New Mexico forecast: Warmer than average statewide

YOUR SCREEN. WELL, IT IS NOT FEELING MUCH LIKE THE HOLIDAYS. I THINK MOTHER NATURE IS A GRINCH THIS YEAR. BYRON, IT SEEMS LIKE IT. I MEAN, WHERE IS OUR WINTER? A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING ME THAT, YOU KNOW, SO THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER, WE HAD THE PRETTY TYPICAL DECEMBER TEMPERATURES WITH THE CHILLY WEATHER AND THAT SNOW THAT WE HAD ON THE FOURTH. ON THURSDAY A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. AND NOW IT’S JUST THIS ORANGE WHICH REPRESENTS WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. AND OF COURSE, A COUPLE OF RECORDS LAST WEEK. I THINK WE’LL SEE ANOTHER COUPLE RECORDS FOR THIS WEEK. AND IF WE ENDED THE YEAR YESTERDAY, IT WOULD BE THE WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR ALBUQUERQUE. WHEN YOU PUT ALL THE TEMPERATURES, THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURES AND THE AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, 61.4 IS WHAT THE AVERAGE IS SO FAR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2025. AND THAT BEATS OUT 2012, 2017, 2024 AND 1954. SO YEAH, REALLY WARM ONE, NOT ONLY FOR FALL AND RIGHT NOW, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. LIVE. LOOK, WE HAVE SOME HIGH CLOUDS AROUND A WEAK SYSTEM BRINGING SOME HIGH CLOUDS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NO MOISTURE FROM THAT SYSTEM. MORE RECORD CHALLENGING DECEMBER WARMTH AHEAD, GUSTY WINDS FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PART OF THE STATE. I’LL SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. ALSO, NO RAIN OR SNOW CHANCES THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. BEYOND THAT, MAYBE AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. SLIGHT CHANCE ALSO SHOW YOU THAT IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT 40S 50S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, RATON DID HIT A HIGH OF 50 OR RATHER 68 EARLIER, BREAKING A RECORD THERE, LOOKING AT SOME 40S FOR ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD RIGHT NOW, SOME BREEZES FROM MORIARTY INTO SANTA ROSA. BUT THOSE ARE GOING TO GET A LOT STRONGER AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY AND ALSO THURSDAY. SO YOU SEE THOSE HIGH CLOUDS ROLLING THROUGH THE STATE. THAT’S THAT WEAK SYSTEM THAT’S PUSHING THROUGH. YOU SEE KIND OF SNEAKING UNDER THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THERE IT IS RIPPING FROM ARIZONA INTO NEW MEXICO, OUR HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. THIS IS WHAT’S THE REASON, THE CULPRIT, IF YOU WILL, FOR OUR WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. AND THEY’RE GETTING ANOTHER PUSH OF THAT ATMOSPHERIC RIVER ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING THERE. HERE IN NEW MEXICO. ALBUQUERQUE, IF YOU’RE STEPPING OUT THIS EVENING, GRAB A JACKET 44 AT 7:00, DOWN TO 30 BY TOMORROW MORNING. YOU SEE, ACROSS NEW MEXICO, THOSE CLOUDS BEGIN TO KIND OF BREAK UP OVERNIGHT, AND WE’LL HAVE A COLD START ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. BY THE AFTERNOON, BRIGHTER SKIES. I THINK WE’LL SEE MORE SUNSHINE OUT THERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY. FOR MANY AREAS OF THE STATE, AND COMFORTABLE TEMPERATURES. TEMPERATURES BUMP UP A LITTLE BIT FOR WEDNESDAY, BUT AS THIS FRONT APPROACHES, WE’RE TO SEE THOSE WINDS REALLY CRANK UP ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEASTERN PART OF STATE. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PLACES LIKE RATON, LAS VEGAS, MORIARTY, SANTA ROSA, THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, DOWN THROUGH RUIDOSO, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, LIKELY SOME WIND ADVISORIES, WIND WARNINGS THAT WILL RELAX AS WE GET INTO THE AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY, WITH SOME MORE MILD TO WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS MANY PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. RAINFALL FORECAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS INTO THE FRIDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS, AND NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR NEW MEXICO. THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT BY THE WEEKEND AFTER CHRISTMAS, WE COULD HAVE SOME WETTER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. BUT YOU KNOW, IT’S BEEN SAYING THAT FOR SOME TIME AND IT JUST HASN’T HAPPENED. SO I DON’T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN IT RIGHT NOW, 80 TO 90%. I DO HAVE FAITH IN THE FACT THAT WE’LL PROBABLY HAVE WARMER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, 80 TO 90% CHANCE OF THAT. FARMERS IN THE FOUR CORNERS, DURANGO, CHINLE, GALLUP, GRANTS GOING TO FLY THROUGH THIS BECAUSE THERE’S REALLY NOTHING GOING ON THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS ACROSS ALL PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. YOU SEE THOSE CHILLY MORNINGS GIVING WAY TO MILD TO WARM AFTERNOONS INTO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND SILVER CITY. SAME DEAL INTO THE SOUTHEAST. RUIDOSO, ALAMOGORDO. ROSWELL, CARLSBAD. HOBBS. LOOK AT THAT. ROSWELL. BY SATURDAY, NEAR 80 DEGREES. YEAH. AND IT’S DECEMBER. HARD TO BELIEVE. WATCH OUT FOR THAT WIND ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT, EARLY THURSDAY FOR LAS VEGAS. THAT WILL BUMP TEMPERATURES DOWN BRIEFLY, BUT WARMING BACK UP AFTER THAT. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. WE’D LIKE TO SEE THE SNOW UP THERE. AT LEAST WE’LL HAVE COLD NIGHTS FOR THE RESORTS TO MAKE SNOW. AND YOU SEE SANTA FE IN THE MID 50S TO NEAR 60 DEGREES RIGHT ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND, RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO, BERNALILLO, RIO RANCHO, LOS LUNAS AND LYNN. YEAH, WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. OUR NORMAL HIGH IS 47 DEGREES. WE HAVE NOTHING BELOW 60. THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. WINTER OFFICIALLY ARRIVES ON SUNDAY. THAT TAKES A ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. THIS IS WOW. THIS IS MORE OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT IN OCTOBER. SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE’RE GOING TO GET A PAYBACK AT SOME POINT, BUT NOT IN THE FORESEEABLE. NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.