Some rain & breezier weather ahead for New Mexico

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Air-masses are mixing around this morning with some sporadic showers moving eastward with rumbles of thunder in the Northeast Highlands, as well as patchy fog in eastern areas, but while conditions are drier to the west, conditions are generally a bit more humid region-wide with not as chilly temperatures. Mostly clear skies are present for most, but easterly winds are pushing the more-humid air westward from areas that have been periodically raining like Raton, Clayton, and Mosquero, as well as from areas farther south that are just as humid with very damp conditions. With the mixing of the air this morning, temperatures aren’t as chilly, as while some of the mountainous terrain is starting off from the upper 30’s to the lower 50’s, everywhere else is ranging from the high 40’s to even around the low 70’s around The Metro.

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As temperatures across the region rise from the morning school commute into the high 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and near 90 degrees by the afternoon, moisture from the east, as well as the Northern Mountains, along with just enough daytime heating, will lead to more areas receiving heavier doses of rainfall across the viewing area. While most of the region will still be mostly dry to start, storms will become most likely in the San Juan Mountains, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the Northeastern Highlands, and eventually along the Rio Grande Valley to the Pecos River Valley for some, as well as later this evening as far southeast as Southeast New Mexico. Urban and arroyo flooding will be very possible with burn-scar flash flooding possible in the fast-moving storms that will move to the southeast, as Flood Watches are in effect for this afternoon. Within the areas that will rain, some hail, strong erratic winds, frequent lightning, and rapidly dropping temperatures are possible.

Upper-level winds from the north-northwest will push the storms quickly to the south overnight, but then as a high pressure system builds from the Great Basin into the Four Corners, clearer skies and drier air will ensue. It will be a bit of a cooler day tomorrow, but the sinking air from the more-stable air-mass will lead to an eventual warmup through the later parts of the weekend into next week.

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