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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT WED OCT 16 2013
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 11 AM THIS MORNING FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE UPPER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY...
GUSTY EAST WINDS PERSISTED INTO THE UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY OVERNIGHT...ALTHOUGH A GRADUAL WEAKENING WAS NOTED AS THE
NIGHT PROGRESSED. LIGHT SNOW WAS OBSERVED FROM THE CLINES CORNERS
AREA TO RATON DURING THE LATE NIGHT HOURS WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR THE
FREEZING MARK AND HUMIDITIES CLOSE TO 100 PERCENT. IN THE FAR
SOUTHWEST AND NORTHWEST CORNERS OF THE STATE...CLOUDS WERE CLEARING
OUT AS AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHED THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION.
THE STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
TODAY...WITH SHOWERS TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. SOME ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
OF THE NORTH AS WELL AS THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF BY MIDDAY. AFTERNOON SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BE FOCUSED OVER THE
HIGH PEAKS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WHILE ANY LINGERING
SHOWERS ELSEWHERE SHOULD TURN TO RAIN. HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM
NEAR AVERAGE IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE TO NEARLY 20
DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE IN THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE ON THURSDAY BUT REMAIN BELOW SEASONAL
NORMALS. ANOTHER...BUT LESS VIGOROUS COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH
ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY WITH MAINLY SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW AND LOWER ELEVATION RAIN. BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND AS THE STATE
REMAINS DOMINATED BY NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT. HIGH TEMPERATURES
TEMPORARILY RETURN TO NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS MONDAY AND TUESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK WITH DRY CONDITIONS. THE TEMPERATURE ROLLER COASTER
CONTINUES LATE NEXT WEEK WITH EXTENDED FORECAST MODELS INDICATING A
STRONG COLD FRONT PLUNGING INTO THE STATE.
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