Warm and dry today with Red Flag Warnings for extreme fire danger in Eastern New Mexico
Rain chances look to move in on Tuesday, favoring the southern half of the state
IT’S QUARTER AFTER FIVE, AND I SURE HOPE YOUR MONDAY IS OFF TO A GREAT START. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN CATCH THE GARLIC COMING OFF MY BREATH HERE, BUT MIGUEL BROUGHT BACK SOME AUTHENTIC NEW YORK BAGEL. WHAT ARE THE FLAVORS OF THESE HERE? YOU HAVE GARLIC? EVERYTHING. BAGEL. PUMPERNICKEL. RAISINS. RAISIN, CINNAMON, RAISIN AND PLAIN. MINE HAD A LOT OF GARLIC ON IT, AND IT’S A GREAT WAY TO START A MONDAY. FIRE BREATH. RIGHT. WARM AGAIN THIS WEEK. RAIN. CHANCES ARE IN PLAY HERE FOR A DAY FAVORING SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. WE’LL HAVE ALMOST DAILY FIRE DANGER CONCERNS, BUT MAINLY OUT INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO MAKE A SURGE THIS WEEKEND, AND WE’RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE BREAKING RECORDS AGAIN. HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL TODAY. SHOULD BE ABLE TO TIME OUT A SUNNY MONDAY BEFORE THE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE BAJA CALIFORNIA ROLLS IN TONIGHT AND TOMORROW, BRINGING THAT RAIN CHANCE. SO TODAY WE’LL ENJOY THE BRIGHT SKIES. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE ABOVE WHERE WE TOPPED OUT ON OUR SUNDAY 60, 70, EVEN A COUPLE 80S IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. HERE WE ARE AT SEVEN THIS EVENING, AND WE’RE JUST STARTING TO SEE THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOME CLOUDS AND A COUPLE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS INTO SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. AT THAT TIME. STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO A LOT OF SPOTS GUSTING ABOVE 30. THAT’S WHERE WE’LL HAVE THE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR THE CRITICALLY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. BASICALLY, ALL POINTS EAST OF MORIARTY. TIMING ON THE THREAT. 11 THIS MORNING UNTIL SEVEN THIS EVENING. NOTE I’M GOING TO WAIT FOR A LONGER COMMERCIAL BREAK BEFORE I HAVE MUCH MORE OF THAT BAGEL. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. HERE. LOOK AT THE CHANCE AT SHOWERS AND PLAY MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40, SCATTERED TO ISOLATED, PRIMARILY RAIN. JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HIGH TERRAIN SNOW. WE SHOULD HOLD ABOVE FREEZING BASICALLY FOR THE ENTIRE VIEWING AREA. HOLDING ABOUT 40 IN ALBUQUERQUE NOW. TOMORROW. RAIN CHANCES OFF AND ON THROUGHOUT, BUT MAINLY FAVORING THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. FEW SHOWERS DO CROSS THE I-40 CORRIDOR, MAINLY AROUND ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE POINTS EAST. DON’T SEE THAT RAIN CHANCE IN PLAY FOR YOU IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. YOU KNOW WE’LL RIDE OUT TUESDAY WITH THE SHOWER CHANCE AND STILL PROBABLY CATCH SOME PRETTY GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. THEN ON WEDNESDAY IT’S ALL GONE. WEDNESDAY WE’RE BACK TO SUNSHINE AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 60S AND 70S TO NEAR 80. IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. WEDNESDAY. STILL SOME WIND ISSUES, MAINLY OUT IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE, BUT WE WILL HAVE THOSE NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES SWITCHED ON. WE’RE KIND OF GETTING INTO OUR WINDY SEASON ANYWAY, SO BREEZES ON A DAILY BASIS ARE PRETTY MUCH EXPECTED THIS TIME OF YEAR. NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, FOUR CORNERS AREA UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 DEGREE HIGHS. WE’LL DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW WITH SOME CLOUDS AROUND, BUT ANY CHANCE OF SHOWERS STAYS TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST. WE’RE DRY GOING INTO THE WEEKEND AND LOOK AT BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WE EXPECT MID 70S SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO 70, IN SILVER CITY, NEAR 80 OFF THE MOUNTAINS. NOW TOMORROW WE HAVE THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCE OF ANY CORNER OF NEW MEXICO. IN FACT, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS DO LOOK LIKELY, SO IT’S AN IMPACT WEATHER DAY FOR THAT REASON. THAT’S IT FOR THE ACTIVE WEATHER. AND IT’S 70 ON A DAILY BASIS. NO TOMORROW DOWN AT 53. BACK TO 70 WEDNESDAY MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY. HERE’S SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO HIGH 77 TODAY IN ALAMOGORDO. LOWER 80S ROSWELL TO CARLSBAD. WE’RE DOWN ABOUT TEN TOMORROW WITH THAT CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSHOWER BY WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM IS GONE. BY FRIDAY WE HIT 80 DEGREES AGAIN AND WE’LL BE APPROACHING 90 FOR BOTH WEEKEND AFTERNOONS. