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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
529 AM MDT FRI MAY 17 2013

VERY QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE IN PLACE ACROSS ALMOST THE ENTIRE
STATE OVERNIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG DID PUSH WEST INTO THE
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS EARLY THIS MORNING. A FOG BANK WITH VISIBILITY
DOWN TO ONE HALF OF A MILE MOVED INTO CLAYTON SHORTLY BEFORE SUNRISE.
OTHERWISE...VERY DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN
NEW MEXICO ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET INTO THE 30S AND 40S.
GRANTS REPORTED AN EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURE OF 39 DEGREES...SANTA FE
44...AND TAOS 39. WESTERLY WINDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS KEPT THE
TEMPERATURE READINGS UP FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT. ROSWELL WAS STILL 74
DEGREES AT 4 AM.

A WEAK BATCH OF MID LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLIDE NORTH OVER THE STATE
TODAY AND DEVELOP MORE GUSTY DRY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY IN
THE HIGH TERRAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM AGAIN AND CLOSE TO 100
DEGREES FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL
DEVELOP ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AROUND LAS VEGAS TODAY WITH
GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES.

COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE ON THE WAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO
AS THE NEXT WEATHER DISTURBANCE SWINGS ACROSS THE AREA. MORE SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TOMORROW OVER THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN
HIGH TERRAIN THEN PUSH INTO NEARBY VALLEYS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. MEANWHILE...HOT...DRY...AND WINDY CONDITIONS
WILL IMPACT THE PLAINS WITH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER LIKELY.
SUNDAY WILL BE A NEAR REPEAT OF SATURDAY...EXPECT THE CHANCES FOR ANY
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL MOVE EVEN FARTHER NORTH TOWARD COLORADO. EVEN
MONDAY WILL BE A NEAR REPEAT WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER POSSIBLE FOR
THE EASTERN PLAINS.

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GUYER