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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT SUN MAR 21 2010

A COLD...FROSTY MORNING ACROSS NEW MEXICO GAVE WAY TO MILDER 
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES UNDER BRIGHT SUNSHINE. HIGHS WERE IN THE
40S TO MID 50S IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND MID 50S TO MID 60S ACROSS 
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. LOWS THIS MORNING RANGED FROM 3 ABOVE ZERO 
AT CHAMA TO 30 AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT. 

IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TONIGHT...BUT NOT AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT WITH 
LOWS 5 TO 10 DEGREES HIGHER.  EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE 
MONDAY...ALONG WITH PATCHY HIGH CLOUDS AND A FEW BREEZES. READINGS 
WILL AVERAGE IN THE UPPER 40S AND 50S ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS 
TO THE 60S ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN VALLEYS...AND THE 70S ACROSS 
THE SOUTH AND EAST.

THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE STATE TUESDAY...BRINGING 
INCREASING CLOUDS AND THE CHANCE FOR VALLEY RAIN AND HIGH TERRAIN 
SNOW SHOWERS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN 
PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH MUCH COLDER AIR BEHIND IT ONCE AGAIN. RAIN 
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE 
POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE 
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTH.

THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST INTO TEXAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR 
A RETURN TO MILDER TEMPERATURES...SUNSHINE...DRY CONDITIONS AND A 
FEW BREEZES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. YET ANOTHER STORM COULD IMPACT THE
STATE NEXT WEEKEND. 

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