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO 60S TO AROUND 70 TODAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER TOMORROW. SLIGHTLY COOLER. WE ARE DOWN AT 60. WEDNESDAY. BACK TO AROUND 70. THURSDAY MID 70S EXPECTED FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. IN THE ESPANOLA VALLEY. WE DO HAVE A RAIN CHANCE TOMORROW, BUT IT’S ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. THEN WE’RE BACK TO SEEING A 65 ON WEDNESDAY WITH SUNSHINE LOW AND MID 70S FRIDAY. AND FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. HIGHS BACK ON THE PLUS SIDE OF 70 DEGREES. AFTER THAT COOLER WEEKEND, WE WERE RIDING OUT THE AVERAGE HIGHS RIGHT AROUND 60 OR 61. TOMORROW WE’LL CALL THAT RAIN CHANCE 20%. WE DO HAVE SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT LATE DAY BREEZES ON THE TAIL END OF THAT STORM SYSTEM. YOU KNOW, IT’S LOW AND MIDDLE 70S. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, A JUMP INTO THE UPPER 70S BY FRIDAY, APPROACHING THE RECORDS. LOOK AT THAT PAIR OF 80S F
Warm and dry today with Red Flag Warnings for extreme fire danger in Eastern New Mexico
Rain chances look to move in on Tuesday, favoring the southern half of the state
Once we wait out this chilly morning, temperatures will quickly climb today and we have afternoon highs back into the 60s and 70s this afternoon, numbers about 10 degrees above average for early March. We do expect breezy/windy conditions to develop, the strongest of which will be seen out over eastern New Mexico, and that will result in extremely dangerous fire weather conditions for all of the east-central and northeast part of the state this afternoon.Later this evening and overnight we will watch for a storm system to move into southwest and southern New Mexico. This will bring a chance of some much-needed rain showers to areas along and south of I-40 overnight and into Tuesday morning. This storm system will take most of Tuesday to clear, so rain chances will be in play through the day but still continue to favor the southern half of the state more so than the northern half of the state.Skies dry out again for us on Wednesday and probably stay that way right on through the weekend. While temperatures will continue to hang out in that 10 degree above-average range into the middle of the week, a big surge is expected for Friday and the weekend. This will have us challenging records on Friday and then likely breaking records for both weekend afternoons with 80-degree highs possible for Albuquerque!
Once we wait out this chilly morning, temperatures will quickly climb today and we have afternoon highs back into the 60s and 70s this afternoon, numbers about 10 degrees above average for early March. We do expect breezy/windy conditions to develop, the strongest of which will be seen out over eastern New Mexico, and that will result in extremely dangerous fire weather conditions for all of the east-central and northeast part of the state this afternoon.
Later this evening and overnight we will watch for a storm system to move into southwest and southern New Mexico. This will bring a chance of some much-needed rain showers to areas along and south of I-40 overnight and into Tuesday morning. This storm system will take most of Tuesday to clear, so rain chances will be in play through the day but still continue to favor the southern half of the state more so than the northern half of the state.
Skies dry out again for us on Wednesday and probably stay that way right on through the weekend. While temperatures will continue to hang out in that 10 degree above-average range into the middle of the week, a big surge is expected for Friday and the weekend. This will have us challenging records on Friday and then likely breaking records for both weekend afternoons with 80-degree highs possible for Albuquerque!
