Drier and warmer weather returns to New Mexico Wednesday

Grant’s Tuesday Evening Forecast

The recent wet weather will be winding down across parts of New Mexico, but spotty afternoon storm chances will continue in the eastern part of the state into the end of this week.

Isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed across New Mexico Tuesday afternoon, bringing another round of rainfall to parts of the state. Storms brought another round of heavier rainfall to the Albuquerque Metro this afternoon. Storms will continue pushing east through this evening before ending late tonight.

Drier air moves into western New Mexico Wednesday, kicking off a warming trend statewide. Higher moisture will linger along and east of the central mountain chain, where isolated to scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms will still be possible. The best chances for storms will stretch from the Sangre de Cristo Mountains into northeast New Mexico. A similar pattern sets up again Thursday as temperatures continue climbing statewide.

Southwest flow will pull additional moisture back into New Mexico Friday. For now, the best chances for rain still look to stay across northern New Mexico and along and east of the central mountain chain. The added moisture will also bring more cloud cover statewide.

This weekend is trending hotter and drier statewide. Storm chances will begin increasing again early next week as a dry line develops in eastern New Mexico.