814 AWUS85 KABQ 242336 RWSNM NMZ027>029-033-034-401>417-501>540-251130- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 PM MDT FRI MAY 24 2013 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WERE SCATTERED FROM THE BOOTHEEL OF CHAVES COUNTY NORTH TO RATON. A FEW OF THE STORMS WERE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL RANGING IN SIZE FROM ONE HALF INCH TO NEARLY ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IN THE CIMARRON AND ANGEL FIRE AREAS. HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE ALSO REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE RATON AIRPORT. WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...SOME CLOUD BUILDUPS WERE NOTED AND THESE MAY DEVELOP INTO ISOLATED STORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. THE FAR WEST WILL BE DRY AND THE CENTRAL VALLEYS MAY SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF MOIST AIR TRANSPORTED INTO REGION ON AN EASTERLY WIND...HOWEVER THIS PUSH...IF IT OCCURS...IS EXPECTED TO BE WEAKER THAN THURSDAY NIGHTS EVENT. HIGH TEMPERATURES REPORTED SO FAR TODAY INCLUDE 86 AT CAPITAN...81 AT LUNA...AND 87 AT GLENWOOD AND GRAN QUIVIRA. LITTLE HAS CHANGED WEATHER WISE FOR THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND FORECAST. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL SLOSH BACK AND FORTH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BEFORE BEING TEMPORARILY SHUNTED INTO TEXAS BY MEMORIAL DAY. THEREFORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL EXHIBIT A DAY TO DAY DECREASING TREND IN AREAL COVERAGE. WESTERN NEW MEXICO WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST BREEZES WILL BE TYPICAL FOR THE LATE SPRING SEASON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RUN NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE DURING THE WEEKEND. AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF THE STATE MAY HAVE AT LEAST SLIGHT CHANCES FOR SOME SPOTTY PRECIPITATION AS AN UPPER DISTURBANCE SWINGS THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND FOUR CORNERS REGION. AFTERNOONS COULD BE BREEZY TO WINDY ALTHOUGH BY NEXT THURSDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES LOOK TO FALL TO BELOW AVERAGE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WEST. $$