Warm and calmer Wednesday around New Mexico

A backdoor cold front is moving into eastern New Mexico this morning, bringing breezy winds to the southeast plains, and temperatures will stay about two to six degrees cooler than yesterday in the eastern plains. The rest of the state will see 70s and 80s, similar to Tuesday’s high temperatures.


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Winds will stay lighter than the past two days, with gusts up to around 35 mph at the highest. This will be the calmest day of the week, before the winds gain speed Thursday, Friday and become very windy on Saturday. Skies will stay dry and mostly clear, but wildfire smoke will be noticeable at times in northern NM, and around the Moser Fire in the Sacramento Mountains.

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