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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2013

LARGE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS NEARLY STATIONARY
OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES...EXTENDING EASTWARD OVER THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO FORM
ON THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE TROUGH OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LACKING...MOST SHOWERS AND STORMS
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MAINLY ERRATIC AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WITH
LITTLE IN THE WAY OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT
CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE BY LATE MORNING...CONTINUING
THROUGH MID EVENING. HIGH TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON VARIED
FROM A MILD 55 AT ANGEL FIRE...66 AT TAOS...71 AT SANTA FE...75 AT
ALBUQUERQUE TO A WARM TO VERY WARM 85 AT LAS CRUCES...87 AT
TUCUMCARI...91 AT ROSWELL...HOBBS AND CARLSBAD.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL SLIDE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE STATE
MONDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF MAINLY ISOLATED HIGH BASED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE LOTS OF GUSTY WIND AND LITTLE IN THE
WAY OF RAINFALL. THE MAIN SENSIBLE WEATHER DIFFERENCE MONDAY IS
EXPECTED OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO WHERE A BACKDOOR FRONT WILL BRING
INCREASING NEAR SURFACE MOISTURE...ALLOWING FOR SCATTERED WET STORMS
DURING THE AFTERNOON THERE.

RESIDUAL MOISTURE WILL ALLOW FOR A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP TUESDAY
AFTERNOON...MAINLY FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO
THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS. ELSEWHERE...DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN FROM
THE WEST....PUTTING AN END TO SHOWER CHANCES.

A MAINLY DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE WORK WEEK. THE ONE EXCEPTION MAY BE OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS
WHERE THE DRY LINE MAY WORK WESTWARD FAR ENOUGH FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORM FORMATION DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK THERE.

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