Cooler and windy across New Mexico today (2025)

I DON’T KNOW, OLGA. IF YOU SAW SOME OF THE SOUNDBITES FROM YESTERDAY WITH SOME OF THE PILGRIMS WALKING, THEY WERE GETTING WIND WHIPPED YESTERDAY. YEAH, YESTERDAY WAS A CHALLENGE DAY. WIND WISE, SOME OF US ARE GOING TO BE IN THE MIX FOR WINDS LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING, INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE SAW ON THURSDAY, BUT STILL A WINDY DAY BY ALL MEANS. RIGHT NOW WINDS ARE DOING WELL. MOST OF US ARE AT OR BELOW TEN MILE PER HOUR WIND SPEEDS, FEW AREAS BEGINNING TO BE ELEVATED, ESPECIALLY AROUND RUIDOSO. WE’VE SEEN SOME WIND SPEEDS ELEVATE FOR CARLSBAD AND FOR DEMING, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, I THINK THE MORNING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY IS GOING TO BE THE BEST STRETCH FOR US. A LOT OF SUNSHINE THIS MORNING TO GREET YOU. GUSTY WINDS FOR SURE ARE STARTING TO PICK UP IN THE SOUTH AND THE EAST, BUT THE MORE WIDESPREAD WIND LATER ON THIS AFTERNOON. AND THAT’S WHY WE HAVE WIND ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE WEATHER SERVICE. THESE ARE GOING TO TAP IN A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY AND CONTINUE IN TOWARD THE AFTERNOON. THAT 3:00, 5:00 TIMEFRAME COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET OUT AND ABOUT AS GUSTY WINDS BLOW AROUND THAT DUST AND REDUCE VISIBILITY. LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE SOME WIND BLOWING DUST ADVISORIES FOR OUR SOUTHERN ZONES. THIS GOES UNTIL ABOUT 8:00 TONIGHT, AND THEN THINGS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT INTO TOMORROW. FIRE DANGER ELEVATED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. SO RED FLAG WARNINGS GO UP AND STAY UP UNTIL AT LEAST 7:00 THIS EVENING. SOME AREAS HOLDING ON UNTIL 8 OR 9 FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO, THOUGH I THINK YOUR TIME FRAME IS GOING TO BE AFTER YOUR LUNCH BREAK TODAY. 1:00, WE’LL START TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT BREEZY AND THEN WE’LL BE WINDY FOR 4:00 5:00. DURING THAT DRIVE TIME HOME, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, ALTHOUGH NOT AS INTENSE, I’M ALSO TRACKING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME SNOW CREEPING INTO THE FORECAST ACROSS SOME OF THOSE NORTHERN ZONES. THAT FRONT THAT WE SAW ON RADAR JUST A FEW MOMENTS AGO WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH IN TOWARD THE NEW MEXICO STATE AS WE MOVE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. THAT’S WHEN WE’RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH ELEVATION SNOW AND EVEN ISSUING SOME OF THESE WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES BEGINNING TO POP IN FOR TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SO LET’S LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE STATEWIDE, OUR TO HOUR FUTURE TRACK MODEL. YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN AND SNOW TO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION AS EARLY AS FRIDAY MORNING. BUT IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER INTO THE AFTERNOON. JUST SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM FARMINGTON THROUGH GALLUP AND GRANTS IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN LATER ON TODAY WE START TO FILL IN SOME CLOUDS. ALL OF THIS MOVES A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO US. I-25. AND THEN WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE KIND OF A STATIONARY FRONT HANGING OUT. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS FOR SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW AND SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER. AND GALLUP AND GRANTS. YOU WILL BE GETTING IN ON THE ACTION AS WELL AS RESERVE BY THE TIME WE MOVE ON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. YOU WILL WAKE UP TO OVERCAST SKIES, SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS, AND EVEN SOME SNOW SHOWERS MIXING IN WITH. THE TEMPERATURES ARE LOW FOUR CORNERS REGION THOUGH AS WE MENTIONED, SHOWERS AND STORMS FOR TODAY. EVEN SOME SNOW PUTTING YOU IN IMPACT MODE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THE EVENING. WE’LL CARRY WITH THE RAIN INTO YOUR SATURDAY FORECAST AND WINDY CONDITIONS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH AND THE WEST. THIS IS WHERE WE’LL SEE A LOT OF WIND THROUGH SILVER CITY. RAIN OPPORTUNITIES EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING AND THROUGH PARTS OF THE AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AS WELL. THE WIND IS GOING TO STICK AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN ROSWELL. WE THINK THE MOST INTENSE WINDS WILL BE FOR TODAY. SO YOU ARE UNDER IMPACT FOR THOSE WINDS. WARMING TEMPERATURES THOUGH UP INTO THE 80S WILL DIMINISH WITH THE FRONT PASSING, AND WE’LL DEFINITELY SEE SOME COOLER TEMPS AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. NOT SO BAD FOR LAS VEGAS AND FOR RATON AND RED RIVER TODAY. FIRST HALF OF THE DAY STARTS OFF REALLY CHILLY NEAR THAT FREEZING MARK THIS MORNING, BUT WE’LL GET INTO THE 60S LATER ON TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR PART FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SANTA FE, YOU ARE MOVING FROM THE 50S DOWN TO THE 40S FOR TOMORROW, AND CAN’T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM INTO THE AFTERNOON FOR SATURDAY AND EVEN SOME EARLY MORNING SNOW SHOWERS. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR ALBUQUERQUE TODAY. SUNSHINE PREVAILS. FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. CLOUDS MOVE IN SECOND HALF AND A SLIGHT RAIN CHANCE LATER ON TODAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN COME ON SATURDAY, BUT BY SUNDAY WE CLEAR OU