NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Muggier conditions have remained this morning with patchy fog mostly out east with some lingering showers with occasional rumbles of thunder in the higher elevations to Southeast New Mexico with gusty east gap winds for some areas. Way-above-freezing temperatures are even confined to most of the higher peaks of the Northern Mountains with valley floor locations mostly starting off in the upper 40s or in the 50s, while elsewhere is mostly starting off in the upper 50s to the low 70s.
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Persistent upper-level south-southwesterly winds with a low pressure moving near the region from the west with a high pressure moving east, will combine to squeeze out more moisture in the form of rounds of Monsoonal thunderstorms across western parts of the region through the higher elevations especially into Southern New Mexico. Burn-scar flash flooding is still possible to likely around Ruidoso with localized flooding most likely along the Central Mountains to Southeast New Mexico, while more storms will fire off in the Four Corners. Some thick cloud cover will allow temperatures to remain below normal today with most reaching the 70s and 80s with almost all southern areas not reaching 90 degrees, while some highly-elevated areas or northern areas won’t get out of the 60s.
Moist air will continue ahead as the pendulum swing pattern of muggy mornings with breezy easterly winds shifting to southwesterly drier winds in the afternoons forming storms to the east will continue. The resurgence of Monsoon moisture from the southeast will continue to bring more storms in the short term with muggy air continuing up until a heatup ensues this 4th of July Weekend with drier air…