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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

A MAINLY DRY AND WARM TO HOT SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WAS IN PLACE
OVER THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TODAY. TEMPERATURES NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
ABOVE AVERAGE LEVEL FOR MID MAY WERE EXPERIENCED OVER WESTERN AREAS
OF THE STATE WITH ABOVE TO WELL ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES CENTRAL
AND EASTERN AREAS. HIGH TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON RANGED
FROM 69 AT ANGEL FIRE...72 AT TRUCHAS...78 AT TAOS TO 84 AT THE
RATON AIRPORT...87 AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT...TO A TOASTY 91 AT
CLAYTON...95 AT CLOVIS...96 AT ROSWELL AND 98 AT TUCUMCARI.

A LARGE AREA OF HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
STATE TONIGHT...NOT ALLOWING AREAS TO COOL OFF MUCH OVERNIGHT. BREEZY
WEST WIND WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING
MUCH OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY EAST.

HOT...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL
AND EAST SATURDAY WITH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LIKELY.
SUNDAY WILL BE A NEAR REPEAT OF SATURDAY. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR A ROUGE
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
SATURDAY EVENING BUT THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE WILL REMAIN TOO DRY FOR
MORE THAN SPRINKLES OR A BRIEF LIGHT SHOWER. WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AS
THE WEATHER PATTERN CHANGES LITTLE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

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