392 AWUS85 KABQ 102329 RWSNM NMZ027>029-033-034-401>417-501>540-111130- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 PM MDT MON SEP 10 2012 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOSTLY DISSIPATED IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER... REMNANT CLOUD COVER WAS OBSERVED IN PATCHY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT EVEN AS THE SUN ROSE THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WERE CHILLY IN SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS...INCLUDING A LOW JUST BENEATH THE FREEZING MARK AT ANGEL FIRE WHERE THE MERCURY FELL TO 31 DEGREES. IN THE TULAROSA VALLEY...HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE RECORDED A LOW OF ONLY 64 DEGREES. A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN WERE IN PLACE OVER MUCH OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY WITH NEW CUMULUS CLOUDS STEADILY BUBBLING UP INTO SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. WEST CENTRAL SECTIONS OF NEW MEXICO WERE RECEIVING THE MOST PERSISTENT STORMS WITH ACTIVITY DRIFTING SLOWLY TOWARD THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BY THE EARLY EVENING. IN THE EAST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND HIGH PLAINS...SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS NOTED...HOWEVER THESE STORMS WERE NOT AS NUMEROUS NOR AS STRONG AS THEIR WESTERN COUNTERPARTS. A LABORATORY OBSERVATION SITE NEAR LOS ALAMOS MEASURED 0.69 INCHES OF RAINFALL TODAY...THE BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT RECEIVED 0.67 INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND SANTA FE AIRPORT REGISTERED 0.34 INCHES OF RAINFALL AS OF THIS WRITING. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE EASTWARD AND WILL PERIODICALLY REDEVELOP INTO THE EVENING HOURS. AFTER MIDNIGHT MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO HAVE DIMINISHED...LEAVING BEHIND CLOUD DEBRIS THAT WILL LIKELY PERSIST INTO THE MORNING TUESDAY. STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS BETTER MOISTURE AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE ALOFT APPROACH THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. BY WEDNESDAY THIS DISTURBANCE WILL FULLY OVERTAKE NEW MEXICO WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING FARTHER EAST INTO THE STATE. ALSO...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PLUNGE INTO THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... EVENTUALLY SPILLING THROUGH REMAINING AREAS OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL YIELD COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A HEALTHY PROBABILITIES FOR PRECIPITATION THURSDAY. $$ SHOEMAKE