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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT THU APR 3 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF EDDY COUNTY...
...RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR MUCH
OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...

NEW MEXICO SAW MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT...
EXCEPT FOR MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND POSSIBLY SOME PATCHY LATE NIGHT
FOG IN THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST CORNER. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES VARIED
FROM NEAR 30 TO THE 40S IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND FROM THE 40S TO THE
UPPER 50S AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTS WEDNESDAY
RANGED FROM 59 DEGREES AT CHAMA TO 82 DEGREES AT ROSWELL.

SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH
TODAY AS WINDS SHIFT OUT OF THE NORTHWEST. MEANWHILE...STRONG WEST
WINDS WILL RETURN TO SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO AND MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
EASTERN PLAINS. WIND GUSTS COULD REACH 45 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS
OF THE SOUTH...AND POSSIBLY AS HIGH AS 75 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
EDDY COUNTY. LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH THE STRONG WINDS TO
PRODUCE SEVERAL HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
SOUTH AND PORTIONS OF THE EAST. PLEASE CHECK THE LATEST HIGH WIND
WARNING AND RED FLAG WARNING FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MEANWHILE...
NORTH OF I-40 ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...THUNDERSTORMS AND
HIGH TERRAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. SNOW AND RAIN
SHOWERS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS EASTWARD
THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING LATE TONIGHT. A FEW
INCHES OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE
COLORADO BORDER WITH UP TO AN INCH ON PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS. FRIDAY WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST...SOME
WARMING TO THE WEST AND CALMER WINDS STATEWIDE.  HOWEVER...BREEZY TO
WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP IN MANY AREAS ON
SATURDAY.

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