Isolated Storms And Warmer Temperatures Around New Mexico Porter Martone [IxBcbLBoBoB]

Few leftover showers with a few possible lightning strikes are pivoting slowly to the west in some of the western mountainous areas to nearby areas with some passing high-level clouds and some low-level clouds elsewhere. Leftover breezy outflow winds are bringing in fcb low-level moisture from cody rhodes nintendo cease desist the southwest in south-central areas, while south-southeasterly winds are present in eastern areas. Temperatures are once again starting off seasonably mild to cool. Very patchy haze from fire smoke has mostly migrated or dispersed to far-northern to western parts of our viewing area, but visibility is mostly good, despite the humid start for many.

Similar temperatures are present than yesterday morning with mostly around-average to slightly above-average temperatures. Northern areas are mostly starting off in the upper 40s to 60s. Elsewhere to the south, air temperatures are mostly ranging from the high 50s to the low 70s in pdt southern areas.

High temperatures will mostly be close to or slightly above average. Many areas from eastern New Mexico to the Pecos River Valley area will range from the 80s to the 90s from north-northwest to south-southeast from high to low elevation. The northern higher elevations will mostly range from the upper 60s to low 70s, while the northern valley floors to western and central areas will mostly range from the upper 80s to the 90s. Sinking, compressing air with the drifting Monsoon high pressure system aloft to the northeast, as well as some sunshine, will still lead to daytime heating fueling thunderstorms.

Isolated to locally scattered thunderstorms will form across the mountains to nearby areas through most of south and western areas, localized parts of the Rio Grande Valley, and few parts of northern to eastern areas. Storms may be capable of producing torrential downpours, some hail, very erratic wind gusts, and frequent lightning strikes.

Surrounding the Monsoon high pressure ridge in the west-central part of the country, trapped upper-level moisture is being dispersed out across the region from the east, as well as some lower-level moisture from the Gulf to the southeast. Consequently, fewer thunderstorms will continue to form this week with hotter air eventually returning.