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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
532 AM MDT WED MAY 16 2012

SUNNY SKIES WERE OBSERVED ACROSS THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT TUESDAY
WITH HIGHS NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES. HIGHS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 60S
AT SOME HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS...TO THE UPPER 70S AND MID 80S AT
LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. A FEW LOCATIONS IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST
REACHED UP INTO THE UPPER 80S.

AFTER A SEASONABLE START WITH MORNING LOWS WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES
WILL TREND TO ABOVE NORMAL BY AFTERNOON UNDER SUNNY SKIES WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM NEAR 70 AT SOME HIGH MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS TO THE UPPER 70S
AND 80S AT LOWER ELEVATION LOCATIONS. A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS OR
VIRGA SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HIGHER TERRAIN BY
LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH CHANCES
SHIFTING FURTHER EAST AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES OUT OF
THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE AN UPWARD TREND
THURSDAY TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL MOST AREAS.

A MORE POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AFFECT THE ARE FRIDAY
INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH BREEZY AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS SPREADING
FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL TREND DOWN
SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE WEST...BUT INCREASE FURTHER TO NEAR RECORD
VALUES ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

TEMPERATURES WILL TREND DOWN CLOSER TO NORMAL OVER THE WEEKEND AS A
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT SPREADS WEST ACROSS THE AREA. MINIMAL CHANCES
FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT ON SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND BACK TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL BY
TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
SHIFTS OVER THE STATE.








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