Scattered to widespread storms return Friday afternoon. Drier weather returns though for this weekend.
Storms have again brought more rain across parts of New Mexico Thursday with warmer temperatures. Eastern New Mexico has been the most active today, where storms will continue to stick around through the overnight hours. This is thanks to a backdoor front that will be moving southeast across the state tonight into Friday morning. That will bring in more scattered to widespread showers and storms across the state by Friday afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible with any storm Friday. Temperatures will also be slightly cooler.
Drier air begins moving back into the state already on Saturday. This will limit the chance for rain to mainly southern New Mexico and the mountains in northern and western parts of the state. Even drier air continues to move in on Sunday, but a few isolated storms may be possible in southern New Mexico again. Some forecast models bring in the chance for heavier rain across southeast New Mexico, especially on Labor Day, but there is still a lot of uncertainty with that. Temperatures will be slightly cooler though statewide heading into Labor Day as most areas stay dry.
The dry weather will continue through most of next week as warming trend begins next Tuesday. High temperatures will be back above normal later next week.
