A storm system will be moving into New Mexico starting Friday. Widespread rain, with locally heavy rainfall and mountain snow will continue through the weekend.
Showers and light mountain snow has again been moving across New Mexico since early this morning. Temperatures have been a few degrees warmer today, but are hovering right around normal for this time of year. These showers will move into eastern New Mexico overnight, but will end by Friday morning.
A strong, fall storm system will begin moving into New Mexico by Friday afternoon. Gusty south, southwest winds will develop from southwest New Mexico up to Santa Fe, with gusts up to 45 mph. Strong to severe storms are likely in northeast New Mexico by the afternoon. Meanwhile, the strong cold front associated with the storm system will begin moving into western New Mexico and southwest Colorado by early Friday afternoon. It is along this front that the heaviest rain and mountain snow will fall. The front will move east into the Rio Grande Valley by late Friday evening, bringing briefly heavy rainfall and storms, along with briefly heavy mountain snow. It will continue to march eastward overnight into Saturday morning, bringing heavy rainfall in eastern parts of the state…