Drier air is moving into New Mexico to start the week. Temperatures will be heating up across the state through the middle of the week.
It’s a drier start to the week with isolated to scattered showers and storms mainly in western and northern New Mexico Monday afternoon. An isolated storm brought heavy rain to the Albuquerque Foothills today. A few, very isolated storms, are still moving through New Mexico tonight, but will be ending in the next few hours. It’s also been a hot afternoon, with highs in the 90s from southwest Colorado to southern New Mexico.
Temperatures will continue a warming trend through Wednesday afternoon, when highs will climb into the 90s and triple-digits. The Albuquerque Metro will flirt with 100° on Wednesday, while Roswell will climb to 105°. Afternoon storm chances through Wednesday will mainly be in northwest and northern New Mexico, with spotty storms down in the Gila.
A backdoor cold front will move into New Mexico Thursday. This front will bring an increase in moisture into the northeastern part of the state, bringing a higher chance for rain and thunderstorms here. Elsewhere, rain chances will increase as well as the cold front sweeps across the state. It will bring a slight drop in temperatures on Thursday, but it will still be warmer than normal for most areas. Heavy rain will be possible Thursday and Friday in northern New Mexico, along the Colorado state line. Isolated to scattered afternoon storm chances will continue into early next week across parts of New Mexico as temperatures start heating up again this weekend.
