NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Mostly dry conditions are still in place this morning. Way-above-freezing temperatures are still once again confined to most of the higher peaks of the Northern Mountains with valley floor locations mostly starting off in the upper 40s or in the 50s, while elsewhere is mostly starting off in the high 50s to the low-to-mid 70s.
More-persistent west-northwesterly winds aloft with a high pressure system drifting slightly more to the southwest of New Mexico will combine to squeeze out a little bit more in the way of moisture once again in the form of some rounds of Monsoonal thunderstorms across the higher elevations through Central to East New Mexico, including parts of the Four Corners, excluding Southwest Colorado’s higher fire threat. Despite some passing clouds, dry air at the surface will remain for many as temperatures will rise way-above normal in the upper 80s and 90s with triple-digit heat for still many central to southern communities.
Moisture aloft is contrasting with still mostly dry conditions at the surface, but the pendulum swing pattern of muggy mornings out east with breezy easterly winds shifting to southwesterly drier winds in the afternoons forming storms to the east will still continue though. Conditions will continue to be hot through the early weekend until the next push of Monsoon moisture arrives in fuller force by the end of the weekend while cooling things down for more areas to start the workweek next week.
