894 AWUS45 KABQ 021736 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1140 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... HIGH CLOUDINESS INCREASED OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE SKIES WERE CLEAR. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE 40S TO MID 50S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. REPORTED LOW TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 31 IN CHAMA AND 60 IN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. 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...THE BIG STORY WILL BE WIND, WHICH WILL BLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY IN MOST AREAS. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE...WHERE SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST. THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE WILL BE LESS WINDY DUE TO A SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE AREA. STILL...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THERE. THE FRONT WILL ALSO USHER IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SOME LOW CLOUDS INTO THE RATON AND CLAYTON AREAS, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LATE DAY SHOWERS. FORECAST HIGHS RANGE FROM THE 60S THROUGH MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST TO THE 80S THROUGH 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 EVEN SOME 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. $$ CSM  894 AWUS45 KABQ 021736 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1140 AM MDT WED MAY 2 2001 ...WIND ADVISORY THIS AFTERNOON NORTHWEST AND WEST-CENTRAL MOUNTAINS... HIGH CLOUDINESS INCREASED OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...OTHERWISE SKIES WERE CLEAR. MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE 40S TO MID 50S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. REPORTED LOW TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE 31 IN CHAMA AND 60 IN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. 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...THE BIG STORY WILL BE WIND, WHICH WILL BLOW FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY IN MOST AREAS. STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE...WHERE SPEEDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE FORECAST. THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE WILL BE LESS WINDY DUE TO A SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE AREA. STILL...GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THERE. THE FRONT WILL ALSO USHER IN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND SOME LOW CLOUDS INTO THE RATON AND CLAYTON AREAS, ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A FEW LATE DAY SHOWERS. FORECAST HIGHS RANGE FROM THE 60S THROUGH MID 70S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST TO THE 80S THROUGH 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 EVEN SOME 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. $$ CSM