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NMZ022>025-027>034-501>540-230030-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MST SUN NOV 22 2009

A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE HAS MOVED ACROSS THE STATE EARLY THIS
MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SWEEP A COLD FRONT THROUGH MUCH OF THE
STATE BY MID MORNING BRINGING A SLIGHT COOL DOWN IN TEMPERATURES FOR
THIS AFTERNOON. EARLY THIS MORNING...TEMPERATURES DID MANAGE TO DIP
DOWN TO THE COOL SIDE WITH TAOS DROPPING TO 18 DEGREES...GALLUP
FALLING TO 17 AND GRANTS BOTTOMING OUT AROUND 15 DEGREES. WIND
SPEEDS FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE EASTERN PLAINS STAYED
UP OVERNIGHT KEEPING TEMPERATURES A BIT MORE MILD. READINGS IN THESE
AREAS GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE 30S TO LOWER 40S. AS NOTED...A COLD
FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH THE STATE BY MID MORNING. ABUNDANT
SUNSHINE WILL BE PRESENT BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH READINGS GENERALLY IN THE 50S AND 60S WITH 30S AND 40S
OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S WILL BE
COMMON EXCEPT 30S OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

ON MONDAY...ANOTHER TROUGH WILL SWING ACROSS COLORADO.  THERE IS AN
OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT THE HIGH TERRAIN OF THE NORTH COULD SEE A
SNOWFLAKE OR TWO...BUT LIMITED MOISTURE WILL PRECLUDE MUCH MORE THAN
THAT.  ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS MONDAY
NIGHT...DROPPING TEMPERATURES EVEN FURTHER FOR TUESDAY. AFTER
TUESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY REBOUND NEAR OR ABOVE LATE
NOVEMBER NORMALS. TUESDAY NIGHT COULD BE QUITE COLD WITH LIGHT WINDS
AND CLEAR SKIES PRESENT. TEMPERATURES MAY APPROACH 0 IN THE HIGH
TERRAIN AND NEAR 10 ABOVE AT GALLUP.

THE OUTLOOK FOR THANKSGIVING IS FOR A CONTINUATION OF DRY AND MILD
TEMPERATURES.

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