Warm Friday and weekend trend for New Mexico
FUTURE COLLEGE COSTS. THE DEADLINE IS TOMORROW. A WARM UP THIS WEEKEND. BYRON ALSO SHOWS US THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SNOW. HEY THERE DOUG. YEAH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTLOOK THROUGH APRIL BEING DRIER THAN AVERAGE FOR NEW MEXICO. SO LET’S TAKE A LOOK BEYOND THAT IN THE UPCOMING SUMMER. BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN IN A LA NINA PATTERN. AND THAT TYPICALLY LEADS TO DRIER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS, LESS SNOWPACK. AND THAT’S WHAT WE’VE SEEN THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. BUT IT DOES TURN TO A NEUTRAL PATTERN AS WE HEAD INTO THE SPRING TIME. AND BY THE SUMMER, THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE ABOUT A 50% CHANCE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THAT, THAT WE COULD SEE AN EL NINO DEVELOP. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR NEW MEXICO? TYPICALLY, IN PREVIOUS EL NINO SUMMERS, WE HAVE SEEN IN THAT GREEN SHADED AREA, EASTERN NEW MEXICO, WETTER THAN AVERAGE CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO SINCE 1991 AND EL NINO SINCE 1991. AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES FOR THE SUMMER, THIS HAS INDICATED IN THE PAST EL NINO THAT WE’D HAVE COOLER THAN AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. THAT’S WHAT THE BLUE AND GREEN MEAN ACROSS NEW MEXICO. SO RIGHT NOW THERE’S THE POTENTIAL WITH THE DEVELOPING EL NINO FOR THE SUMMER, THAT WE COULD HAVE WETTER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS THE EAST AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE FOR ALL PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. IN THE MEANTIME, DRY AND QUIET THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WE GOT OCCASIONAL BREEZES AND A MINOR TEMPERATURE SWING, AND THEN RAIN AND SNOW. CHANCES TRY TO RETURN NEXT WEEK, BUT THEY’RE NOT LOOKING THAT GREAT RIGHT NOW. PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE WE WERE YESTERDAY. AS FAR AS THE TEMPERATURES. LITTLE BUMP UP, ESPECIALLY FOR ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. WE MADE IT TO THE 50S IN ROSWELL EARLIER TODAY. WE’RE IN THE 40S RIGHT NOW, 50 IN CARLSBAD. WE’RE 50 RIGHT NOW FOR ALBUQUERQUE AND 45 IN SANTA FE. AND THOSE WIND SPEEDS, WE’VE HELD THOSE BREEZES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. ALBUQUERQUE, 24 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS RIGHT NOW, 19 IN SANTA FE AND 20 IN GRANDSON FARMINGTON. JUST A FEW CLOUDS LINGERING ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. BUT MOST AREAS ARE SEEING LOTS OF SUNSHINE. WE HAVE THE BREEZES OUT THERE NOW. WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE COOL DOWN AS WE GO INTO LATE FRIDAY AND ALSO SATURDAY ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO. WITH THAT NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. AND I DO THINK THAT WE’LL HAVE MILDER TEMPERATURES DEVELOP FOR ALL PARTS OF NEW MEXICO FOR SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. BEFORE THIS PATTERN CHANGE. TRIES TO DEVELOP AND BRINGS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS INTO NEW MEXICO. BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE WEATHER COMPUTER MODELS ARE LOOKING LESS LUCRATIVE FOR THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. SO WE LOOK AT THAT PLANNER FOR TONIGHT. ALBUQUERQUE. ANOTHER COLD ONE DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 20S OVERNIGHT FOR US HERE IN THE METRO. SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW MEXICO DROP QUICKLY WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE. TEENS, 20S NORTH WITH 20S AND 30S DOWN TO THE SOUTH. BUT A BIG IMPROVEMENT FOR TOMORROW FOR MANY AREAS, ESPECIALLY CENTRAL AND WEST. THAT’S WHERE THE WARMEST OR MILDEST TEMPERATURES, THE EASTERN AREAS, WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THAT COOL DOWN. YOU’LL SEE THAT AS WE GO INTO SATURDAY. BREEZE IS STILL UP FOR NORTHERN AREAS. 10 TO 20MPH. SOME HIGHER GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY. AND THEN YOU SEE THOSE COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR SATURDAY. IT’S FREE BECAUSE WE SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES BUMP BACK UP. SUNDAY IS THE PICK OF THE WEEKEND. EVEN SOME 60S ALBUQUERQUE COULD BE VERY CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES ON SUNDAY. TOO FAR TO THE FOUR CORNERS DURANGO, CHINLE, GALLUP, GRANTS. GOT COLD MORNINGS AND THEN MILDER AFTERNOONS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. A FEW MORE CLOUDS, MAYBE A SHOWER FOR LUCKY AS WE GET INTO NEXT WEEK. BUT AGAIN, THOSE CHANCES NOT LOOKING THAT GREAT DOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST. WE’RE LOOKING AT BRIGHT SKIES THROUGH THE NEXT FEW DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AT 60 DEGREES BY SUNDAY FOR SILVER CITY AND LOW 60S BY MONDAY, SHOWERS POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK. SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO NOT AS COLD. ROSWELL ONLY DOWN TO 20. TONIGHT NEAR 50 TOMORROW. A LITTLE DIP THERE ON SATURDAY. BUT LOOK AT THOSE 50S AND A 60 FOR ROSWELL BY TUESDAY. MELTING OFF SOME OF THAT SNOW. RATON, LAS VEGAS, NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO STILL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY OUT THERE FOR TOMORROW, BUT NOT AS STRONG. AND THEN THOSE TEMPERATURES MODERATE NEAR 60 ON SUNDAY. LOW 60S ON MONDAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS NEXT WEEK 11 IN TAOS TONIGHT 16 ESPANOLA SANTA FE UP TO 2240S TOMORROW 50S FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY FOR SANTA FE. MAYBE SOME SHOWERS TUESDAY WEDNESDAY. METRO TEMPERATURES. LOOKING AT COLD NIGHT TONIGHT IN THE 20S. BUT WE’RE BACK TO THE LOW 50S TOMORROW. SOME BREEZES AND THEN REALLY FEELING NICE FOR SATURDAY SUNDAY MID TO UPPER 50S. GETTING CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES. LOW 60S ON MONDAY. A FEW TAKE A DAY OFF ON MONDAY. THERE’
