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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
532 PM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013

MID AND HIGH CLOUDS OUT AHEAD OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
GREAT BASIN CONTINUED TO STREAM NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE
TODAY. THE CLOUD COVER BROUGHT COOLER TEMPERATURES TO WESTERN AND
CENTRAL LOCATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURES REPORTED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON
VARIED FROM 69 AT ANGEL FIRE TO 80 AT SANTA FE...93 AT TUCUMCARI
AND 96 AT ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. AS THE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE OVER
THE GREAT BASIN SLIDES EAST INTO COLORADO THIS EVENING...ANOTHER
ROUND OF HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.
THE MAIN RESULT OF THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE GUSTY AND ERRATIC
OUTFLOW WINDS AND POSSIBLY SPRINKLES OR BRIEF LIGHT RAIN.

ANOTHER...RATHER WEAK...UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL APPROACH THE STATE
FROM THE NORTHWEST SUNDAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY DRY SHOWERS
AND STORMS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...
MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
LACKING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ALONG WITH A FEW SPRINKLES WILL BE THE
MAIN RESULT. FIRE WEATHER ISSUES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN SUNDAY AS
BREEZY WEST WINDS COMBINE WITH VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TO
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH.

THE FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS SHIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER
OF THE STATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A BACKDOOR FRONT SLIDES
SOUTHWARD FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL INCREASE
RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...ALLOWING FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED
WET THUNDERSTORMS THERE. RESIDUAL LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD ON TUESDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER REGION WEDNESDAY...PUTTING AN END TO THE
MAINLY DRY SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
WORK WEEK.

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