Spring-like conditions ahead for New Mexico

CELEBRATION OF THE HISTORIC STRETCH OF HIGHWAY. WELL, BYRON SAYS A SPRINGLIKE WARM UP IS ON THE WAY. HE’S ALSO TRACKING OUR NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN YOUR KOAT 7 WEATHER. THAT’S RIGHT. DOUG AND SHELLEY. AND LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE STOOD SO FAR FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. AND LOOK AT THAT. WE’VE SEEN THOSE TEMPERATURES ABOVE AVERAGE, RIGHT, FOR THE FOUR DAYS OF FEBRUARY, NOT VERY FAR INTO THE MONTH, BUT KIND OF PLAYING OFF OF WHAT WE’VE BEEN FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS WITH THOSE ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. BUT YOU DO NOTICE THAT LITTLE DIP FOR TODAY. SO A LITTLE BIT COOLER TODAY FOR MANY AREAS OF NEW MEXICO. BUT AGAIN THIS IS ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LIVE LOOK. BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF THAT SUN BEGINNING TO GO DOWN THE HORIZON THERE. SPRING LIKE A WEEKEND. WARM-UP IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. SOME CHILLY NIGHTS. WARMER THAN AVERAGE AFTERNOONS. RAIN AND SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW COULD RETURN FOR NEXT WEEK, BUT RIGHT NOW IT’S NOT A GREAT SHOT AT THAT 54 IN ALBUQUERQUE RIGHT NOW. AFTER THAT HIGH TODAY IN THE MIDDLE 50S. 48 IN SANTA FE. SO A LITTLE COOLER ACROSS, ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN AND NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO FOR TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. WE LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW COMPARED TO WHERE THEY WERE YESTERDAY. AND YOU SEE THAT MORE IMPRESSIVE COOLDOWN ACROSS THE EAST AND EVEN SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO, A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN WE WERE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. BUT IT’S NOMINAL AND MOST OF US PROBABLY DIDN’T EVEN NOTICE IT. YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T NOTICE THAT BREEZE, THOUGH. SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. WE HAD A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY EARLIER AROUND THE I-10 CORRIDOR THAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED. SO THIS IS A SETUP. WE GOT THAT TROUGH ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY, BRINGING THE CHILLY TEMPERATURES THERE, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE WESTERN PART OF THE U.S., BRINGING MUCH OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE U.S. MILDER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. HERE’S THAT STORM SYSTEM THAT WE’RE WATCHING, POTENTIALLY TO BRING SOME SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. ALBUQUERQUE THIS EVENING, STEPPING OUTSIDE, GRAB A JACKET IN THE LOWER 40S. BY 7:00, WE COOL TO THE LOWER 30S BY 7:00 TOMORROW MORNING. SO A CHILLY START FOR US ON YOUR THURSDAY MORNING. SEE, THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL DROP QUICKLY TONIGHT WITH CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE. 20S AND 30S NORTH WITH 30S DOWN TO THE SOUTH TO KICK OFF YOUR THURSDAY. BY THE AFTERNOON, THOSE CLIMBING TEMPERATURES WILL ALREADY BEGIN. AND NOTICE THAT WARM UP ACROSS EASTERN AREAS STATE WHERE YOU WERE IN THE 40S AND 50S. TODAY YOU’LL BE IN THE 50S AND 60S. TOMORROW WE’LL BE BACK TO 60 IN ALBUQUERQUE TOMORROW AND THEN LOW 60S FOR FRIDAY. WITH JUST A FEW HIGH CLOUDS OUT THERE. I THINK FOR SATURDAY WE’LL SEE MORE CLOUDS FEED IN AHEAD OF THAT SYSTEM, AND THAT COULD BRING A SPOT SHOWER TO AREAS OF THE STATE. AND THEN FOR SUNDAY, MAYBE A CHANCE. FEW SHOWERS DOWN TO THE SOUTH THROUGH MONDAY. BUT IT DOES LOOK LIKE THAT BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS WOULD BE SOUTH OF I-40 THROUGH MONDAY FOR NEW MEXICO. SO FAR INTO THE FOUR CORNERS. DURANGO, CHILE. GALLUP GRANTS VERY QUIET STRETCH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH CHILLY NIGHTS AND MILD AFTERNOONS RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES FOR YOUR AFTERNOONS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. WE’RE NOT IN RECORD TERRITORY, BUT WE’RE AVERAGING ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO YOU’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES CHILLY AT NIGHT, BUT FEELING PRETTY GOOD IN THE AFTERNOON. YOUR WEEKEND IN THE 60S. A FEW MORE CLOUDS AROUND FOR THE WEEKEND, AND THAT SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER AS WE GET INTO MONDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE FOR SILVER CITY AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO, RUIDOSO 58 TOMORROW, 60 FOR ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD AND ARTESIA AND HOBBS. AND THEN LOOK AT THE 7071 FOR SATURDAY WILL FEEL PRETTY GOOD. I DO THINK WE’LL HAVE MORE CLOUDS FOR YOUR WEEKEND AND MAYBE A SHOWER IF WE’RE LUCKY, BY MONDAY IN THE NORTHEAST, RATON, LAS VEGAS, WE’LL HAVE LESS BREEZE OUT THERE FOR TOMORROW. THE TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO CLIMB. COLD START THOUGH. WE’LL START OFF IN THE LOWER 20S FOR LAS VEGAS, BUT WILL RISE TO 60 DEGREES AND THEN PLEASANT WEATHER FOR YOUR WEEKEND. A LITTLE BIT LIKE SPRING OUT THERE FOR YOUR WEEKEND WITH JUST A FEW CLOUDS AROUND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, COLD NIGHTS AND MILD AFTERNOONS. 21 IN TAOS, BUT REBOUND TO 60 FOR THE AFTERNOON IN SANTA FE AFTER STARTING TO 20, WILL BE NEAR 60 THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS THROUGH YOUR WEEKEND, AND MAYBE SOME SHOWERS BY THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO, BERNALILLO, RIO RANCHO, LOS LUNAS AND BELEN. A PLEASANT STRETCH OF WEATHER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IT LASTS INTO THE WEEKEND. WHICH IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE OUTSIDE MID 60S FOR YOUR WEEKEND AND MAYBE A SHOWER AS WE GET TOWARD WEDNESDAY. BUT RAIN CHANCES LOOKING PRETTY LOW RIGHT NOW.