NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Temperatures keep climbing with record heat on the way this weekend. Storm chances will be very spotty through early next week.
Drier continued to move into New Mexico Thursday, bringing dry conditions to nearly the entire state. A few spotty showers tried to develop in the Sacramento Mountains and far southeast New Mexico, but these haven’t lasted long and very little rain is likely actually reaching the ground. A couple of spotty showers are still moving through the Gila tonight. Temperatures were back above normal across all of New Mexico this afternoon, with 90s in Farmington and Albuquerque and triple-digits in southern and southeastern New Mexico.
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Today’s heat begins a stretch of record and near-record high temperatures that will continue for at least the next week. A Heat Advisory goes into effect for the Albuquerque Metro and Chaves County Friday, where temperatures will climb up to as high as 100° around Albuquerque and up to 105° around Roswell. Temperatures will climb to record and near record highs beginning Saturday, with highs flirting with records into the middle of next week.
Rain and thunderstorm chances will remain very spotty and mostly in the mountains through the weekend. Slightly better chances return to areas near the Arizona state line this weekend as a plume of monsoon moisture wraps around the high pressure centered over New Mexico. This moisture will move into southern Colorado early next week. Some of these storms could also bring rain to parts of northern New Mexico. A push of higher moisture back into the state around the middle of next week will bring back a more active monsoon pattern across the state starting next Wednesday.
