AWUS85 KABQ 270029
RWSNM 
NMZ022>025-027>034-501>540-271230-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
529 PM MST THU NOV 26 2009
UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT ON
THANKSGIVING AFTERNOON WHILE A DISTURBANCE IN MEXICO SPREAD HIGH
CLOUDS TO THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW MEXICO. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL
MIGRATE THROUGH WEST TEXAS AND EVENTUALLY INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA...
BUT MOISTURE WILL BE LACKING TO SUPPORT ANY PRECIPITATION IN THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS MORNING RANGED FROM THE SINGLE
DIGITS IN THE NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN TO THE LOWER 30S WITHIN THE
SOUTHWEST LOWLANDS AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE EXTREMES
INCLUDED TWO DEGREES AT EAGLE NEST AND 31 DEGREES AT DEMING. BY
AFTERNOON...THERMOMETERS SOARED INTO THE 40S IN THE HIGH TERRAIN
WHILE 60S WERE COMMON WITHIN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.
HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE STATE TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SLIGHTLY WARMER LOW
TEMPERATURES. READINGS WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER THE
WESTERN AND NORTHERN HIGH TERRAIN WHILE 30S WILL BE MORE COMMON
WITHIN THE SOUTHERN LOWLANDS AND THE HIGH PLAINS. EARLY MORNING
SHOPPERS WILL BE GREETED TO FILTERED SUNSHINE WHILE TEMPERATURES
SHOULD SKY ROCKET 5 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS BY THE
AFTERNOON HOURS...WARMEST IN THE EASTERN PLAINS COMPLIMENTS OF A
LEE-SIDE TROUGH.
IT STILL APPEARS A SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON THE
LAND OF ENCHANTMENT FOR THE WEEKEND THROUGH MONDAY. A DISTURBANCE
ALOFT WILL MIGRATE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY LATE ON SATURDAY...
LEADING TO PRECIPITATION BREAKING OUT IN EASTERN ARIZONA AS WELL
AS WESTERN NEW MEXICO. MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY BE IN THE
LIQUID FORM UNTIL A COLDER AIRMASS ALOFT COMBINED WITH A BACKDOOR
FRONT IN THE EASTERN PLAINS DROPS TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW...WITH A GOOD
CHUNK OF THE ACTIVITY SLIDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE STATE
ON SUNDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS
THE UPPER LOW TRACKS THROUGH NORTHERN MEXICO. DRIER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED BY TUESDAY...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN WELL BELOW
NORMAL. PERSONS WITH TRAVEL INTERESTS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THROUGHOUT NEW MEXICO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER
UPDATES AS THIS WINTER STORM EVOLVES.
$$
DPORTER