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NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

525 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001



RECORD OR NEAR RECORD WARMTH WAS THE MAIN WEATHER STORY ON TUESDAY.

SEVERAL LOCATIONS INCLUDING FARMINGTON, GALLUP, DEMING AND TUCUMCARI

TIED THEIR RECORD HIGHS FOR THE DATE. FINAL HIGHS ON TUESDAY VARIED

FROM 69 AT RED RIVER, 75 AT LOS ALAMOS, 85 AT FARMINGTON, 92 AT

TUCUMCARI AND PORTALES TO 96 DEGREES AT CARLSBAD.



HIGH CLOUDINESS INCREASED OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES

OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE SKIES WERE CLEAR. TEMPERATURES AT 500 AM RANGED

FROM 37 AT GALLUP TO 59 AT TUCUMCARI AND CARLSBAD.



A STRONG UPPER LOW DEVELOPING TO OUR NORTHWEST WILL BRING AN END TO

THE WARM AND RELATIVELY TRANQUIL WEATHER OF LATE. THE LOW WILL

STRENGTHEN OVER UTAH AND EASTERN NEVADA TODAY...DROP SOUTHWARD INTO

NORTHERN ARIZONA TONIGHT AND PARK ITSELF OVER NORTHEAST ARIZONA OR

FOUR CORNERS AREA ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION A COLD FRONT, MAKING SLOW

PROGRESS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST CORNER EARLY THIS MORNING, WILL ALSO

BECOME A PLAYER ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHEAST QUARTER THROUGH TOMORROW.

HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT ACTUALLY MAKES IT REMAINS IN QUESTION, BUT

LATEST INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT MAY STALL ACROSS EASTCENTRAL NEW

MEXICO ON THURSDAY.



FOR THIS AFTERNOON...SKIES WILL TURN OUT PARTLY CLOUDY NEARLY

STATEWIDE WITH HIGH CLOUDS FILTERING THE SUNSHINE ACROSS THE

SOUTHEAST HALF OR SO. IN ADDITION TO BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO

THE RATON AND CLAYTON AREAS, THE COLD FRONT MAY USHER IN SOME LOW

CLOUDS TO THAT CORNER OF THE STATE. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR

SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FAR NORTHEAST LATE IN THE

DAY. OF GREATER SIGNIFICANCE WILL BE THE GUSTY WINDS WHICH WILL BE

STRONGER THAN TUESDAY. BOATERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION. HIGHS

WILL VARY FROM THE 60S TO MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND

NORTHEAST...WITH 80S TO MID 90S FOR MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH.



LOW CLOUDS WILL FILL IN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST TONIGHT, WITH PARTLY

CLOUDY SKIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE. LOOK FOR A CHANCE OF

SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH SNOW POSSIBLE AT THE HIGHEST

ELEVATIONS. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE SOUTH.



ON THURSDAY...THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND

THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. JUST A

FEW CLOUDS ARE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. BREEZY TO WINDY

CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES STATEWIDE.



THE UPPER LOW WILL BEGIN TO LIFT NORTHEAST AND AWAY FROM THE STATE ON

FRIDAY. JUST A FEW SHOWERS ARE FORECAST ACROSS THE NORTH FRIDAY INTO

THE FIRST PART OF SATURDAY...OTHERWISE THE WEEKEND IS LOOKING DRY

UNDER A WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. 



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