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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
529 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

DESPITE EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER NEW MEXICO...THICK CLOUDS
AND LIGHT BREEZES FORCED OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL.
MANY AREAS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO WERE STILL IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S
BEFORE SUNRISE...WHICH IS 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND MORE
TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE JUNE. HUMIDITY VALUES ONLY RECOVERED INTO THE
15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...
WHICH WILL LEAD INTO 10 TO 12 HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY VALUES
TODAY.

MEANWHILE...A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHERN AND
WESTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN ON
FRIDAY...WITH EVEN SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH
AND BLOWING DUST FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES
WILL COOL ANOTHER COUPLE DEGREES INTO SUNDAY WITH MORE GUSTY SHOWERS
ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. MEANWHILE THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL BE
HOT WITH MORE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. MONDAY WILL BE MORE OF THE
SAME WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE NORTH AND WEST AND WARM
CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIND WILL MAKE
CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS A POSSIBILITY AGAIN FOR THE EAST.

A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT WILL SLIDE DOWN THE PLAINS TUESDAY...BRINGING
SOME RELIEF TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ARE
POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SUMMER HEAT WILL TAKE SHAPE BY
MID TO LATE WEEK WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS SEASON. A
DRYLINE MAY SET UP OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS INCREASING THE CHANCE
FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED THUNDERSTORMS.

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