Severe thunderstorm threat continues today for parts of Eastern New Mexico

Added: 2026-05-22

[00:00:05]HOW ABOUT THIS VIEW WITH THAT?

[00:00:08]558 MORNING SUNRISE JUST OVER A HALF HOUR AWAY.

[00:00:12]BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN SILHOUETTE.

[00:00:12]THIS GUY’S GOT LIKE A IT’S LIKE BLUE AND PURPLE ALMOST RIGHT.

[00:00:14]IT’S AMAZING.

[00:00:16]YEAH.

[00:00:17]NO, THIS CRYSTAL CLEAR, THIS TRI GAS CAMERA SHOT.

[00:00:20]THAT THING IS, IT’S MONEY.

[00:00:22]ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE’RE STILL WATCHING EASTERN NEW MEXICO FOR SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

[00:00:25]REST OF US RIDING OUT THIS QUIET AND PLEASANT STRETCH THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE DAYS BEFORE.

[00:00:30]YES.

[00:00:30]MUCH HIGHER STORM CHANCES ARE GOING TO BE KICKING IN FOR ALL OF US.

[00:00:35]IT LOOKS LIKE EARLY NEXT WEEK WE HAVE THIS NORTHWESTERLY FLOW IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE PULLING IN DRY, BUT ALSO THESE JET STREAM WINDS THAT HAVE DIPPED FURTHER TO THE SOUTH ARE INDUCING THESE AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE OF THE ROCKIES.

[00:00:48]SO STORMS DEVELOP HERE IN EASTERN COLORADO, EASTERN NEW MEXICO, AND THEN RACE OFF TO THE EAST.

[00:00:53]AND SO WHILE THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE IN THE SOUTHEAST TODAY ALSO DRIES OUT AREAS AROUND RATON, LAS VEGAS, SANTA ROSA, TUCUMCARI, CLOVIS TOWARDS CLAYTON.

[00:01:01]THAT’S WHERE SCATTERED STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

[00:01:03]AND HERE’S THE SEVERE WEATHER RISK AREA BACKS RIGHT UP TO I-25 AND THEN POINTS TO THE EAST.

[00:01:08]NOTE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS HIGHER IN WEST TEXAS.

[00:01:11]IF YOU’RE TRAVELING IN THAT DIRECTION WITH STORMS.

[00:01:13]COULD BE REAL ROUGH THERE THIS EVENING.

[00:01:15]NOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, RAIN COMES TO AN END.

[00:01:17]LOWS FOR MOST OF US WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S.

[00:01:20]WE HOLD AROUND 60 DOWN SOUTH.

[00:01:21]JUST A LITTLE PATCHY CLOUD COVER AROUND.

[00:01:23]HERE’S OUR SATURDAY SET TO PLAY OUT IN A PRETTY SIMILAR FASHION TO TODAY.

[00:01:27]WESTERN, CENTRAL SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.

[00:01:28]DRY AND QUITE NICE, BUT THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE.

[00:01:32]WE’RE STILL POPPING A FEW STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON, AND WE STILL HAVE THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK AREA THAT WILL BE MONITORING CLAYTON, TUCUMCARI, CLOVIS, THE HAIL AND THE WIND GUSTS POTENTIAL IS THERE.

[00:01:41]FINALLY, BY SUNDAY, I THINK WE WILL BE ABLE TO SETTLE SKIES OUT EAST.

[00:01:44]JUST A LITTLE AFTERNOON CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TO POP UP.

[00:01:47]SUNDAY’S TEMPERATURES A LITTLE WARMER, BUT THAT’S PROBABLY THE QUIETEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND AROUND THE STATE BECAUSE BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE GOOD CHANCES AT STORMS RETURNING NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO FOUR CORNERS AREA, MIDDLE AND UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S TOMORROW, MIDDLE 80S SUNDAY.

[00:02:01]SO THE TEMPERATURE TREND IS UP A LITTLE BIT DAY BY DAY.

