Grant’s Tuesday Night Forecast

Higher moisture moves into New Mexico Wednesday. This will bring more showers and thunderstorms through Thursday, along with heavier rain and a higher risk of burn scar flash flooding.

Isolated and scattered storms developed again across New Mexico Tuesday afternoon. Major burn scar areas stayed mostly dry today, with the exception of the Cerro Pelado in the Jemez early this afternoon. A few spotty storms are continuing tonight in southern New Mexico. It’s also a very hot day, with many areas climbing into the 90s and 100s. Albuquerque hit 100° for the fourth time this year.

Another big surge of moisture will move into New Mexico Wednesday. This will work as fuel for more showers and storms to develop Wednesday afternoon. With even more moisture in the atmosphere to work with, storms will be capable of even heavier rainfall. Because of this, burn scar flash flooding is likely over the Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon and Ruidoso wildfire burn scar areas by the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall will be possible across the rest of the state as well.

A few showers will stick around Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Even more moisture moves into the state Thursday morning, along with an upper level wave that will pass across the state, will cause even more showers and storms Thursday afternoon. The threat for the heaviest rain will be in the northern half of the state.

We get a brief break from the rain across almost all of New Mexico on Friday. Another surge of moisture will move in this weekend, bringing more scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms across the state into early next week.

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(CNN) — As the search for more victims continues, residents of Ruidoso, New Mexico, were allowed to enter the village Monday for the first time since a pair of wildfires converged on the community, causing massive destruction.

“The search and rescue teams are in there. They’re with canines, and they’re still going property to property to property,” Mayor Lynn Crawford told radio station KRUI-AM Monday.

Two people were confirmed dead and 29 identified as missing as of Monday, Crawford said. A large section of the village where searches continue has been designated a “no entry” or “exclusion” zone, he added.

The South Fork and Salt Fires, which began last week, have destroyed more than 25,000 acres, with the South Fork Fire 37% contained and the Salt Fire 7% contained, according to the Southwest Area Incident Management Team. More than 1,000 firefighting personnel are battling the wildfires, and FBI special agents are helping figure out what started them.

The fires keep burning as the nation grapples this week with more extreme heat – the deadliest form of weather globally and one that makes wildfires more likely and destructive.

In Ruidoso, two wildfire deaths have been confirmed: One victim was identified as Patrick Pearson, 60, who was staying at the Swiss Chalet Inn that was destroyed in the fire; state police have not confirmed the other’s identity.

“The look on the children’s faces when you know they don’t understand,” Crawford told CNN affiliate KOAT, “when you see the people, the looks on their faces – it’s very difficult.”

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