New Mexico

Rain and thunderstorm chances increase across New Mexico Friday

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2 days ago

April 9, 2026

Rain and thunderstorm chances increase across New Mexico Friday

Grant’s Thursday Evening Forecast

Showers and storms will become more widespread across New Mexico Friday afternoon and continue into Saturday. Windy weather will then return Sunday and early next week.

Upper-level moisture is increasing across New Mexico Thursday, leading to a few isolated showers and thunderstorms. Unfortunately, the air near the ground is still very dry, so much of that rain is evaporating before it reaches the surface. That is also creating some locally gusty winds. Thursday has been even hotter statewide, with more of New Mexico climbing into the upper 70s and 80s.

The isolated showers showing up on radar will fade overnight, but cloud cover will continue to increase. Better low-level moisture will move into New Mexico tonight and Friday, helping produce more showers and thunderstorms by Friday afternoon. With that increase in moisture, more rain will make it to the ground Friday afternoon and evening. A couple of storms could become strong in far eastern New Mexico. Rain chances in the Albuquerque Metro will increase after 3 p.m. High temperatures will stay very warm to hot across the state.

Rain will continue overnight into early Saturday morning in parts of New Mexico. That broader area of rain will weaken through Saturday morning, with a few isolated showers and thunderstorms lingering into midday. Areas that miss out on overnight rain will have a better chance of seeing storms Saturday afternoon. A few storms could become strong to severe in eastern New Mexico, with gusty winds and small hail as the main threats. Temperatures will be cooler Saturday afternoon.

Drier air moves in Sunday, leaving just a couple of showers possible in northwest and northern New Mexico. Winds will start to increase Sunday afternoon, with the strongest winds expected Monday. Southwest wind gusts Monday afternoon could reach 45 to 55 mph. Rain chances will return to western, central, and northern New Mexico Monday into Tuesday as a strong Pacific cold front sweeps across the state. Cooler temperatures will follow Tuesday afternoon. Warmer, drier, and calmer weather returns later next week.

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Historic La Posada De Santa Fe hotel sells for $58 million

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4 hours ago

April 11, 2026

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Historic La Posada De Santa Fe hotel sells for million

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – The historic La Posada De Santa Fe hotel recently sold for $58 million. The 157-room hotel has been around since 1882 and has been operating as a hotel since the 1930s, making it a staple in Santa Fe. Ashford Hospitality purchased the hotel in 2018, and now Abo Empire owns it as of last month.

Cousins Ryan Price and Trey Yates, who run Abo Empire, say the sale came at the perfect time, as the family-owned oil and gas company had just offloaded a family ranch and decided to try a hand in hospitality. “We wanted to find ways of planting those dollars back into New Mexico, and that happened to be right around the time La Posada came on the market,” Price said.

The new owners of Abo Empire are New Mexican locals. They say they have strong ties to the hotel and plan on keeping the building’s tradition alive while making some improvements.

Price and Yates say their families would choose to stay at La Posada during family vacations growing up, and Price even met his wife in the hotel lobby. “It’s always held a strong place in our hearts,” Price said.

So when making improvements, they plan on preserving the hotel’s spirit. “We feel like over the last decade, the hotel’s been underinvested in,” Yates said. “We’ll be pouring back into it and improving the hotel. There’ll be some major renovations happening for the next three years. Our goal is to keep the hotel open during a large part of this process.”

Yates says they’ll be doing the renovations strategically and upgrading each casita piece by piece throughout the process. “We’re gonna look at keeping the same type of New Mexican charm as well as bringing some things up to date,” Yates said.

Crescent Hotels and Resorts, in partnership with William Cole Companies, will manage the hotel together.

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Strong to severe storms possible in New Mexico today

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16 hours ago

April 11, 2026

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Strong to severe storms possible in New Mexico today

Good morning!

We are trending on the milder side throughout New Mexico to start the weekend. Temperatures in the metro area have fallen into the 50s this morning, which is above normal – especially for Albuquerque. Typically for April 11th low temperatures trend in the low 40s in the Duke City. A few showers have stuck around overnight after a wet Friday. Clovis was the big winner in regard to rainfall from yesterday’s showers and thunderstorms. The city picked up more than an inch of rainfall! Today, temperatures around the Land of Enchantment are forecasted to reach the 60s and 70s as showers and storms come back for the Land of Enchantment.

Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and push east through the evening. Some of these storms have the potential to turn strong to severe across northern and eastern New Mexico. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has part of the northern mountains along with eastern New Mexico in a Level 1 Risk to see severe storms and a Level 2 Risk in the southeast corner of the state. If storms do turn strong to severe this afternoon large hail and damaging winds will be the primary concern along with downpours. Showers are expected to linger late tonight into early Sunday morning as drier air funnels in.

Rain and mountain snow are expected in northwest and northern New Mexico on Monday and Tuesday as moisture funnels back into the state. A few inches of snow are forecasted to accumulate in the highest terrain of the mountains. Our next weathermaker will also bring strong winds to the Land of Enchantment again early next week. Wind gusts will range from 35-45 mph and possibly reach 50 mph along the central mountain chain and in eastern New Mexico. High temperatures next week will be seasonable to mild, throughout the state, before highs become slightly below normal on Tuesday. Stay weather aware today and have a great weekend!

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