Increased fire danger and high heat through mid-week
Triple digit heat for some on Wednesday
RESPONDERS, AND CONTINUES WORKING TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS OUR STATE. CLOUDS ARE MOVING IN. THE RADAR VERY ACTIVE. THE FURTHER EAST WE GO. YEAH, THAT’S WHERE WE’RE SEEING ALL THESE HOT SPOTS. WE STILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAYBE A SPRITZ OR SPRINKLE UNTIL WE GET TO THE 6:00 HOUR HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. BUT WE’RE GOING TO CLEAR OUT AND KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES BALMY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THE ACTIVE WEATHER IS DEFINITELY OFF TOWARD THE EAST. THE NEWEST WARNED THUNDERSTORM CELL IS PUSHING THROUGH CURRY COUNTY RIGHT NOW. THAT WILL STAY UNDER WARNING UNTIL ABOUT 6:00. WE’RE ALSO TRACKING FURTHER DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH SOME OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEING SOME OF THIS ACTION, INCLUDING IN AND AROUND THE RUIDOSO BURN SCAR AREA. THIS IS A CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING IN SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THE RAIN OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING DOWN AS WE MOVE INTO THE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. NOT ONLY WILL WE DRY OUT, WE’RE ALSO GOING TO HEAT UP, BUT THEN AGAIN, THAT IS GOING TO ELEVATE OUR FIRE DANGER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. RIGHT NOW, IT IS A GORGEOUS EVENING IN SILVER CITY. LOTS OF BLUE SKY. A FEW PASSING FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS, BUT SO FAR NO RAIN IN THAT REGION. WE DO HAVE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS ABOVE 20MPH. IT IS GOING TO GET HOT. WE ARE GOING TO SUSTAIN OUR HEAT IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S. FOR MOST OF THE END OF THE WORKWEEK, BUT BY WEDNESDAY WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT, NOT QUITE CONFIDENT THAT WILL MAKE THAT TRIPLE DIGIT MARK IN MY WEATHER ANALYSIS. BUT WE ARE GOING TO COME AWFULLY CLOSE. TOMORROW IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST HINT THAT THINGS ARE WARMING UP. THOSE TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY GOING TO SOAR COMPARED TO WHAT WE’VE SEEN TODAY WITH THE AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER TOMORROW. WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THOSE AFTERNOON CLOUD OPPORTUNITIES, BUT HERE ARE THE WEDNESDAY NUMBERS YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF. AND YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TO BEAT THE HEAT. AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. LOW TRIPLE DIGITS FROM SOCORRO TO T OR C DOWN TOWARD DEMING AND LAS CRUCES, WHERE WE’LL SEE SOME PRETTY INTENSE HEAT AS THIS POCKET DOWN TOWARD THE SOUTH AND EAST CARLSBAD. ROSWELL HOBBS ABOVE 105 EXPECTED. WE’LL ALSO SEE SOME HEAT FOR TUCUMCARI AND CLOTHES AND SANTA ROSA AND CLAYTON NOT BEING LEFT OUT IN THE TRIPLE DIGIT CONTENTION FOR THE WEDNESDAY FORECAST. THE HEAT IS BRINGING IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME GUSTY WINDS INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THAT’S ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. AND TOMORROW FOR THE NORTH AND THE WEST IN AND AROUND FARMINGTON. WE DEFINITELY HAVE A RED SHADED AREA THERE FOR THE RED FLAG WARNINGS, WHICH GO UP UNTIL 7:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. THEN ON WEDNESDAY, WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE AT RISK FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER. SO THE GENERAL FIRE WATCH IN TOWN WILL KICK IN ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SHORT TERM FORECAST LOOKS PRETTY QUIET FOR US ACROSS THE STATE. THE RAIN MOVES OUT BY MIDNIGHT. THEN TOMORROW MORNING WE WAKE UP TO A LOT OF SUNSHINE, A FEW CLOUDS HANGING OUT SOUTH AND EAST, BUT THOSE WILL BE GONE IN NO TIME. THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW US TO REALLY HEAT THINGS UP TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT AGAIN, ALTHOUGH WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME 92 TOMORROW, THOSE TRIPLE DIGITS WILL COME BACK IN FORCE WHEN WE MOVE ON INTO THE WEDNESDAY TIME FRAME. SO BE ADVISED THAT THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WON’T BE LEFT OUT IN THIS HEAT TREND. 99 DEGREE POTENTIAL. BY THE TIME YOU GET TO WEDNESDAY. BEFORE WE BEGIN TO MODERATE, WE’LL KEEP PURE SUNSHINE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK IN AND AROUND SILVER CITY. NO RAIN OPPORTUNITIES, BUT A LOT OF HEAT ON THE WAY. IT’S GOING TO BE NEAR 100 DEGREES TOMORROW FOR ROSWELL, BUT THEN THAT DANGEROUS HEAT KICKS IN NOT ONLY WEDNESDAY, BUT ON SUNDAY AS WELL FOR FATHER’S DAY. AND PRETTY NICE STRETCH FOR LAS VEGAS, RATON AND RED RIVER. THE RAIN WILL MOVE ON AFTER TODAY AND WILL BE PRETTY DRY AS WELL IN SANTA FE OVER THE WEEKEND. DEFINITELY SEEING OUR TEMPERATURES MODERATE BACK INTO THE 80S. TOMORROW IS A PRETTY NICE DAY
Increased fire danger and high heat through mid-week
Triple digit heat for some on Wednesday
Overnight clouds will clear by dawn, and now we will start to dial up the heat across the state. It will be sunny, dry, and much hotter on Tuesday. You’ll want to stay hydrated and limit your time outdoors during the peak heating hours of the day. Highs across the Albuquerque metro will reach 96 degrees on Tuesday with an afternoon breeze from the northwest. Wednesday will be the hottest day of the week with nearly triple-digit highs across the Albuquerque metro, lower 90s for Santa Fe. The most intense heat is expected across southwest New Mexico where highs between 103 and 109 degrees are expected. A Fire Weather Watch covers northwest New Mexico, the Central mountains,and the middle Rio Grand Valley on Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Northwest winds sustained at 15 to 20 mph could gust as high as 35. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly.
Overnight clouds will clear by dawn, and now we will start to dial up the heat across the state. It will be sunny, dry, and much hotter on Tuesday. You’ll want to stay hydrated and limit your time outdoors during the peak heating hours of the day. Highs across the Albuquerque metro will reach 96 degrees on Tuesday with an afternoon breeze from the northwest. Wednesday will be the hottest day of the week with nearly triple-digit highs across the Albuquerque metro, lower 90s for Santa Fe. The most intense heat is expected across southwest New Mexico where highs between 103 and 109 degrees are expected. A Fire Weather Watch covers northwest New Mexico, the Central mountains,and the middle Rio Grand Valley on Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. Northwest winds sustained at 15 to 20 mph could gust as high as 35. Any fires that develop will spread rapidly.
