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Cold starts with winter weather returning

Much needed moisture entering New Mexico

Cold starts with winter weather returning

Much needed moisture entering New Mexico

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      WASTE WEBSITE. MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE HEADING TOWARD NEW MEXICO. CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOE DIAZ SHOWS US WHEN. OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A PRETTY DECENT EVENING COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. CERTAINLY. YEAH, IT’S COLDER THAN WE TYPICALLY ARE. BUT BOY, WITH THE WINDS DOWN, YOU LAYER UP. NOT BAD TO GET OUTSIDE, RUN SOME ERRANDS, COLD MORNINGS, COOL AFTERNOONS. THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BUT THEN MUCH NEEDED RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE ON THE INCREASE, ESPECIALLY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, AND THEN TURNING MILDER MUCH OF NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY ONCE WE GET TO THE LATTER PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. SO THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY THAT’S GOING TO PULL UP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION FOR TOMORROW. BUT THE BIGGER SYSTEM IS STILL BACK HERE AND THAT’S THAT FRIDAY SATURDAY SYSTEM THAT’S REALLY GOING TO INCREASE THE MOISTURE. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE TEMPERATURES DROP AS WELL. LET’S LOOK LOOK AT YOUR WE’RE GOING TO BE PRETTY MUCH BETWEEN WEATHER SYSTEMS. AS WE LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR THURSDAY STARTING OFF AT FREEZING SIMILAR TO TODAY WE’LL HAVE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, A TEMPERATURE OF 55 DEGREES AND WINDS GENERALLY ON THE LIGHT SIDE, WHICH IS A TREAT FOR US. ALL RIGHT. THURSDAY. NOW LOOK AT THIS. WE HAVE THESE COLD MORNING TEMPERATURES. LOOK AT THE 20S AND 30S NORTHERN WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THAT MOISTURE PUSHING ON IN TO AROUND GALLUP GRANTS. FARMINGTON, DURANGO. WE’LL GET SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW THERE TOMORROW. AND WE DO HAVE THAT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS. LOOK AT WE’RE IN THE 60S AND 70S, EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY. HERE’S THAT MAIN SYSTEM STARTING TO PULL UP THAT RAIN AND SNOW IN THE NORTHWEST. AND THERE’S GOING TO BE GOOD SOAKING RAIN. SOUTHEASTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME PROJECTIONS ON THAT IN JUST A BIT. THEN AS THAT SYSTEM ROLLS ON THROUGH, LOOK AT THE BIG DROP IN TEMPERATURES ONLY IN THE 30S AND 40S EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE, WITH WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW. ALL RIGHT, NOW LET’S SHOW YOU THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. WE MENTIONED THAT THERE’S GOING, OH, LET ME SHOW YOU THE WINDS. FIRST UP, SATURDAY, 3:00 IN THE MORNING. THOSE CANYON WINDS ARE GOING TO BUST THROUGH. ALL RIGHT. AND THAT’S GOING TO BRING IN COLDER AIR HERE AND PROBABLY HINDER SOME OF THE SNOW ACCUMULATE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA WITH THOSE CANYON WINDS. BUT IT’S GOING TO BE THAT COLD NORTHERLY WIND PUSHING ON INTO ROSWELL. NOW, LET ME SHOW YOU THE PROJECTIONS THERE. YOU SEE, SOME AREAS COULD HAVE MORE THAN AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION. AND WHAT ABOUT THE SNOW? WELL, LET’S SHOW YOU WHAT THE PROJECTIONS ARE FROM THAT SYSTEM. FOR TOMORROW. WE COULD GET UP TO AROUND 2 TO 3IN OF SNOW AROUND DURANGO. BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS AS WE GO FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. WE COULD HAVE SOME SLICK AND SNOWY TRAVEL FROM LAS VEGAS ON INTO RATON. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS FROM TAOS INTO SANTA FE, AND THEN LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS STILL OVER WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. SO YOUR FOUR CORNERS REGION FORECAST CHECKS OUT LIKE THIS OFF AND ON. SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. A BETTER SHOT AT MOISTURE FRIDAY ON INTO SATURDAY. NOW ONCE THAT TUESDAY SYSTEM WHICH WILL KICK UP THE WINDS WORKS ACROSS THE AREA, THEN WE GET AN IMPRESSIVE WARMING TREND. WE’LL BE IN THE 60S TOMORROW. SOUTHWESTERN NEW MEXICO. AND THEN THERE’S THAT RAIN AND SNOW BECOMING A LITTLE BIT MORE PREVALENT AS WE GET ON INTO SATURDAY. INCREASING WINDS FOR TUESDAY. SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO A PRETTY DECENT DAY FOR TOMORROW BELOW NORMAL DAYTIME HIGHS AND THE SOAKING RAINS. WORK IN FOR FRIDAY, MIXING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW AT TIMES. LOOK AT THE PLUNGING TEMPERATURES 38 TO 44. WE’LL SEE SOME SNOWY TRAVEL. NOT TOMORROW. WE’LL HAVE THE MAINLY SUNNY SKIES FOR TOMORROW. BUT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. AND LOOK, ACCUMULATING SNOWS AROUND LAS VEGAS AND THEN INCREASING WINDS AND TEMPERATURES AS WE GO ON INTO TUESDAY. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL BE IN THE 30S AND 40S, SO A BLUSTERY DAY FOR TOMORROW. BUT THEN THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN INTO SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AND SANTA FE. INCREASING WINDS FOR TUESDAY, FOLLOWED BY A BIG WARMING TREND AND THE METRO AREA. WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT. WE’LL HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL STILL BE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, BUT THOSE SHOWERS WILL BE PICKING UP. BREEZY IN THE AFTERNOON, A HIGH OF 58 DEGREES. AND LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE PLUNGE A HIGH OF 46 DEGREES WITH SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS AND CANYON WINDS, WHICH CAN HAMPER OUR OPPORTUNITY TO PILE UP SNOW IN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT LOOK AT THIS 77 DEGREES BY WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. YOU GOT TO YOU GOT TO LIKE THE
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      Cold starts with winter weather returning

      Much needed moisture entering New Mexico

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