Less storm chances with hotter weekend ahead
Warming trend expected with near triple-digit heat
MAKE A DONATION. AND NOW LET’S CHECK IN WITH ERIC. A PRETTY DAY OUT THERE TODAY. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AROUND ALBUQUERQUE THE STORMS HAVE MISSED SO FAR. THERE’S SOME BOILING OVER ON THE MOUNTAINS RIGHT NOW, AND WE’LL CHECK IN ON THE RADAR IN JUST A SECOND. WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO HAS BEEN MOST FAVORED. BIG STORMS AND RUIDOSO BASICALLY ALL AFTERNOON LONG. THERE’S BEEN A NOTICEABLE DECREASE, THOUGH, ON THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS OF RAIN COVERAGE. THERE’S SOME STORMS FIRING IN EASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY THAT WILL KEEP OUR EYES ON. NOW, HERE OVER ALBUQUERQUE, THERE’S A LITTLE GROUND CLUTTER UP AGAINST THE FOOTHILLS, BUT JUST SOUTH OF FORT HILLS ON THE KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE AND EXTENDING DOWN AGAINST THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS. THERE YOU CAN SEE SOME THUNDERSHOWERS ARE BILLOWING. AND THIS WINDOW OF SUNSHINE THAT’S BEEN OPEN IS STARTING TO CLOSE JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE’S STORMS OFF TO OUR WEST. WE DO EXPECT STORMS TO ROLL THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR TO TWO, AND SO THERE WILL LIKELY BE SOME EVENING CHANGES AFTER THIS EVENING, THOUGH, WITH THE IMPACT WEATHER CONDITIONS, WE’RE GOING TO TRIM BACK THE STORM CHANCES. TURN UP THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK LOOKS VERY HOT WITH VERY LOW MONSOON STORM CHANCES. THE UPPER HIGH AND THE TALLEST STACK OF AIR OUT OF TEXAS NOW. AND WELL, IT’S OVER WEST TEXAS AND DRIFTING OUR WAY. IT’S ESSENTIALLY ACTING TO PINCH OFF THIS MONSOON MOISTURE SURGE. AND THAT DRY AIR OUT IN ARIZONA IS GOING TO ALSO OVERTAKE THE STATE. AND THAT’S WHY WE HAVE LESS STORM COVERAGE TOMORROW THAN TODAY AND LESS STORM COVERAGE SATURDAY THAN FRIDAY. THAT’S THE TREND. BUT THIS EVENING AND FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE OVERNIGHT, IT’S GOING TO BE THIS GRADUAL WEST TO EAST MOTION OF STORMS. SO STORMS IN WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL TRY TO PUSH THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE. AND THERE COULD BE A COUPLE SPOTS OF LINGERING THUNDERSHOWERS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS WE WAKE UP TOMORROW MORNING. BUT ALBUQUERQUE WILL BE QUIET TOMORROW MORNING. IN THE AFTERNOON ONLY BRINGS ABOUT A 20% CHANCE AT STORMS, A MUCH LESS ACTIVE DAY WITH A HIGH UP AROUND 90 DEGREES. SO LET’S WATCH THIS ALL PLAY OUT HERE ON OUR STATEWIDE PLANNER, AS OPPOSED TO TODAY, WHERE WE HAD LUNCH HOUR THUNDERSHOWERS FORMING AROUND RUIDOSO. I THINK WE’RE QUIET UNTIL PROBABLY THE 1 OR 2:00 HOUR IN THE AFTERNOON. AND THEN THERE’S A STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS AROUND RUIDOSO. GOOD CHANCE THAT STORMS ON THIS WEST CENTRAL HIGH TERRAIN WHERE WE’VE HAD BIG DOWNPOURS TODAY AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ALSO LOOKS PRETTY ACTIVE TOMORROW AFTERNOON STILL, BUT FOR SANTA FE, ALBUQUERQUE LOOKS LIKE IT WILL JUST BE A SLIGHT CHANCE AT ISOLATED STORMS. THOSE STORMS THAT ROLL THROUGH RATON VEGAS UP TOWARDS CLINTON COULD HAVE SOME SERIOUS PUNCH TO THEM TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND WE ARE IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THAT CORNER OF THE STATE, WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING THE LARGE HAIL AND THE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. WE LOOK AHEAD TOWARDS SATURDAY. ALBUQUERQUE HITS 93. STILL SOME STORMS, BUT LESS COVERAGE IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. AND