Cutting down storm chances for a hotter and drier weekend

Slim monsoon chances next week

SOME MORE RAIN THIS AFTERNOON, BUT LOWER RAIN CHANCES. WE’RE CUTTING THEM DOWN AS DRIER AIR AND HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD OVER THE STATE. HOTTER AND DRIER BY THE WEEKEND. AND SLIM MONSOON CHANCES NEXT WEEK, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BE PRETTY LOW. ABOUT 20% COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE LATER HALF OF THE WEEK, BUT WE ENDED OUT JULY WITH 1.22IN OF RAINFALL. WE WERE BELOW THAT AVERAGE OF 1.64IN. USUALLY WE GET ABOUT 1.31IN OF RAIN IN AUGUST, SO PLENTY MORE MONSOON TO GO, BUT BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE WE’RE WELCOMING IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. STILL A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OUT THERE FOR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, ALL POSSIBILITY AND OF COURSE, FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. WE’LL SHOW YOU THAT FLOOD WATCH IN JUST A SECOND. BUT THOSE STORMS REALLY DEVELOPING AROUND THE LUNCH HOUR, YOU CAN SEE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE, EVEN GETTING SOME RAIN UP TOWARDS THE GALLUP AND GRANTS AREA. IT’S GOING TO BE STORMY OUT THERE THROUGH TONIGHT, AND THIS IS GOING TO PUSH DOWN TOWARDS SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO START TO DRY OUT AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND START TO WARM UP. BUT THERE’S THAT FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWN TO SANTA ROSA AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE NEAR RUIDOSO. BURN SCAR, SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS EXTENDING THROUGH SOCORRO. THIS IS UNTIL THIS EVENING. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN COULD PUT US AT RISK OF FLASH FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY NEAR THOSE BURN SCARS. YOU REALLY GOT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE. BUT MONSOON MOISTURE STILL IN PLAY OVER THE STATE, YOU COULD SEE IT FEEDING INTO THE STATE, BUT DRIER AIR COMING IN FROM THE WEST, HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING IN FROM THE EAST. THAT IS GOING TO CUT DOWN THOSE RAIN CHANCES AND IT’S GOING TO BUMP UP THE TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 90S ACROSS THE STATE, AND STILL A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER, IT IS PRETTY DRY OUT THERE. IT’S NOT GOING TO BE AS WET AS IT HAS BEEN OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK OR SO. NORTHWESTERN REGION OF THE STATE, IT’S BEEN DRY OUT THERE. YOU’RE GOING TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND THEN POSSIBLY REACH THE MID 90S BY NEXT WEEK AND STAY THAT WAY ABOUT 96 DEGREES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. WE’RE LOOKING AT 80S AND 90S THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON. SILVER CITY, YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN OUT THERE AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THEN YOU ARE DRYING OUT BY SUNDAY, WARMING UP INTO THE LOW 90S, MIDDLE 90S BY WEDNESDAY WITH SOME RAIN CHANCES BY WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. WE’RE LOOKING AT 80S AND MIDDLE 90S FOR YOU GUYS FOR THIS AFTERNOON, 78 FOR EVEN WARMING UP THERE, 94 FOR THAT HIGH TODAY IN ROSWELL. BUT LOOK AT THIS. TEMPERATURES JUMPING UP TO ABOUT 104 DEGREES BY SUNDAY. WE DID TAKE AWAY THAT IMPACT MODE BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE ABOUT 105 DEGREES, BUT IT’S STILL EXTREME HEAT. SO THAT MEANS THAT YOU DO NEED TO STAY HYDRATED BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO REMAIN IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE, 70S AND 80S OUT THERE IMPACT WEATHER FOR TODAY, THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAS VEGAS. BECAUSE OF THAT FLOOD WATCH AND THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. BUT THEN IT STARTS TO DRY OUT BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND WARM UP INTO THE 90S BY NEXT WEEK, NORTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE LOOKING GOOD OUT THERE, 70S AND 80S, BUT IMPACT MODE AS WELL FOR SANTA FE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE RISK OF SOME FLOODING, THERE REALLY HIGH RAIN CHANCES THROUGHOUT THIS AFTERNOON, BUT DRYING OUT AND GETTING UP INTO THE 90S BY MONDAY. SO IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND OUT THERE FOR THE METRO. WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW 90S THROUGHOUT THE METRO TODAY. IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY HOT. MAKE SURE YOU STAY HYDRATED AND THAT IS ONLY THE START OF THE HEAT. WE STILL HAVE SLIM CHANCES HEADING INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT WE REALLY CUT DOWN RAIN CHANCES ENTIRELY BY SUNDAY. AND LOOK AT THIS FLIRTING WITH TRIPLE DIGITS BY THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. BY TUESD

Slim monsoon chances next week