A strong east wind develops Tuesday evening as a cold front moves through New Mexico, bringing cooler temperatures. A fall storm system brings mountain snow, rain, and cooler temperatures into the weekend.
Big changes are coming to our weather across New Mexico, and those changes are already starting to make their way into the state. A strong backdoor front is pushing through eastern New Mexico today, and will be spilling into the Rio Grande Valley this evening. The front will bring wind gusts up to 55 mph, including in Albuquerque, before dying down tomorrow morning. Scattered showers and a few thunderstorms have also developed across western and northern New Mexico, along with the central mountain chain and southern Colorado. Some of these showers will stick around overnight, mainly in western New Mexico, as the cold front pushes through.
The cold front will bring parts of New Mexico their first freeze of the season. A Freeze Warning is in effect for the Upper Rio Grande Valley, the Estancia Valley, and the I-25 corridor from Las Vegas to Raton. High temperatures Wednesday will be left as much as 10° to 15° cooler compared to today. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will return to parts of New Mexico Wednesday afternoon as well, with some of these showers continuing into Thursday morning. Moisture will get drawn up into New Mexico Thursday, bringing more scattered showers and storms across the state. Temperatures will stay cooler than normal for most of New Mexico with the increase in cloud cover and rain chances.