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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MST SUN NOV 23 2008

OVERNIGHT WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE QUITE TRANQUIL ACROSS NEW MEXICO 
WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OCCURRENCE BEING SOME HIGH CLOUD COVER 
ACROSS MOST OF THE STATE MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. SKIES WERE THE LEAST 
CLOUD COVERED ACROSS THE FAR NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF 
THE STATE AND THE MOST CLOUD SHROUDED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST THIRD. 
THE ATMOSPHERE...ESPECIALLY AT THE MID AND LOW LEVELS...WAS STILL 
QUITE DRY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ALOFT.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON BROUGHT TEMPERATURES TO NEAR...AND IN SOME CASES 
SLIGHTLY ABOVE...SEASONAL NORMS FOR LATE NOVEMBER. OF REPORTS 
RECEIVED MAXIMUMS RANGED FROM 53 DEGREES AT RATON TO 69 AT GLENWOOD. 
PRELIMINARY OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURE REPORTS THROUGH 5 AM MST 
THIS MORNING VARIED FROM 16 DEGREES AT GALLUP AND GRANTS TO 34 
DEGREES AT FOUR DIFFERENT SITES...LAS VEGAS...CLAYTON...TUCUMCARI 
AND T OR C.  

VARIABLE AMOUNTS OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK OVER THE 
STATE TODAY....THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE SOME THINNING AND DECEASE IN 
CLOUD COVER...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH LATER TODAY. AN 
UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL BRUSH THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE LATE 
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT INTO 
THE FAR NORTHEAST BY OR A LITTLE BEFORE DUSK AND ACROSS MOST OF THE 
REST OF THE STATE TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE MINIMAL MOISTURE INCREASE 
BEHIND THIS SYSTEM AND NO PRECIPITATION...BUT THE POST FRONTAL 
AIRMASS WILL COOL TEMPERATURES SOME 5 TO 10 DEGREES ACROSS THE EAST 
MONDAY COMPARED TO TODAY AND LESS SO ACROSS THE WEST.

A WEAK DISTURBANCE OR TWO EJECTING NORTHEAST OVER NEW MEXICO LATE 
TUESDAY AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MAY PRODUCE A FEW HIGH BASED SHOWERS  
AND PERHAPS A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER MAINLY SOUTHERN AND 
WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE DURING THAT SAME PERIOD. FOR LATE 
WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDPOINT OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY 
PERIOD...A STRONGER AND MORE MOIST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIKELY  
BRING THE STATE A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER. RAIN SHOWERS AND 
PERHAPS A LITTLE WET SNOW AT LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH MORE SNOW THAN 
RAIN UP HIGHER SHOULD PEAK ON THANKSGIVING...THEN WANE SOMEWHAT 
FRIDAY. THEREAFTER...COMPUTER MODELS REMAIN SOMEWHAT INCONSISTENT 
FROM RUN TO RUN...BUT GENERALLY PERSIST IN DEVELOPING A SIGNIFICANT 
STORM SYSTEM CENTERED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ARIZONA AND THE EASTERN 
PACIFIC...NOT TOO FAR OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST...FOR THE HOLIDAY 
WEEKEND. IT IS STILL TOO FAR IN THE FUTURE TO PREDICT MORE SPECIFIC  
DETAILS...ESPECIALLY DUE TO MODEL INCONSISTENCIES...BUT SIGNIFICANT 
AND WIDESPREAD MOUNTAIN SNOW AND LOWLAND RAIN AND SNOW IS NOT OUT OF 
THE QUESTION FOR SOME PORTION OF THE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIOD. 
THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THIS SYSTEM COULD EXPEND MOST OF ITS 
ENERGY AND MOISTURE TO OUR WEST OR SOUTHWEST.  

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