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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013
THE SUN ROSE TO A BROAD AREA OF RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND THE GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS NATIONAL MONUMENT.
THERE WERE ALSO A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING SOUTH
CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY AND NORTHEAST QUAY COUNTY. THE EASTERN
STORMS DISSIPATED QUICKLY...WHILE THE BROADER AREA OF PRECIPITATION
FARTHER WEST SHRANK IN SIZE AND DISSIPATED MORE GRADUALLY. FROM MID
DAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DOTTED NEW MEXICOS EASTERN PLAINS...AS WELL AS THE
NORTHERN...WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY
SHIFTED EASTWARD OVER THE ADJACENT LOWLANDS DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE 60S TO THE 70S IN THE
MOUNTAINS...AND FROM THE MID 70S TO MID 90S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS.
LOW TEMPERATURE REPORTS THIS MORNING RANGED FROM 45 DEGREES IN CHAMA
TO 69 DEGREES IN DEMING AND ROSWELL.
AN UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM...THAT HAS BEEN POSITIONED
SOUTHEAST OF NEW MEXICO...WILL SHIFT WESTWARD AND RECENTER
OVER SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA TUESDAY.
THIS WILL CUT OFF THE RICH MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME THAT HAS BEEN
STREAMING OVER THE STATE...WITH A NOTICEABLE DOWN TICK IN THE
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN...WEAK DISTURBANCES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND A
MOIST BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD MAKE THUNDERSTORMS MORE ACTIVE
TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID
WEEK WILL GENERALLY VARY FROM NEAR NORMAL TO AS MUCH AS 8 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. AN EXCEPTION WILL BE READINGS AS COLD AS 11 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL IN THE WAKE OF A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST ON WEDNESDAY. A WARMING TREND SHOULD COMMENCE THURSDAY WITH
READINGS NEAR NORMAL AREAWIDE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
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