINTING FOR PEOPLE I THINK IN THE EAST. YEAH, SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER IS WHAT HE PREDICTED. HE’S ONLY ACCURATE, LIKE 38% OF THE TIME. VERY GOOD. IT’S LIKE BYRON’S MUCH MORE ACCURATE. I JUST CALLED YOU HAPPY, BYRON.