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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHCENTRAL NEW MEXICO FROM NOON
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER
NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AS EAST
TO SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASED INTO THE UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AFTER MIDNIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENHANCED ALONG A LINE
FROM THE CHAMA AREA THROUGH THE SAN YSIDRO AREA AND TOWARDS
ESPANOLA. ELSEWHERE...SOME DRIER AIR ALOFT WORKED INTO THE FAR
WESTERN BORDER REGION OF NEW MEXICO...RESULTING IN MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES JUST PRIOR TO SUNRISE.

PREDAWN TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM NEAR 50 AT ANGEL FIRE TO THE LOWERS
70S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. HIGHS ON INDEPENDENCE
DAY RANGED FROM 70 AT CLOUDCROFT AND 77 AT RUIDOSO TO 91 AT RED ROCK
AND 96 AT CARLSBAD.

SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL AGAIN BECOME SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TODAY
OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE STORMS...WHICH WILL BE SLOW
MOVING...COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED
AREAS OF FLOODING MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. IN
ADDITION...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

ON MONDAY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT SHOULD HELP A DRYING AND
WARMING TREND TO COMMENCE...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS
WILL EXIST MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND EASTERN PLAINS.  AS
THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO DRY OUT DURING THE WEEK...DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES SHOULD REBOUND TO AVERAGE OR ABOVE AVERAGE VALUES
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AND ANY CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE RAIN WILL BE
SMALL AND LIMITED TO MAINLY OVER AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN.  HIGHS
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY COULD HIT THE CENTURY MARK OR ABOVE IN THE
EAST...AND SOME MID 90S TO NEAR 100 DEGREE READINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL VALLEYS. THE HOT TEMPERATURES MAY LINGER
INTO THE COMING WEEKEND AS FORECAST MODELS HINT THE RIDGE OF HIGH
PRESSURE ALOFT MAY BECOME SO DOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED
STATES THAT ANY CHANCE FOR ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE LATE IN THE
WEEK MAY BE LIMITED OR NONEXISTENT.

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