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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT WED MAY 22 2013

A BROAD RIDGE EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN SONORA ACROSS WESTERN NEW
MEXICO TO THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES WILL HELP TEMPERATURES RISE WELL
ABOVE LATE MAY NORMALS TODAY ACROSS THE STATE. WEDNESDAY SUNRISE
TEMPERATURES WILL GET THE MIDWEEK OFF TO A WARM START...WITH 40S AND
50S COMMON ACROSS THE NORTH...AND 50S AND 60S ACROSS THE SOUTH.
THESE MILD OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FOLLOWED TUESDAY HIGHS RANGING
FROM 65 AT BOTH CLOUDCROFT AND CHAMA...AND 68 AT CAPULIN...TO 87 AT
DEMING...OROGRANDE...AND CARLSBAD.

PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WILL BLAST THROUGH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY...AS THE WELCOME WARMTH
PUSHES TEMPERATURES UP TO TEN DEGREES ABOVE LATE MAY NORMALS. A FEW
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DOT THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS THROUGH THIS
EVENING AS THE ONLY BREAK IN WHAT WILL OTHERWISE BE A SUNNY AND WARM
DAY.

THE WEATHER PICTURE TAKES A DECIDED TILT FROM THE CALM TO THE TENSE
ON THURSDAY...AS GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER...AND OVER THE
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WITH MOIST AIR PUSHING
WESTWARD OUT OF TEXAS INTO THE NEW MEXICO EASTERN PLAINS...AND MUCH
DRYER AIR REMAINING IN PLACE OVER THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN SECTIONS
OF THE STATE...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST
SECTION OF THE STATE MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS
AS THEY MOVE THROUGH.

LITTLE CHANGE TO THE BASIC WEATHER STORY WILL ROUND OUT THE WORK
WEEK...WITH DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER REDEVELOPING OVER THE ARIZONA
BORDER COUNTRY IN THE WEST...AND ROUNDS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
EXPANDING IN COVERAGE OVER ALL OF THE EASTERN TIER ON FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

A LARGE WEATHER SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL EXPAND OVER
MUCH OF THE WESTERN U.S. IN TIME FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
WEEKEND. STRENGTHENING SOUTHWEST FLOW IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OVER
THE WEEKEND WILL HELP SHIFT THE AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM FOCUS
EASTWARD INTO TEXAS THROUGH THE MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY...AS CENTRAL
AND WESTERN SECTIONS REMAIN DRY UNDER SUNNY SKIES. FIRE DANGER WILL
CONTINUE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOONS NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER.

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