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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MST MON NOV 9 2009

PATCHES OF CLOUD COVER CROSSED THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST
PLAINS OVERNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG DEVELOPED
ON PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO THE 20S AND
30S IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST...AND TO THE 30S AND 40S AT LOWER
ELEVATIONS FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST. HIGH TEMPERATURE REPORTS ON SUNDAY
RANGED FROM 59 DEGREES AT CLOUDCROFT TO 78 DEGREES AT CARLSBAD.

HIGH TEMPERATURES ON THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL DROP 5 TO 20 DEGREES
BELOW YESTERDAYS READINGS...AS A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT REACHES THE
EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TODAY. PATCHY MORNING
FOG WILL PERSIST UNTIL MID MORNING ON THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...THEN
A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ON THE
FAR EASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
MORNING...PATCHY FOG IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD TO MUCH OF THE AREA EAST
OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. DRY WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED
STATEWIDE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AS A WARMING TREND COMMENCES ON
THE PLAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS WILL
REMAIN 8 TO 12 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL...WHILE TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST
REACH 9 TO 14 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE END
OF THE WORK WEEK WILL BRING COOLING TEMPERATURES AS A COLD FRONT
CROSSES THE STATE...AND A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS AND MOUNTAIN SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH.

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