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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT SAT JUL 4 2009

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL 
NEW MEXICO DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ALTHOUGH A SURFACE WIND SHIFT 
WAS NOTED IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT...SHOWERS AND 
STORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY REMAINED TO THE EAST OF THE STATE IN 
KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA...AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED 
ACROSS NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AFTER MIDNIGHT. 

PREDAWN TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE MID 40S AT ANGEL FIRE TO THE  
70S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. HIGHS ON FRIDAY RANGED FROM 68 AT 
CLOUDCROFT AND 74 AT CLINES CORNERS TO 95 AT TUCUMCARI AND 97 AT 
CARLSBAD. 

SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND WIDESPREAD LATER 
TODAY OVER MUCH OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE STORMS...WHICH WILL BE 
SLOW MOVING...COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED 
AREAS OF FLOODING MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE 
SURFACE BOUNDARY IN THE NORTHEAST COULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR 
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING...WHERE 
ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. 

ALTHOUGH THE LARGE SCALE WEATHER PATTERN WILL UNDERGO A SUBTLE 
CHANGE WITH THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT RELOCATING TO EASTERN 
ARIZONA SUNDAY...SUNDAYS FORECAST STILL CALLS FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR MOST OF THE STATE. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE 
SOUTHEAST ON SUNDAY RATHER THAN NORTH TO NORTHEAST AS WILL BE COMMON 
AGAIN TODAY.  ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE 
AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 
NEW MEXICO. 

ON MONDAY...WEAK NORTHWEST WINDS ALOFT SHOULD HELP A DRYING AND 
WARMING TREND TO COMMENCE...ALTHOUGH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS 
WILL EXIST MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.  AS THE ATMOSPHERE 
CONTINUES TO DRY OUT NEXT WEEK...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES SHOULD REBOUND 
TO AVERAGE OR ABOVE AVERAGE VALUES NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 
FORECAST MODELS HAVE BEGUN TO HINT THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT 
MAY BECOME SO DOMINANT ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST UNITED STATES THAT ANY 
CHANCE FOR ANOTHER SURGE OF MOISTURE LATE IN THE WEEK MAY BE LIMITED.

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