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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.

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