Another stormy week is on tap for parts of New Mexico this week. Afternoon storms could again bring heavy rain and cause flash flooding over burn scar areas.
Temperatures are cooler across all of New Mexico Monday afternoon thanks to a cold front that moved in overnight. It has left high temperatures as much as 20° cooler in some spots compared to Sunday. After this mornings rain and storms in eastern New Mexico fizzled out, scattered storms began developing across the northern mountains and have been moving to the south-southeast. These storms have been bringing locally heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and even small hail to parts of northern New Mexico today. However, as they move off the mountains and higher elevations they begin to fall apart. Storms will become more isolated in northern New Mexico through the evening, with all storms fizzling out overnight as skies become clear.
Much of this week will be a “rinse and repeat” kind of weather pattern. Low level moisture, especially across northern, eastern, and southern New Mexico, will provide part of the fuel to bring afternoon showers and storms. But a large area of high pressure continues to sit to our west. This will cause storms to generally travel to the south and southeast as they develop over the mountain peaks by the early afternoon. Unfortunately, each afternoon will bring a threat of burn scar flash flooding. Temperatures will also be climbing through the middle of this week.
Starting Friday, high pressure will start moving north of New Mexico, and this will bring in drier air to the eastern half of the state through the weekend. This pattern will bring a better chance of storms though to areas along and west of the central mountain chain through western New Mexico as storms will generally move from west to east.
