Freezing temperatures are likely for parts of western, northern, and central New Mexico Saturday morning. Quiet weather moves in for Easter weekend.
A couple of cold fronts have been moving south into New Mexico Friday, dropping high temperatures a couple degrees to over 10° today along and north of I-40. Temperatures are warmer today in southern New Mexico. It’s yet another breezy day too, with wind gusts over 30 mph bringing a critical fire danger in eastern New Mexico. A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8 pm for areas along I-40 from the East Mountains to the Texas state line.
Winds will calm down tonight as colder temperatures settle in. Temperatures will drop below freezing across western, northern, and central New Mexico. Even parts of the Albuquerque Metro will drop below freezing briefly Saturday morning. Freeze Warnings are in effect for these areas, even though they are a couple of weeks to six weeks away from the average last freeze. March’s historic heat has caused many things to bloom, so the areas expecting to see freezing temperatures have been put under the warning…