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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
534 AM MDT SAT OCT 27 2012

CLEAR TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKY COMBINED WITH LIGHT WIND AND A COOL AND
DRY AIRMASS ALLOWED FOR MERCURY TO PLUNGE TO NEAR AND BELOW THE
FREEZING MARK AT MANY LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE EARLY THIS
MORNING. A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY...MUCH OF THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...
LINCOLN COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS AND
DESERTS THROUGH 9 AM. LOW TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS MORNING VARIED
FROM 42 AT LORDSBURG AND 41 AT LAS CRUCES TO 17 AT TRUCHAS AND 14 AT
MORIARTY.

THIS MORNING WILL START OUT QUITE COLD STATEWIDE BUT TEMPERATURES
WILL MODERATE QUICKLY WITH THE AFTERNOON RUNNING ABOUT 5 DEGREES
WARMER IN THE WEST AND UP TO 15 DEGREES WARMER ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS COMPARED TO FRIDAYS HIGH TEMPERATURES.

A VERY WEAK BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO NORTHEAST
NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT NORTH WINDS DEVELOPING
BY LATE TONIGHT AND SLIGHT COOLING IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS
ON SUNDAY...WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE ENJOYS A WARMING TREND.

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD TOWARD NEW MEXICO
FROM THE WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH CONTINUED DRY WEATHER AND MILD
TEMPERATURES...AS HIGHS RETURN TO ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS FOR
LATE OCTOBER. A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS STILL INDICATED FOR NEW
MEXICO DURING THE LATER PORTION OF THE WORK WEEK...BUT WHETHER
OR NOT THE STATE EXPERIENCES ANY SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION SEEMS
UNLIKELY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

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