Rain and thunderstorm chances increase for parts of New Mexico through the end of this week. However, our weather is trending drier this weekend.
An area of low pressure in eastern Arizona/western New Mexico has kept rain and a few rumbles of thunder ongoing since early this morning in parts of New Mexico today. This brought rain into the Albuquerque Metro early this afternoon and has kept some much cooler air in place today. It has also brought heavy rain to the Ruidoso area again where there was some minor flash flooding. While most of the rain will continue to end tonight, a few spotty showers will stick around until early Thursday morning across parts of the state. Better chances for rain will move into eastern New Mexico Thursday afternoon, with isolated storms still capable of heavy rain. Storms will be more hit or miss in the western half of the state as some drier air moves in. Thursday will also be a warmer afternoon.
A backdoor front will increase the amount of moisture in the air across New Mexico as it moves into the state Thursday night. This will bring widespread showers and storms Friday afternoon across almost all of New Mexico. Locally heavy rain will be possible again, with the heaviest rain likely across southeast New Mexico.
Forecast models are trending much drier this weekend. Scattered storms may still be possible across southeast New Mexico Saturday afternoon, but even that is not guaranteed. Drier air is looking a lot more likely, with the best chances for rain staying across the mountain ranges, and even that chance for rain is much lower. The drier air will continue into next week as well with warmer weather on the way.
