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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

TODAY WAS A MUCH QUIETER DAY AS SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE SLOWER TO
INITIATE THAN IN RECENT DAYS. STORMS THAT DID DEVELOP WERE CONFINED
TO THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT
HIGHLANDS DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND OVER
THE REMAINDER OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN SCATTERED FAIR WEATHER
CLOUDS WERE NOTED.

LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING VARIED FROM THE UPPER 30S IN THE RED
RIVER TO EAGLE NEST AREA TO THE MID 60S AT TUCUMCARI AND THE
ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT.

STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO MAY
CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH THIS EVENING...POTENTIALLY
SENDING ANOTHER SURFACE BOUNDARY SOUTH AND WESTWARD DURING THE
OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THIS REINFORCEMENT OF MOIST AIR IS NOT EXPECTED
TO BE AS STRONG AS THAT OF MONDAY NIGHT. SOME LOW CLOUDS OR PATCHY
FOG COULD DEVELOP ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS AND OVER PARTS OF THE PLAINS LATER TONIGHT WHILE THE
WESTERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE STATE WILL EXPERIENCE FAIR SKIES.

A WINDY...WARMER AND MAINLY DRY REGIME WILL DOMINATE THE STATE
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY
WHILE THE CENTRAL AND WEST STAY DRY. SOME MOISTURE MAY SEEP INTO THE
SOUTHEAST THIRD TO HALF OF NEW MEXICO THURSDAY...WHICH COULD IGNITE
SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM THE DEMING
AREA THROUGH TAOS. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY MAY BE ON THE DRIER SIDE
WITH GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE RAIN. BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WILL
SEE GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...WITH WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS.

THE WEEKEND OUTLOOK IS FOR NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES AND SLIGHT
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE.

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