278 AWUS45 KABQ 031739 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1140 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 EARLIER TODAY...A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER WAS SITUATED OVER NEW MEXICO. OVERCAST SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...AREAS OF FOG AND LIGHT RAIN WERE REPORTED OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS. A SWATH OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AS WELL. GALLUP REPORTED SNOW THIS MORNING...WHICH CHANGED OVER TO RAIN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. UP ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS THIS MORNING WERE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND RANGED FROM THE 30S TO MID 40S IN THE NORTH WITH MID 40S TO NEAR 60 IN THE SOUTH. A VARIETY OF WEATHER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTH AND VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTH. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500 FEET. ELSEWHERE...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR WEST. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER...WILL STILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY WHILE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT BREEZES. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOW CLOUDS. $$  278 AWUS45 KABQ 031739 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1140 AM MDT THU MAY 3 2001 EARLIER TODAY...A MIXED BAG OF WEATHER WAS SITUATED OVER NEW MEXICO. OVERCAST SKIES WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...AREAS OF FOG AND LIGHT RAIN WERE REPORTED OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS. A SWATH OF CLOUDS AND SHOWERS MOVED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AS WELL. GALLUP REPORTED SNOW THIS MORNING...WHICH CHANGED OVER TO RAIN A FEW HOURS AFTER SUNRISE. UP ALONG THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND IN THE SOUTHERN THIRD...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS THIS MORNING WERE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND RANGED FROM THE 30S TO MID 40S IN THE NORTH WITH MID 40S TO NEAR 60 IN THE SOUTH. A VARIETY OF WEATHER IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE OVER THE STATE THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE UPPER LOW DRIFTS ACROSS THE NORTH...WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTH AND VIRTUALLY NO CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE SOUTH. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. RAIN WILL TURN OVER TO SNOW IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ABOVE 7500 FEET. ELSEWHERE...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE WEATHER WILL IMPROVE OVER THE WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TO OUR WEST. THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...HOWEVER...WILL STILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SATURDAY WHILE BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE. SUNDAY LOOKS TO BE THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHT BREEZES. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE NORTHEAST ON MONDAY WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LOW CLOUDS. $$