202

AWUS45 KABQ 032330

SWSNM 

NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

530 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001



...A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY...



THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TODAY RANGED 

FROM SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST AND MOUNTAINS TO GUSTY WINDS AND 

BLOWING DUST IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO ISOLATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.  



SOME ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 

GALLUP AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. THE SNOW QUICKLY CHANGED 

OVER TO LIGHT RAIN BY MID MORNING. BY MID AFTERNOON SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHWEST 

QUARTER OF THE STATE. A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG 

THE TEXAS STATE LINE NEAR CAUSEY AND LINGO IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.



TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST 

TODAY WITH 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. AS OF 5 PM MDT THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EXTREMES 

RANGED FROM 49 DEGREES AT RATON TO 86 DEGREES AT HOBBS AND ARTESIA.



SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS 

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER SOUTHERN UTAH BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ON 

FRIDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 20-30 MPH RANGE WITH SOME 

HIGHER GUSTS OVERNIGHT. THE SKIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN PARTLY TO 

MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER AND SOME 

HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. 



FOR THE WEEKEND SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE 

USUAL FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN MOSTLY CLEAR MORNING AND CLOUDY 

AFTERNOONS. BREEZY TO WINDY WITH SOME LOWER WIND SPEEDS BY SUNDAY.



 

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202

AWUS45 KABQ 032330

SWSNM 

NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM

530 PM MDT THU MAY 3 2001



...A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY...



THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TODAY RANGED 

FROM SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHWEST AND MOUNTAINS TO GUSTY WINDS AND 

BLOWING DUST IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY TO ISOLATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.  



SOME ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING AROUND 

GALLUP AND ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. THE SNOW QUICKLY CHANGED 

OVER TO LIGHT RAIN BY MID MORNING. BY MID AFTERNOON SCATTERED 

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHWEST 

QUARTER OF THE STATE. A FEW STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ALONG 

THE TEXAS STATE LINE NEAR CAUSEY AND LINGO IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY.



TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST 

TODAY WITH 70S AND 80S ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. AS OF 5 PM MDT THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE EXTREMES 

RANGED FROM 49 DEGREES AT RATON TO 86 DEGREES AT HOBBS AND ARTESIA.



SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS 

AN UPPER LEVEL STORM OVER SOUTHERN UTAH BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD ON 

FRIDAY. WINDS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE 20-30 MPH RANGE WITH SOME 

HIGHER GUSTS OVERNIGHT. THE SKIES WILL LIKELY REMAIN PARTLY TO 

MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWER AND SOME 

HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. 



FOR THE WEEKEND SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH THE 

USUAL FLUCTUATIONS BETWEEN MOSTLY CLEAR MORNING AND CLOUDY 

AFTERNOONS. BREEZY TO WINDY WITH SOME LOWER WIND SPEEDS BY SUNDAY.



 

$$



KMV