YOU KNOW, THIS SOUTHERN HIGH TERRAIN, MAYBE AN ISOLATED STORM. BUT FOR MOST OF US, THE RAIN CHANCES COMPLETELY DRY UP SATURDAY. HOWEVER, FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, IT WILL BE ONE MORE DAY WHERE WE WATCH OUT FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER. THEN BY SUNDAY, ALBUQUERQUE IS UP AT 96. SOCORRO HITS 100 104. IN ROSWELL, ANY RAIN WOULD BE ISOLATED, AND ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, WE WON’T HAVE THAT MONSOON MOISTURE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO MOUNTAINS COULD CATCH A STORM, THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL BE LOW. NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, FOUR CORNERS AREA. WELL, WE HAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDER SHOWERS THIS EVENING, BUT THAT’S IT FOR RAIN CHANCES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WE DRY OUT TOMORROW. STAY DRY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND. IT’S GOING TO BE ABOUT 95 EVERY DAY, MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE HOTTER INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, AS WE HAVE PERHAPS A SLIGHT CHANCE AT STORMS BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AFTER SKIES SETTLE THIS EVENING, TOMORROW, WE’RE STILL ONE CORNER OF THE STATE WITH PRETTY HIGH RAIN CHANCES, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGH TERRAIN JUST NORTH OF SILVER CITY. LOWER RAIN CHANCES. SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY. TUESDAY. THAT’S PROBABLY A DRY STRETCH. AND LOOK AT HERE IN SILVER CITY AS WE WARM INTO THE LOW AND MID 90S. THAT MEANS TEMPERATURES OFF THE MOUNTAINS WILL EASILY BE INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS. I WOULD STILL EXPECT SOME SCATTERED STORMS IN RUIDOSO TOMORROW, BUT I THINK FROM FORT SUMNER DOWN THROUGH ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD, WE’RE PROBABLY DONE FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND IT’S JUST A MATTER OF HOW HOT IT’S GOING TO GET OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. BY SUNDAY, WE’RE UP AT 104 AND NEXT WEEK IT’S TRIPLE DIGITS NEAR RECORD HIGHS EVERY DAY. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE A BUSY CORNER OF THE STATE TOMORROW, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S LOWER 80S. REMEMBER, WE’RE IN THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AND IT’S STILL THE STORMS LIKELY SCENARIO. LESSER STORM CHANCE SATURDAY, BUT WE COULD STILL HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. THAT IS WHAT LOOKS TO BE AT LEAST A FIVE DAY DRY STRETCH. AND I KNOW THERE ARE SO MANY FARMERS THAT CUT AND BALE HAY UP THERE IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. THAT’S GOING TO BE YOUR WINDOW TO GET YOUR HAY CUT AND BALED. NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STILL POSSIBLE TOMORROW, BUT IT’S A MUCH LOWER RAIN CHANCE THAN TODAY AND SATURDAY. IT’S MAYBE JUST AN ISOLATED STORM. SUNDAY. MONDAY. GOING FORWARD. WELL, WE HIT 90 OR 91 EVERY DAY, BUT IT’S PROBABLY GOING TO BE DRY FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. WE STILL HAVE A STORM CHANCE IN PLAY TOMORROW, BUT IT’S MUCH LOWER THAN THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, DOWN AT 20%. WE STILL RESPECT EVERYDAY STORM CHANCE ONCE WE CLEAR TOMORROW THOUGH, I DON’T THINK WE’LL HAVE TO MENTION THE STORM CHANCE FOR A GOOD 4 OR 5 DAY STRETCH. AND IT’S JUST A QUESTION OF HOW HOT IT’S GOING TO GET. 9697. SEVERAL 98 NEXT WE
Less storm chances with hotter weekend ahead
Warming trend expected with near triple-digit heat
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