Higher flows will continue in rivers, creeks, arroyos, and low water crossings across the northern mountains through the weekend, especially along the east slopes of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. Recent heavy snow will continue to melt with any additional rainfall on existing snowpack today and tomrrow intensifying the melt and runoff.
Less shower and thunderstorm activity is forecast for today with slightly warmer temperatures. Shower and storm coverage will mostly be confined to the northern and far western mountains.
Winds increase early this week peaking areawide on Tuesday. Strong gusts will scatter and topple loose items like lawn furniture and garbage cans. The stronger winds combined with low relative humidity values will result in a greater risk for rapid fire spread across western and south central NM. The map on the left shows the forecast wind speeds, and the map on the right shows a less likely (1 in 10 chance) scenario that could happen.
Breezy-to-windy conditions and very low humidities are expected in some locations area-wide Monday through Thursday of next week. The potential for critical fire weather conditions will begin to ramp up over western areas Monday, then spread to include areas farther east on Tuesday as strong winds develop areawide. The risk of rapid fire spread will be mitigated where the vegetation has greened- up and soils are still saturated from rain and/or snow over the past week.
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