298 AWUS45 KABQ 041135 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY... TYPICAL SPRING WEATHER OCCURRED YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT AND IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANYTHING FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BLOWING DUST IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN DESERTS TO STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. CHAMA REPORTED 2 AND 1/2 INCHES OF WET SLUSHY SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER CHAVES AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE STORMS MOVED NORTH THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN AND FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AND ARE JUST TAPERING OFF AND MOVING EAST INTO TEXAS AS OF SUNRISE. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 40S AND 50S EAST AND SOUTH. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTH. EXTREMES AS OF 5:00 AM 30 DEGREES AT GALLUP AND 58 DEGREES AT CARLSBAD. YESTERDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RANGED FROM 44 DEGREES AT CLAYTON TO 87 DEGREES AT HOBBS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH. THIS WEATHER CAN BE BLAMED ON A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO TODAY AND EXIT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE SOMETIME LATE SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A CONTINUATION OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN ACROSS THE EAST. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE LATER TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 60S AND 70S LOWER ELEVATIONS CENTRAL AND SOUTH. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THEN ANOTHER, BUT WEAKER, DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A DAY TO TWO TO REBOUND TOWARDS NORMAL READINGS. $$ GB  298 AWUS45 KABQ 041135 SWSNM NEW MEXICO WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 AM MDT FRI MAY 4 2001 ...A WIDE VARIETY OF WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY... TYPICAL SPRING WEATHER OCCURRED YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT AND IS EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ANYTHING FROM ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BLOWING DUST IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN DESERTS TO STRONG AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE. CHAMA REPORTED 2 AND 1/2 INCHES OF WET SLUSHY SNOW BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME STRONG TO ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED OVER CHAVES AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE NIGHT. THESE STORMS MOVED NORTH THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN AND FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AND ARE JUST TAPERING OFF AND MOVING EAST INTO TEXAS AS OF SUNRISE. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 40S AND 50S EAST AND SOUTH. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTH. EXTREMES AS OF 5:00 AM 30 DEGREES AT GALLUP AND 58 DEGREES AT CARLSBAD. YESTERDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE EXTREMES RANGED FROM 44 DEGREES AT CLAYTON TO 87 DEGREES AT HOBBS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST TODAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH. THIS WEATHER CAN BE BLAMED ON A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHEAST ARIZONA. THIS LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO TODAY AND EXIT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE SOMETIME LATE SATURDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A CONTINUATION OF RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN ACROSS THE EAST. SOME SNOW MAY BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE LATER TONIGHT OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING. A SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTH WITH 60S AND 70S LOWER ELEVATIONS CENTRAL AND SOUTH. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATER SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THEN ANOTHER, BUT WEAKER, DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING HOWEVER, TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE A DAY TO TWO TO REBOUND TOWARDS NORMAL READINGS. $$ GB