Areas of Excessive Rainfall; Watching for Tropical Cyclone Development in the Atlantic

Heavy to excessive rainfall Wednesday may bring areas of flash and urban flooding over portions of the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. In Arizona and New Mexico, heavy to excessive rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding Thursday into Saturday. Two tropical waves in the Atlantic are being monitored for tropical cyclone formation within the next few days. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 11:14:24 pm MDT

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Showers and thunderstorms will be focused across south central, northeast and east central NM during the evening hours before shifting to southeast NM along a backdoor front during the overnight and early morning hours. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for the Ruidoso area burn scars through 2 AM MDT Wednesday.

Temperatures will feel like fall for many on Wednesday with readings up to 12 degrees below normal over eastern NM. Widespread low clouds in the morning may be slow to erode over parts of the area. Precipitation chances will remain confined to the southern high terrain

Moisture will increase across southwest NM Thursday gradually spreading into more of western and parts of central NM Friday and especially this weekend. This will result in a higher coverage of showers and storms with locally heavy rainfall across these parts of the state resulting in a slight risk for flash flooding. Recent burn scars will have a higher risk for flash flooding.

A backdoor front will push through the gaps of the central mountain chain tonight into tomorrow morning producing a gusty east canyon wind for the ABQ Metro. Wind gusts of up to 35 mph across the eastern ABQ Metro could blow around loose items and result in some difficult crosswinds on north to south oriented roadways like Tramway Boulevard.