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AWUS85 KABQ 090045
RWSNM
NMZ022>025-027>034-501>540-091230-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MST SUN NOV 8 2009

PATCHES OF HIGH CLOUDINESS CONTINUED THEIR MARCH ACROSS NEW MEXICO
TODAY...MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST. THE EXCEPTION WAS OVER ROUGHLY
THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE WHERE SKIES REMAINED CLEAR.
AROUND MIDDAY A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT EASED INTO THE FAR NORTHEAST
CORNER OF THE STATE...SHIFTING THE SURFACE WINDS FROM THE WEST AND
SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST. THE AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WAS NOT A
LOT COOLER THAN THAT AHEAD OF IT...BUT THE UPSLOPE FLOW THAT WAS
USHERED IN BY THE FRONT CAUSED TEMPERATURES TO DROP A FEW DEGREES
BEHIND IT OR AT LEAST TO REMAIN NEARLY STEADY DURING THE PERIOD OF
PEAK HEATING. THERE WAS NO PRECIPITATION IN THE STATE FROM THIS
SYSTEM.

EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 20 DEGREES AT EAGLE NEST
TO 48 IN TUCUMCARI. AFTERNOON MAXIMUMS TODAY REACHED THE MID 60S
THROUGH THE 70S ACROSS THE LOWLANDS WITH 60S MORE COMMON ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN. THE COOLEST REPORTED TEMPERATURE AS OF 530 PM MDT
WAS 60 DEGREES AT RAMAH IN THE ZUNI MOUNTAINS REGION OF WEST NEW
MEXICO AND THE WARMEST 78 DEGREES AT CARLSBAD.

THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO THE SOUTH AND A
LITTLE WAYS WEST TONIGHT. ANOTHER SURGE OF COOLER AIR WILL MOVE
SOUTH AND WEST MONDAY NIGHT...GIVING A LITTLE STRONGER NUDGE TO THE
FRONT. THIS COMBINATION WILL BRING SOME COOLING TO THE EAST MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT...ON THE ORDER OF 10 TO 15 DEGREES BETWEEN TODAY
AND MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION CHANCES APPEAR TO HAVE
LESSENED FOR THE START OF THE WEEK..BUT THERE ARE STILL SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR A FEW LIGHT RAIN AND HIGHER TERRAIN SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BETWEEN VERY LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY. LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG MAY WELL FORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NEW MEXICO MAINLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE IS STILL INDICATING INCREASING SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT LATER IN THE WEEK. THIS WILL RESULT IN GUSTY BREEZES
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE MAY ALSO BE A FEW SHOWERS AND HIGH
ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS LATER IN THE WEEK AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND...
FAVORING THE NORTH.

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AWUS85 KABQ 080040
RWSNM
NMZ022>025-027>034-501>540-071130-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MST SAT NOV 7 2009

PATCHES OF HIGH CLOUDS DRIFTED GENERALLY TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST
ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF NEW MEXICO TODAY AS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
CIRCULATION AROUND AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM AFFECTED THE STATE.
MOISTURE WAS LACKING LOWER DOWN IN THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE MAJORITY
OF THE ENERGY WAS CONFINED TO MEXICO SO PRECIPITATION WAS NOT TO BE
FOUND IN NEW MEXICO. WINDS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE AND NOT
A MAJOR PLAYER IN THE QUIET WEATHER PATTERN.

EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES BOTTOMED OUT IN THE 20S AND 30S IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST...UPPER 30S TO AROUND 50 ACROSS THE
LOWLANDS. THE COLDEST OFFICIAL REPORTING LOCATION WAS EAGLE NEST AT
24 DEGREES WITH THE WARMEST BEING CLAYTON AT 50 DEGREES. AFTERNOON
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WERE WELL ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS AGAIN AS THE
STRETCH OF RELATIVE WARMTH CONTINUED. HIGHS WERE COMMONLY IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 80S DOWN LOW AND MOSTLY IN THE 60S UP HIGH. THE
WARM SPOT WAS TUCUMCARI AT 82 DEGREES AND THE COOLEST REPORTING
LOCALE AS OF 530 PM MDT WAS CHAMA AT 67 DEGREES.

THE MILD TO WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER NEW MEXICO
THROUGH SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE NORMAL VALUES. THE
UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO
TONIGHT...THEN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON SUNDAY. ALL OF THE
PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL TO STAY WELL SOUTH OF
THE REGION.

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS OF THE STATE
MONDAY AND THROUGH THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MONDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
BRING A BRIEF COOLDOWN TO MUCH OF THE STATE ALONG WITH A FAIRLY LOW
THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS AND RAIN SHOWERS IN
THE EAST. EXTENDED MODEL GUIDANCE IS STILL INDICATING FOR LATER IN
THE WEEK SOME POTENTIAL FOR A STORM TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS
REGION...THOUGH THE VERY LATEST ARE SPLIT BETWEEN A SOMEWHAT WEAKER
AND LESS MOIST SYSTEM AND ANOTHER THAT FORECASTS A MUCH STRONGER
WETTER SYSTEM.

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