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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT SUN SEP 7 2008

ONCE AGAIN THE DAY STARTED OUT WITH PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS ACROSS
EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.  VISIBILITY WAS REDUCED TO A
QUARTER MILE AT LAS VEGAS.  ELSEWHERE...SKIES WERE CLEAR DURING THE
MORNING.  HOWEVER...BY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED ACROSS MANY
PARTS OF THE STATE...BUT MAINLY FROM SOUTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL
SECTIONS.  SOME OF THE STORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE
ISSUANCE OF FLOOD ADVISORIES FOR PARTS OF LINCOLN... SIERRA AND
GRANT COUNTIES.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO ISSUED FOR PARTS OF
QUAY...CURRY...ROOSEVELT...MORA AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES.

TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE 80S IN MOST LOCALES TODAY...BUT ONLY
INTO THE 60S AND 70S OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.  THE HIGHEST READING
OBSERVED TODAY AT LAS CRUCES.  LOWS THIS MORNING RANGED FROM 29 AT
RED RIVER TO 64 AT CARLSBAD.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT.  STORMS WILL FIRE UP AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND BE
PARTICULARLY FOCUSED NEAR A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL SOUTHWEST ACROSS
THE STATE BY EVENING.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL LIKELY BE CONCENTRATED
IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE STATE.  STRONG EAST CANYON WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

DAILY ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE
WORK WEEK AS AN UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT FROM
THE NORTHWEST.

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