000 AWUS85 KABQ 061139 RWSNM NMZ001>034-062330- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 AM MDT SAT SEP 6 2008 LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG FILLED IN BEHIND A SURFACE FRONT THAT STRETCHED FROM THE RATON AREA TO LAS VEGAS...CLINES CORNERS...AND EASTWARD TO NEAR CLOVIS AND PORTALES...AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS CLEAR DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY VARIED FROM 67 DEGREES AT CAPULIN AND 70 AT CLAYTON...WHICH WERE ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE FRONT...TO 92 DEGREES AT MELROSE...ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF NEW MEXICO...HIGHS WERE GENERALLY IN THE 80S. THE FRONT WHICH EXTENDED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO RETREAT NORTHWARD AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...WITH FOG AND LOW CLOUDS SLOWLY DIMINISHING THROUGH THE MORNING. PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE MAY FALL FROM THE LOW CLOUDS OR FOG THIS MORNING...WHILE IN THE AFTERNOON...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. ELSEWHERE...PLENTY OF SUNSHINE COUPLED WITH NEAR TO ABOVE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL BE THE RULE FOR THIS LATE SUMMER SATURDAY. HOWEVER...ENOUGH MOISTURE MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM OVER THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS. FOG AND LOW CLOUDS MAY RETURN TO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE CONTINUES TO BE MOSTLY CLOUD FREE. A SECONDARY FRONT WILL REVISIT THE NORTHEAST EARLY ON SUNDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY ACCOMPANYING THE BOUNDARY. AT THE SAME TIME...A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MOISTURE WILL CREEP UP INTO THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS PRODUCING A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ALONG WITH INCREASED SHOWER AND STORM COVERAGE ON MONDAY...A THIRD AND POTENTIALLY MORE POTENT FRONT WILL SPILL INTO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE STATE ON TUESDAY. $$