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NMZ027>029-033-034-401>417-501>540-201130-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

WHILE HOT AND DRY AIR MOVED INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ERUPTED OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS TURNED SEVERE WITH GOLFBALL TO BASEBALL SIZE HAIL NORTH
AND NORTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI. LARGE TREE BRANCHES WERE BROKEN OFF
SOUTH OF PEP IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY. TEMPERATURES SOARED INTO THE 70S
AND 80S IN THE MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...WHILE
90S TO AROUND 105 WERE COMMON ELSEWHERE. LOWS THIS MORNING RANGED
FROM 34 AT CHAMA TO 71 AT CARLSBAD.

LOOK FOR A REPEAT OF THE HEAT ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...BUT WITH
LESS IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS WILL BE CONFINED TO A SMALLER AREA OF NORTHERN AND
WESTERN NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS NEW MEXICO OVER THE
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. MINIMAL CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE
CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND DESERTS AND THE EASTERN
PLAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES FOR THE
FORESEEABLE FUTURE.

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