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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

THE LAST OF SUNDAY EVENINGS ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS 
EXITED INTO TEXAS BY 2 AM. OTHERWISE...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO ROAM CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO 
THROUGH THE PREDAWN HOURS. 

AS OF 5 AM...EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE LOWER 40S AT 
ANGEL FIRE TO THE 60S AT THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE EAST AND 
SOUTH.  HIGHS ON SUNDAY RANGED FROM 75 DEGREES AT RUIDOSO AND 80 AT 
CHAMA TO 94 AT FARMINGTON AND RED ROCK AND 95 AT ANIMAS. 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO 
TODAY AND TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT REMAINS CENTERED OVER 
ARIZONA.  AS STORMS ROLL OFF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THIS 
AFTERNOON AND ONTO THE HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS...A FEW OF THEM 
COULD BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN 
ADDITION...STORMS OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO WILL HAVE THE 
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED 
AREAS OF FLOODING.

DRIER AIR IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE LAND OF 
ENCHANTMENT ON TUESDAY. WHILE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE LIMITED 
TO THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN HALVES OF THE STATE...ISOLATED STRONG 
STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. 

ON WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD BE CONFINED TO MAINLY THE 
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE 
THE CENTURY MARK IN THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST...WHILE 80S WILL 
BE COMMON AT MANY OF THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES.    

THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT MAY TEMPORARILY SLIP EASTWARD  
THURSDAY TO ALLOW MOISTURE FROM OLD MEXICO TO SEEP INTO THE WESTERN 
HALF OF THE STATE...ALLOWING FOR AN UPTICK IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. 
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE SHORT LIVED...AS THE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE IS 
FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN AND EVENTUALLY REESTABLISH ITSELF DIRECTLY 
OVER NEW MEXICO BY THE COMING WEEKEND. 

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