Temperatures continue to trend above average on the first day of winter.

Despite today being the official first day of winter temperatures are expected to be nearly 20° above average. The trend will continue all the way through Christmas and rain chances will increase later in the week.

THE TIME NOW 622. HOPE ALL IS WELL OUT THERE. WE’RE ANTICIPATING THE SUNRISE. CAN SEE SOME OF IT STARTING TO CREEP OVER THE SANDIAS RIGHT NOW. TEMPERATURES AROUND 36 DEGREES. WE’RE NOT NEAR FREEZING, BUT WE’RE PRETTY CLOSE TO IT RIGHT NOW HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. I THINK THAT WE’LL GET THERE AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TEMPERATURE DROP BEFORE THE SHOW IS OVER. OTHER THAN THAT, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK OVER THE TOP OF THE SANDIAS, WE’RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEATHER HEADLINES. AND YEAH, WE’RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TODAY. HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. AND YEAH, THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF WINTER, BUT WE ARE STILL SEEING ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ANYWHERE BETWEEN 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE RAIN CHANCES WILL BE INTO THE FORECAST. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN A SECOND. OTHER THAN THAT, WE BROKE A RECORD YESTERDAY. WE MADE IT UP TO 66 DEGREES. THE PREVIOUS RECORD GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 80S, AND 1981. WE’RE NORMALLY AROUND A HIGH OF 46 DEGREES. SO THAT’S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I SAY THAT BASICALLY TEMPERATURES ARE TRENDING ABOVE AVERAGE ABOUT 20 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. WE’RE ACTUALLY BREAKING RECORDS HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE OTHER RECORDS THAT WERE BROKEN. YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT AREAS LIKE LAS VEGAS, FARMINGTON, GALLUP, AND THEN EVEN DOWN TO SANTA FE. WE BROKE RECORDS THERE, MAKING IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 50. WELL, THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 58 DEGREES IN SANTA FE. THEY WARMED UP TO A HIGH OF 61 DEGREES. SO YEAH, EVEN BROKE RECORDS THAT GO ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE 40S DOWN IN FARMINGTON. NOW, NOW, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW, WE ARE SEEING TEMPERATURES ARE A LITTLE BIT COOLER. STARTING TO SEE SOME MORE 20S ON THE BOARD AND 32 DEGREES IN ALBUQUERQUE. WELL, THAT’S WHAT THIS MAP IS SHOWING RIGHT NOW. THEN YOU GO OVER TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. THAT’S WHERE WE’RE A LITTLE BIT WARMER. BUT WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE CHANGES, IT’S BASICALLY SHOWING US THAT THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS TAKING PLACE ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE, WHERE THEY’RE EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER TODAY THAN WHAT THEY WERE YESTERDAY. NOW, AS WE PUSH AHEAD, HERE’S A LOOK AT THE HIGHS. AND YOU CAN SEE ONCE AGAIN THE EASTERN BORDER OF THE STATE, ONE OF THE AREAS AFFECTED THE MOST. WE HAD TEMPERATURES NEAR 80 DEGREES IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER UP IN ROSWELL, 78 DEGREES. WELL TODAY THEY HAVE A HIGH OF 65 DEGREES. SO TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIP. MEANWHILE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, LOOKS LIKE THAT’S GOING TO BE THE WARMEST PART OF THE STATE. NOW WHEN WE ROLL OUR CRYSTAL BALL OUT AND TRY TO PREDICT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT CHRISTMAS EVE AND THIS IS THE FORECAST FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, AS SANTA CLAUS GETS READY TO GO UP INTO THE SKY, HE’S GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME FEW, WITH SOME FEW CLOUDS IN THE SKY, SOME OVERCAST. AS HE CONTINUES TO WORK THROUGH. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE POSSIBILITY OF RAIN. ALBUQUERQUE MIGHT RECEIVE JUST A TRACE OF RAIN, AND I’LL HAVE MORE ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE NEXT LIGHT. AND HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR CHRISTMAS DAY PLANNER. WHEN EVERYBODY WAKES UP AND IT’S GOING TO START OFF COOL, AND WE’RE GOING TO GRADUALLY WARM UP INTO THE 60S, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. NOW, AS WE PUSH AHEAD, JUST GOING ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEK AND GOING THROUGH CHRISTMAS, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALBUQUERQUE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE A TRACE OF RAIN, BUT MOST OF IT EXPECTED TO FALL OVER IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. AND THEN JUST AS FAR AS THE SNOW, A LOT OF THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE TOWARDS AREAS LIKE COLORADO AND ALL THE WAY INTO TAOS, AND THIS GOES ALL THE WAY INTO NEXT SUNDAY AS WELL. NOW LET’S ZOOM IN THROUGH OUR ZONE FORECAST. CORTEZ AND DURANGO EXPECTED IN THE DAY AT 54 DEGREES. MEANWHILE, CHINLE, ARIZONA IS GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO 64. 60 DEGREES IN FARMINGTON. AND THEN YOU’RE GOING TO STAY IN THE 60S UNTIL WE GET TO WEDNESDAY. YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT RAIN POSSIBILITY FOR THURSDAY AS WELL. NOW, WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK IN THE SOUTHWEST WHERE WE HAVE SILVER CITY, YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT UP INTO THE SIX 70S. BY THE TIME WE GET TO TOMORROW, BEFORE COOLING BACK OFF INTO THE 60S AND DEALING WITH CLOUD COVERS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE FORECAST. AND MEANWHILE, IN ROSWELL, YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO 65 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO IMPROVE ABOUT TEN DEGREES ONCE WE GET OVER TOMORROW, AND YOU’RE GOING TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE 70S. MEANWHILE, LAS VEGAS IS GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO 64 DEGREES TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S BEFORE DROPPING BACK DOWN INTO THE 60S. AND SANTA FE IS GOING TO MAKE IT UP TO 56 DEGREES. YOU HAVE HEAVY CLOUD COVERAGE ON TUESDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND YOUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP FROM THE 60S DOWN INTO THE 50S. HERE IN THE METRO AREA, WE’RE EXPECTED TO HAVE TEMPERATURES UP INTO THE 60S, AND WE’RE FORECASTED FOR A HIGH TODAY OF 65 DEGREES. THE RECORD 68 DEGREES. DON’T THINK THAT WE’LL GET THAT, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW WE JUST STAY IN THE 60S FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AND WE DO HAVE A 10% CHANCE OF RAIN ON CHRISTMAS EVE A