Rain continues overnight, with stronger storms Thursday afternoon
Showers and storms will continue overnight, with more storms on the way by Thursday afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall and severe weather are possible with some storms.
It’s an even more active day across most of New Mexico Wednesday. The exceptions are far northwest New Mexico and the southern parts of the state. The rest of New Mexico is again seeing scattered showers and thunderstorms, with more of that rain actually making it down to the ground today. Showers and some storms will continue even through the overnight, mainly across the northern half of New Mexico. High-resolution forecast models have been consistent on a round of showers and storms developing in central New Mexico and the Albuquerque Metro by mid-Thursday morning.
More storms will develop heading into Thursday afternoon, especially across southeast New Mexico where severe storms are possible. These storms will push through the Highway 285 corridor by 3 PM Thursday. Large hail and damaging wind gusts will be the biggest threat with this line of storms that will move out of southeast New Mexico by the late evening hours. For the rest of the state, scattered to isolated showers and storms will be likely. These storms could also produce hail and gusty winds, along with locally heavy rainfall. A Flood Watch is in effect for burn scar areas in the Sangre de Cristo and Sacramento Mountains for Thursday. All showers and storms will end by midnight.
A drier and much warmer weather pattern develops starting Friday. By this weekend, high temperatures will be some of the warmest we’ve seen so far this year. Increasing westerly winds on Sunday will bring highs up to near 90° in the Metro and up to 100° in southeast New Mexico. Even warmer temperatures are on the way for some on Monday, with even stronger wind gusts. Temperatures will cool slightly by the middle of next week.
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