Critical Fire Danger with Gusty Winds.
It’s an Impact Weather Day for gusty winds and fire danger.
HEY, GOOD MORNING, NEW MEXICO. IT IS 622. HERE’S WHAT WE ARE TRACKING FOR YOU THIS AFTERNOON. AND AS EARLY AS THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, WE GOT SOME GUSTY WINDS GOING ON TODAY. EXTREME FIRE THREAT AND RAIN AND SNOW STILL IN THE FORECAST, BUT IT IS FAVORING NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE FOR TODAY. AND THEN WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOME BETTER RAIN CHANCES LATER NEXT WEEK. FOR A LOT OF THE STATE. SO YOU CAN SEE TODAY WE DO HAVE THOSE RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS LINGERING UP IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS UP TOWARDS COLORADO, AT LEAST THROUGH THE LATER AFTERNOON. SO WE’LL KEEP THAT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO. THAT’S INCLUDING THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. OTHERWISE, IT’S GOING TO BE A QUIET DAY OVERALL FOR NEW MEXICO. IT’S JUST REALLY WINDY OUTSIDE. AND THAT IS GOING TO ELEVATE THE FIRE THREAT. SO YOU COULD SEE AN EXTREME FIRE WEATHER RISK FOR EASTERN CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. WE’RE SEEING CRITICAL THROUGHOUT EASTERN AND CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A FIRE WEATHER WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 A.M. TODAY UNTIL 8 P.M. SO REALLY START TO FEEL THOSE WINDS RAMP UP BY THE 11:00 HOUR. AND THIS COULD EXTEND THOSE WATCHES AND WARNINGS INTO TOMORROW AS WELL. CONTINUING TO BE BREEZY OUT THERE TONIGHT, NOT AS WINDY THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. AND YOU COULD SEE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE STATE, 50S ACROSS SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WE’LL HAVE SOME LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS UP IN THE MOUNTAINS, BUT MILD TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. WE’RE STILL HITTING 70 AND 80S ACROSS THE STATE. IT IS STILL GOING TO BE BREEZY OUT THERE, NOT AS WINDY. THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. BUT STILL, WE ARE GOING TO SEE A FIRE THREAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN’T HAD A WHOLE LOT OF MOISTURE. WE HAVE LOW HUMIDITY VALUES, AND IN COMBINATION WITH THOSE WINDS, FAVORABLE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. SO THERE’S A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. AND THEN WE FAST FORWARD INTO THE LATER HALF OF THE WORKWEEK. LOOK AT ALL THAT RAIN COMING IN. THIS IS ONE MODEL BRINGING IN A WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS LATER ON IN THE WORKWEEK. SO LET’S GO AHEAD AND TIME THIS OUT FOR YOU. SO WE’RE LOOKING AT 50S AND 60S FOR TODAY. IMPACT WEATHER FOR FARMINGTON AREA. WE’RE STICKING WITH THE 60S AND 70S FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORKWEEK. IT’S LOOKING DRY BREEZY OUT THERE. WE GET THAT NEXT SYSTEM THAT ROLLS THROUGH, BRINGING SOME RAIN SHOWERS, POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THURSDAY. THAT WILL COOL US DOWN JUST SLIGHTLY FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, 70S AND 80S OUT THERE. IMPACT WINDS FOR TODAY. FOR THE SILVER CITY AREA, WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE LOW 70S, QUIET FOR THE START OF THE WORKWEEK. AND THEN BY THURSDAY, THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME SHOWERS TO COOL US DOWN FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON. BUT YOU CAN SEE WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE 70S BY THE END OF THE WORKWEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, 80S AND 90S OUT THERE IMPACT BLOWING DUST. A POSSIBILITY FOR TODAY IN THIS AREA. REALLY DRY OUT THERE WITH ALL THOSE STRONG WINDS. YOU CAN SEE WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 80S, AT LEAST UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THEN WE GET A COOLDOWN WITH THIS NEXT SYSTEM THAT’S COMING IN, AND THAT WILL COOL US DOWN INTO THE MID 60S, BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME SHOWERS FOR FRIDAY, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HOLD UP AND THAT WILL MATERIALIZE. NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. 60S AND 70S OUT THERE. IMPACT WINDS. POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING DUST. TODAY IN THE LAS VEGAS AREA. YOU CAN SEE WE START OFF THE WORKWEEK QUIET AND MILD OUT THERE IN THE 60S AND 70S. AND THEN WE GET REALLY COOL BACK INTO THE 50S BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, WITH THAT NEXT SYSTEM COMING THROUGH. SO GOING TO IMPACT FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME SHOWERS AND THEN HEADED INTO THE WEEKEND, IT GETS QUIETER IN THOSE TEMPERATURES. WE COULD WAKE UP TO A LIGHT FREEZE FOR SATURDAY MORNING. SO THEY PLUMMET DOWN NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. WE’RE LOOKING AT 60S AND 70S FOR TODAY, SOME 50S IN THERE IN THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. WE’RE SEEING SANTA FE IN THE 60S THROUGH THE START OF THE WORKWEEK. IMPACT WINDS TODAY, QUIETER FOR THE START OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS OF NEXT WEEK. AND THEN WE COULD SEE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. IMPACT WEATHER FOR FRIDAY FOR THE METRO VALLEY AREA, WE’RE LOOKING AT 70 DEGREE TEMPERATURES TODAY, FLIRTING WITH THE 80S IN LOS LUNAS AND AREA IMPACT FOR STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING DUST POTENTIAL AS WE HEAD INTO THE WORKWEEK, WE’RE STICKING WITH THE 70S. WE’LL GET SLIGHTLY WARMER F
Critical Fire Danger with Gusty Winds.
It’s an Impact Weather Day for gusty winds and fire danger.
Hang on to your hats! Strong winds arrive today, and fire danger remains very high. Red Flag Warnings are in place across most of the state from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Afternoon winds could reach 25 mph in Albuquerque with gusts as high as 50 mph. Watch for patchy blowing dust and reduced visibility at times. Travel may become difficult. Highs across the Albuquerque metro push into the middle 70s; upper 60s for Santa Fe. Mountain showers and thunderstorms are possible. We’ll have Wind Advisories and High Wind Warnings through the afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts could reach 60 mph over the south-central mountains and eastern plains. Winds dial back on Monday and Tuesday. Our next chance for beneficial rain arrives late Wednesday.
Hang on to your hats! Strong winds arrive today, and fire danger remains very high. Red Flag Warnings are in place across most of the state from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. Afternoon winds could reach 25 mph in Albuquerque with gusts as high as 50 mph. Watch for patchy blowing dust and reduced visibility at times. Travel may become difficult. Highs across the Albuquerque metro push into the middle 70s; upper 60s for Santa Fe. Mountain showers and thunderstorms are possible. We’ll have Wind Advisories and High Wind Warnings through the afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts could reach 60 mph over the south-central mountains and eastern plains. Winds dial back on Monday and Tuesday. Our next chance for beneficial rain arrives late Wednesday.
