Winds are settling down tonight for most of New Mexico with windy weather sticking around southern New Mexico Wednesday. Wetter weather will move in later this week.
High winds picked up dust across New Mexico Tuesday afternoon. A few places have even measured gusts over 70 mph, with most of the state gusting over 50 mph at times. Several Dust Storm Warnings and Dust Storm Advisories were issued in dust prone areas. It has also caused the closer of several roads and interstates in southern New Mexico today. The storm responsible for the high winds has even brought a little moisture into western, central, and northern New Mexico. Light snow has fallen in the mountains with a couple spotty sprinkles elsewhere. Even Farmington saw snow this afternoon.
Winds will settle down across the northern half of New Mexico overnight, while southern New Mexico will stay breezy. What little rain and snow is falling out there will also end overnight. High winds will pick back up through Wednesday afternoon across southern New Mexico with gusts up to 50 mph possible. There will be another risk for high fire danger and blowing dust in southern and southeastern parts of the state. Temperatures statewide will also be much cooler Wednesday afternoon.
Breezy winds return statewide Thursday as our next storm system approaches New Mexico. A few light rain and mountain snow showers will be possible Thursday in northern and northwestern parts of the state. Temperatures will stay cool Thursday.
The storm moves into New Mexico starting Friday as moisture gets drawn up into eastern New Mexico. This will produce widespread showers in eastern New Mexico with isolated to scattered rain showers and mountain snow along and west of I-25. A backdoor cold front will move in from the northeast early Saturday morning, pushing south and west across New Mexico through the afternoon and evening. This will provide a focus for some of the heaviest rain and heaviest mountain snow as it moves across the state. Snow levels may drop as low as 6,000′ by Sunday morning, bringing snowfall to not only the mountains, but even lower elevations across western, central, northern, and eastern New Mexico. Travel problems may be possible on Sunday morning along I-25 and I-40 in these parts of the state. Some snow may even mix in with rain in the Albuquerque Metro.
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