927 AWUS45 KABQ 031135 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND PROGRESSED WESTWARD BECOMING ENTRENCHED OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF SANGRE DE CRISTO AND THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS. AT THE SAME TIME, LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVED INTO THE FOUR CORNERS VICINITY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OF RAIN BEING REPORTED AT FARMINGTON OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. EAST WINDS BROKE THROUGH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AROUND 2:00 AM WITH THE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHILE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WEST. TEMPERATURES COOLED OFF NICELY OVERNIGHT FROM A VERY WARM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS RANGED FROM THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST, 40S ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WITH 50S AND A FEW 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH. EXTREME LOWS AS OF 5:00 AM 35 AT GALLUP AND 63 DEGREES AT ARTESIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SOUTH SEEING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COOLING. YESTERDAY'S EXTREMES RANGED FROM 66 DEGREES AT RED RIVER TO A HOT 93 DEGREES AT BOTH HOBBS AND CARLSBAD. TWO COLD FRONTS ARE SITUATED OVER THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT THIS MORNING. ONE IS NOTED ACROSS THE EAST AND EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROSWELL AND STRETCHES NORTHWEST AND NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO JUST WEST OF TAOS. A COOL NORTHEAST WIND ALONG WITH LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE. THE OTHER FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER. LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS, SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO BORDER AND WILL BRING WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY TO WIND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH, WEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS WITH PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COOLER WITH A 10-20 DEGREE FALL OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS. THIS COOL DOWN WILL ADD TO THE FALL OF TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, IN WHICH TEMPERATURES FELL 15 TO 25 DEGREES FROM TUESDAY'S HIGHS. TODAY'S HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S AND 60S OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 70S AND 80S CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWLANDS. FRIDAY'S HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 60S MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST WITH 60S AND 70S ELSEWHERE. NIGHTS WILL BE ALSO BE COOLER. THE WEATHER IMPROVES OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR WEST. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS HOWEVER WILL STILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY WHILE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MIGHT DEVELOP SATURDAY. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT BREEZES. ANOTHER COLD FRONT COULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOW CLOUDS. $$ GB  927 AWUS45 KABQ 031135 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN PLAINS JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND PROGRESSED WESTWARD BECOMING ENTRENCHED OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND THE EASTERN SLOPES OF SANGRE DE CRISTO AND THE SANDIA AND MANZANO MOUNTAINS. AT THE SAME TIME, LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVED INTO THE FOUR CORNERS VICINITY WITH A FEW SPRINKLES OF RAIN BEING REPORTED AT FARMINGTON OVERNIGHT. ELSEWHERE SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. EAST WINDS BROKE THROUGH THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AROUND 2:00 AM WITH THE WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 MPH. ELSEWHERE NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHILE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WEST. TEMPERATURES COOLED OFF NICELY OVERNIGHT FROM A VERY WARM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS RANGED FROM THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST, 40S ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WITH 50S AND A FEW 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH. EXTREME LOWS AS OF 5:00 AM 35 AT GALLUP AND 63 DEGREES AT ARTESIA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE SOUTH SEEING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COOLING. YESTERDAY'S EXTREMES RANGED FROM 66 DEGREES AT RED RIVER TO A HOT 93 DEGREES AT BOTH HOBBS AND CARLSBAD. TWO COLD FRONTS ARE SITUATED OVER THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT THIS MORNING. ONE IS NOTED ACROSS THE EAST AND EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF ROSWELL AND STRETCHES NORTHWEST AND NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO JUST WEST OF TAOS. A COOL NORTHEAST WIND ALONG WITH LOW CLOUDS AND SOME FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE STATE. THE OTHER FRONT IS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER. LOW AND MID LEVEL CLOUDS, SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES AND PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT. A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER UTAH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THE VICINITY OF THE NEW MEXICO AND COLORADO BORDER AND WILL BRING WITH IT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY TO WIND ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTH, WEST AND CENTRAL PORTIONS WITH PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE COOLER WITH A 10-20 DEGREE FALL OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS. THIS COOL DOWN WILL ADD TO THE FALL OF TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST, IN WHICH TEMPERATURES FELL 15 TO 25 DEGREES FROM TUESDAY'S HIGHS. TODAY'S HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S AND 60S OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 70S AND 80S CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWLANDS. FRIDAY'S HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 60S MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST WITH 60S AND 70S ELSEWHERE. NIGHTS WILL BE ALSO BE COOLER. THE WEATHER IMPROVES OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR WEST. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS HOWEVER WILL STILL SEE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY WHILE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS MIGHT DEVELOP SATURDAY. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT BREEZES. ANOTHER COLD FRONT COULD MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOW CLOUDS. $$ GB