Warm Today & Windy Sunday.

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Warm Today & Windy Sunday.

Gusty Winds & Fire Danger This Weekend.

HEY, GOOD MORNING, NEW MEXICO. IT IS 622. HERE IS WHAT WE ARE TRACKING FOR YOU. WARM AND BREEZY TODAY. WINDY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. RAIN CHANCES. WE DO START TO SEE THEM GO UP AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. EXPECT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WE’VE SEEN 90 ALREADY THIS WEEK AND WE ARE GOING TO BE GETTING PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. AND THEN STAYING IN THE 80S THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEKEND, RIGHT NEAR AVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK, EXPECT ALSO SOME BREEZY WINDS OUT THERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE IN THE LATER AFTERNOON, THOUGH. THEY’RE GOING TO BE PRETTY LIGHT THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE GETTING UP INTO THE 80S AND 90S ACROSS THE STATE, FLIRTING WITH TRIPLE DIGITS FOR SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. A MUCH COOLER NIGHT, BUT STILL GOING TO BE MILD IN THE 50S AND 60S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE, BUT CHILLIER UP TOWARDS NORTHWESTERN NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE AND THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 40 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RANGE. WINDY FOR SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES STILL GOING TO BE IN THE 80S FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA AND DOWN ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE, SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WE’RE GOING TO BE IN THE LOW AND MID 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURE RANGE. BUT LOOK AT THOSE WINDS ON SUNDAY. WE ARE CLOSE TO 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUSTS FOR SOME PARTS OF THE STATE, 20S AND 30S STATEWIDE. SO IT IS GOING TO BE A WINDY DAY OUT THERE BLOWING DUST POTENTIAL. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES OR SENSITIVITIES, IT’S A GOOD DAY TO LIMIT YOUR TIME OUTDOORS BECAUSE OF THE WARM WEATHER, BECAUSE OF THE LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND BECAUSE OF THOSE WINDS. IT’S PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. IF WE DO SEE ANY NEW WILDFIRES SPARK, AND THEN ANY OF THOSE ONES THAT WE HAVE BURNING THROUGHOUT THE STATE RIGHT NOW. SO WE DO HAVE RED FLAG WARNINGS, IN EFFECT, FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND POSSIBLY INTO MONDAY. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING ANY RAINFALL THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT DOES INCLUDE ALBUQUERQUE IN THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY UNTIL 8 P.M. FOR THE NORTHEASTERN HIGHLAND AREAS. AND THEN WE HAVE MORE SET FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LOOKING AT MONDAY, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE A SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE FOR NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO AREAS THROUGHOUT THE EARLY MORNING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE LUNCH HOUR. AND IT LOOKS QUIETER THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THOUGH WE’RE STAYING DRY AND WARM. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 80S AND 90S STATEWIDE, BREAKING DOWN THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS FOR YOU. WE ARE LOOKING AT LOW AND MID 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS TODAY FOR THE NORTHWESTERN REGION, FARMINGTON CAN EXPECT A SMALL RAIN CHANCE FOR MONDAY THAT WILL COOL US DOWN FROM THE 80S THIS WEEKEND INTO THE UPPER 60S. AND THEN WE ARE WARMING UP FOR THE REST OF THE WORKWEEK BACK INTO THE 80S. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SOUTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, 80S AND 90S OUT THERE TODAY FOR SILVER CITY, STAYING IN THE 80S. SLIGHT COOL DOWN SUNDAY INTO THE UPPER 70S MID 70S MONDAY AFTERNOON 80S FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, MIDDLE AND UPPER 90 DEGREE TEMPERATURES ABOUT 80 IN RUIDOSO. 88 FOR ALAMOGORDO. ROSWELL WILL BE IN THE 90S, AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEN YOU CAN SEE WE ARE GOING TO SLIGHTLY GET COOLER TUESDAY AFTERNOON IN THE 80S. AND THEN WE DO HAVE A THUNDERSTORM RAIN CHANCE FOR NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NORTHEASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, LOW AND MID 80 DEGREE TEMPERATURES FOR OUR HIGHS TODAY. LAS VEGAS GOING TO GET A COOL DOWN BY SUNDAY IN THE 70S AND THEN IMPACT WEATHER FOR THOSE WINDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY. AND THEN A RAIN CHANCE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. NORTH CENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE, 70S AND 80S. TODAY WE’RE GOING FROM THE 80S TODAY INTO THE 70S FOR SANTA FE, AND WE’RE STAYING PRETTY DRY FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. SMALL RAIN CHANCES BY THE END OF THE WORKWEEK FOR THE METRO VALLEY AREA. 80S AND 90S IN THE VALLEY, LOS LUNAS AND BELEN AREAS. WE ARE GOING TO BE WINDY FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NO RAIN AT ALL FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, BUT WE ARE GOING TO STAY WARM. IT LOO

Warm Today & Windy Sunday.

Gusty Winds & Fire Danger This Weekend.

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Updated: 7:13 AM MDT May 16, 2026

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Congratulations to New Mexico graduates! Lots of sunshine and warm temperatures across the state this afternoon with highs in the Albuquerque metro in the upper 80s; Santa Fe 82 degrees. Gusty winds develop this weekend and continue early next week as a trough of low pressure digs into the Great Basin. Strongest Winds will impact Northeastern New Mexico Sunday & Monday. Expect a heightened fire threat through Monday. Fire Weather Watches and Warnings have been issued across the state. Tonight, clear & breezy with lows in the metro dipping to 56 degrees; in Santa Fe 49 degrees.

Congratulations to New Mexico graduates! Lots of sunshine and warm temperatures across the state this afternoon with highs in the Albuquerque metro in the upper 80s; Santa Fe 82 degrees. Gusty winds develop this weekend and continue early next week as a trough of low pressure digs into the Great Basin. Strongest Winds will impact Northeastern New Mexico Sunday & Monday. Expect a heightened fire threat through Monday. Fire Weather Watches and Warnings have been issued across the state. Tonight, clear & breezy with lows in the metro dipping to 56 degrees; in Santa Fe 49 degrees.



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