[00:02:03]IT’S GOING TO BE A GREAT RUN.

[00:02:05]THEN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING LOOKS LIKE WE ARE IN FOR A GOOD STORM CHANCES AND A LITTLE RAIN SPILLS OVER INTO TUESDAY.

[00:02:10]BUT MONDAY EVENING LOOKS TO BE THE TIME PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST RAINS.

[00:02:13]WE’RE GOING TO GO INTO IMPACT WEATHER MODE.

[00:02:16]THEN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.

[00:02:17]WELL, IT’S UPPER 70S SILVER CITY, MIDDLE AND UPPER 80S.

[00:02:20]OFF THE MOUNTAINS.

[00:02:21]WE GAIN A COUPLE DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY WHERE WE KEEP IT DRY.

[00:02:25]MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS, BUT HERE IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO, WE DON’T GET IN ON THE HIGH STORM CHANCES NECESSARILY.

[00:02:31]IT’S JUST A ONE DAY DEAL WITH ANOTHER DRY PUSH KICKING IN BY TUESDAY HERE IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, I THINK WE’RE LOOKING AT A LESS ACTIVE AFTERNOON.

[00:02:38]ANY STORMS PROBABLY STAY NORTH OF FORT SUMNER.

[00:02:41]WE’RE AT 90 IN ROSWELL, 94 IN CARLSBAD.

[00:02:43]ALAMOGORDO, MORE COMFORTABLE, 85.

[00:02:45]I KNOW WE’VE GOT PATCHY CLOUDS AROUND, BUT WE’RE PROBABLY THROUGH SUNDAY.

[00:02:48]STARTING MONDAY, I WOULD EXPECT A STORM CHANCE INCREASE IN HERE IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

[00:02:52]TUESDAY IS LOOKING LIKE THE MOST ACTIVE DAY WITH THE HIGHEST STORM CHANCE.

[00:02:55]SO THAT’S OUR IMPACT WEATHER DAY.

[00:02:57]NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S FOR MORIARTY AND SANTA ROSA MAY NOT QUITE HIT 70 TOWARDS RATON.

[00:03:04]NOW REMEMBER HERE I WOULD SAY RATON LAS VEGAS TOWARDS SANTA ROSA AND THEN POINTS OFF TO THE EAST.

[00:03:09]WE WILL BE WATCHING FOR STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SEVERE THREAT.

[00:03:11]COULD HAVE MORE SCATTERED STORMS TOMORROW.

[00:03:14]PROBABLY A DRIER AND QUIETER ONE SUNDAY, THEN INCREASING STORM CHANCES MONDAY, WITH THE MOST ACTIVE DAY NEXT WEEK COMING ON TUESDAY.

[00:03:21]THAT’S OUR IMPACT WEATHER DAY.

[00:03:22]HERE’S NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, GENERALLY IN THE 70S, COULD GET UP ABOVE 80 IN THE ESPANOLA VALLEY.

[00:03:27]LITTLE CHANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW.

[00:03:29]IT’S A GREAT RUN.

[00:03:30]THEN STARTING MONDAY AFTERNOON EVENING, RAIN CHANCES GET PRETTY HIGH.

[00:03:32]THEY STAY HIGH HERE IN THIS NORTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE ON TUESDAY.

[00:03:36]SO THE BACK TO BACK WEATHER IMPACT DAYS FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO.

[00:03:39]HOW ABOUT THESE LOW AND MIDDLE 80S FOR THE RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITIES, THIS IS ABOUT SPOT ON AVERAGE FOR THE TIME OF YEAR.

[00:03:45]THERE’S OUR AVERAGE HIGH OF 82.

[00:03:46]SUNDAY BUMPS UP THE NUMBERS JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT THE NEXT THREE LOOK GREAT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

[00:03:50]HIGHER STORM CHANCES IN THE 50% RANGE KICK IN.

[00:03:51]SO WE’LL GO INTO W