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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT THU MAY 23 2013

MORE ACTIVE WEATHER WAS EXPERIENCED BY SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO DURING
THE AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PUSHED WESTWARD AND INCREASING
SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT SPARKED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN LAKEWOOD
IN EDDY COUNTY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

ELSEWHERE...FAIR WEATHER CLOUDS DEVELOPED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN
AND LATE IN THE DAY SOME BUILDUPS AND MOSTLY DRY SHOWERS WERE NOTED
BETWEEN THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS PRODUCED GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND
45 MPH AND LOCALIZED BLOWING DUST. SOME WETTER STORMS WERE ALSO
TRACKING OVER SOUTHERN CHAVES COUNTY.

SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE
THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...HOWEVER THE
CHANCES FOR ANY ONE LOCALE TO RECEIVE BENEFICIAL RAINFALL REMAIN
RELATIVELY SMALL. SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER AND OVER
FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH. OVER WESTERN NEW MEXICO...DRY
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT.

HIGH TEMPERATURES REPORTED SO FAR TODAY INCLUDE 77 AT CHAMA...89 AT
GRAN QUIVIRA AND CAPITAN...AND 88 AT THE TORREON NAVAJO MISSION.

LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLOSH BACK AND FORTH FROM THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS BORDER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE BEING
TEMPORARILY SHUNTED INTO TEXAS SUNDAY. THEREFORE ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE SPREAD MAINLY FROM THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF IN AREAL COVERAGE SUNDAY EVENING AND MEMORIAL DAY.
WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST BREEZES WILL BE TYPICAL FOR THE LATE SPRING
SEASON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE DURING THE
WEEKEND.

AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE
MAY HAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SOME SPOTTY PRECIPITATION AS AN
UPPER DISTURBANCE SWINGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND FOUR
CORNERS REGION. AFTERNOONS COULD BE BREEZY TO WINDY ALTHOUGH BY NEXT
THURSDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK TO FALL TO BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS
THE CENTRAL AND WEST.

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