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Some storms may turn severe this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging wind gusts from a few cells west of the central mountain chain, and a greater risk of large hail and damaging wind from storms on the eastern plains.
There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms across far eastern NM on Thursday with a marginal risk encompassing the rest of the eastern plains. The main threats will be large hail and damaging wind gusts.
Mid-level moisture increases in western & central New Mexico, leading to increased showers & thunderstorms. Rainfall amounts will mostly range from a few hundredths of an inch to 0.25” with isolated higher amounts above 0.50”.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will return on Friday. Most areas will see less than one tenth inch of rainfall, but a lucky few could see amounts over one quarter inch.
There is an increasing risk of critical fire weather on Saturday with windy, dry, and hot conditions forecast.

 

 
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