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543 AWUS85 KABQ 181129 RWSNM NMZ027>029-033-034-401>417-501>540-182330- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 529 AM MDT SAT MAY 18 2013 DESPITE EXTREMELY DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER NEW MEXICO...THICK CLOUDS AND LIGHT BREEZES FORCED OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE NORMAL. MANY AREAS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO WERE STILL IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S BEFORE SUNRISE...WHICH IS 10 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL AND MORE TYPICAL OF MID TO LATE JUNE. HUMIDITY VALUES ONLY RECOVERED INTO THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO... WHICH WILL LEAD INTO 10 TO 12 HOURS OF SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY. MEANWHILE...A WEAK STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHERN AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COOLER THAN ON FRIDAY...WITH EVEN SOME AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL PRODUCE GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND BLOWING DUST FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL ANOTHER COUPLE DEGREES INTO SUNDAY WITH MORE GUSTY SHOWERS ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. MEANWHILE THE SOUTH AND EAST WILL BE HOT WITH MORE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS. MONDAY WILL BE MORE OF THE SAME WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE NORTH AND WEST AND WARM CONDITIONS FOR THE SOUTH AND EAST. ANOTHER ROUND OF WIND WILL MAKE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS A POSSIBILITY AGAIN FOR THE EAST. A WEAK BACK DOOR FRONT WILL SLIDE DOWN THE PLAINS TUESDAY...BRINGING SOME RELIEF TO THE HOT TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. SUMMER HEAT WILL TAKE SHAPE BY MID TO LATE WEEK WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES SO FAR THIS SEASON. A DRYLINE MAY SET UP OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS INCREASING THE CHANCE FOR SOME MUCH NEEDED THUNDERSTORMS. $$