NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Rain activity with high-elevation snow is widespread across northern New Mexico with some strong thunderstorms in eastern New Mexico. While winds out west are slowly drifting the precipitation to the east, southerly upper-level winds are pushing individual storms to the north. Meanwhile, easterly winds are bringing in plenty of surface moisture with fog in the high elevations, as well as in parts of the east highlands.
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Locally heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning strikes, small hail, and erratic wind gusts, temperatures are mostly starting off in the 30s and 40s across the region. Temperatures will be in the lower 50s in southeast New Mexico, while many areas to the north are a few degrees above the freezing mark or below freezing. Slightly-more daytime thunderstorms, although less potent, will form today. While temperatures will only reach the 30s to the low 50s for most northern areas, it will range from the upper 50s to the low 70s elsewhere.
Leftover showers and rumbles of thunder with high-elevation snow in the northern mountains are in store tomorrow, but conditions will eventually clear out with warmer air being accompanied by drier air to end of the week. More precipitation is likely this Mother’s Day Weekend.
