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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
523 PM MST SUN MAR 3 2013

NUMEROUS HIGH CLOUDS STREAMED OVER NEW MEXICO TODAY AS A WEAK
DISTURBANCE APPROACHED THE STATE. MORNING LOWS WERE MILD FOR EARLY
MARCH...AVERAGING 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DAYTIME HIGHS RANGED
FROM THE UPPER 40S OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO THE LOWER 80S
ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN PERSISTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE
AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WIND GUST WAS 60 MPH AT CLINES CORNERS.

A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE STATE MONDAY AND BRING
RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH WITH BREEZY TO WINDY
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS
IN EFFECT FOR FAR SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO
BREEZY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES.  A
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON...CREATING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR LIGHT SNOWFALL IN THE
EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR
THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS...AND NEAR NORMAL FOR THE REST
OF THE STATE.

EXPECT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE EAST AND NEAR NORMAL CENTRAL
AND WEST ON TUESDAY. BREEZY WINDS WILL RETURN ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS WEDNESDAY AND ACROSS THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS THURSDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL TRANSITION ABOVE NORMAL BY THURSDAY BEFORE THE
NEXT WINTER STORM SYSTEM POTENTIALLY IMPACTS THE STATE FRIDAY THROUGH
THE WEEKEND.

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