Heat and gusty breezes into start of the weekend

Added: 2026-05-15

[00:00:00]US, WRITING, THESE CLOSURES ARE PART OF ITS PROJECT FRESH PLAN.

[00:00:05]WELL, THE DUST SETTLING AROUND ALBUQUERQUE, BUT BYRON IS MORE GOING TO BE MOVING IN.

[00:00:09]YOU KNOW, I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LULL FOR A WHILE, AND THEN WE’LL HAVE TO WATCH LATER THIS EVENING, MAYBE AROUND 8 OR 9:00 FOR THE CHANCE OF SOME MORE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST.

[00:00:18]BUT LET’S HOPE IT’S NOT AS INTENSE AS IT WAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

[00:00:21]LIVE.

[00:00:21]LOOK AT SANTA FE.

[00:00:23]THEY’VE HAD SOME AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SOME GUSTY SHOWERS AND STORMS AROUND.

[00:00:27]REPORTS OF SOME HAIL IN THE AREA EARLIER.

[00:00:30]IT’S 81 DEGREES IN SANTA FE RIGHT NOW, BUT NOTICE THE HUMIDITY JUST 13%.

[00:00:34]THAT’S THE PROBLEM, IS THAT WE HAVE VERY DRY AIR.

[00:00:36]SO DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE PLENTIFUL MOISTURE IN THE MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE, THAT MOISTURE, IT FORMS THE RAIN AND THEN THAT RAIN EVAPORATES ON THE WAY DOWN TO THE GROUND.

[00:00:45]SO GUSTY DRY STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST FOR TOMORROW.

[00:00:48]THAT HEAT IS GOING TO STICK AROUND WITH SOME BREEZES.

[00:00:50]WE GET INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND, BUT I DO THINK LESS HEAT AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY AND NEXT WEEK.

[00:00:55]AND YOU SEE THE WAVES OF SOME GUSTY WINDS ROLLING THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE ONE AROUND 245 THIS AFTERNOON, ANOTHER ONE AROUND 410 THIS AFTERNOON SWEPT THROUGH.

[00:01:02]BUT THINGS ARE QUIETING DOWN FOR THE TIME BEING.

[00:01:05]BUT LOOK BACK TO THE WEST AROUND LAGUNA GRANTS.

[00:01:07]WE’VE GOT SOME MORE GUSTY SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT ARE KIND OF FALLING APART.

[00:01:11]AND THESE OUTFLOWS THAT CAN CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING, AS I MENTIONED AROUND SANTA FE, WE HAD SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

[00:01:19]FORMED IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO, NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, NOT AS ACTIVE, BUT WE’VE SEEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS AROUND LAS VEGAS AND ALSO INTO GLADSTONE AND RATON AREAS RIGHT NOW, SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, FAIRLY QUIET WITH JUST HOT TEMPERATURES OUT THERE, BONE DRY AIR ACROSS THE STATE.

[00:01:32]THAT’S ONE OF THE ISSUES, AS I MENTIONED, FOR CREATING THOSE GUSTY WINDS.

[00:01:36]ALSO, YOU SEE THOSE WINDS GUSTING TO 30 PLUS MILES PER HOUR, SANTA FE INTO LAS VEGAS.

[00:01:40]AND THE AIR QUALITY IS COMPROMISED AS A RESULT OF THAT BLOWING DUST.

[00:01:44]WE’VE SEEN SOME MODERATE TO POOR AIR QUALITY.

[00:01:46]SO GUSTY SHOWERS, STORMS CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH AND WEST NEW MEXICO, AND THE HOT TEMPERATURES ARE OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THAT SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO RIGHT NOW.

[00:01:55]YEAH, IT’S BEEN NEAR 100 IN CARLSBAD 97.

[00:01:58]WE’RE DOWN TO 84 IN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A HIGH OF 90 EARLIER TODAY.

[00:02:02]AND THIS HEAT DOME IS GOING TO KIND OF BACK OFF OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, ALLOWING FOR WESTERLY, WARM OR HOT WESTERLY FLOW INTO THE START OF THE WEEKEND.

[00:02:11]BUT A TROUGH DIGS INTO THE ROCKIES, AND THAT WILL BRING SOME LESS.

[00:02:14]HOT TEMPERATURES ARE SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR AS WE GET INTO IT LOOKS LIKE THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK.

[00:02:19]HEADING OUT TO THE TOPES GAME THIS EVENING.

[00:02:21]THAT FIRST PITCH AT 635, IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM ONE.

[00:02:24]TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S AND A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE.

[00:02:27]NOTICE THAT CHANCE OF STILL SOME SPOTTY GUSTY SHOWERS AROUND INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS BEFORE THINGS QUIET DOWN OVERNIGHT.

[00:02:33]AND THEN TOMORROW WE’LL WATCH EASTERN NEW MEXICO, EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FOR THAT CHANCE OF SOME GUSTY SHOWERS AND STORMS.

[00:02:39]SOME OF THOSE COULD TRY TO TURN SEVERE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

[00:02:43]WE DO HAVE FIRE WEATHER WATCHES FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO.

[00:02:46]NOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM THAT HOT START TO THE WEEKEND.

[00:02:49]BUT LOOK AT THE COOL DOWN AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY.

[00:02:52]FOR THE NORTH AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE BACK INTO THE 70S, FARMINGTON, THE FOUR CORNERS, DURANGO, CHILE.

[00:02:57]GALLUP GRANTS.

[00:02:57]YOU GOT A WARM THROUGH SATURDAY FORECAST.

[00:02:59]AND THEN NOTICE THAT DIP INTO THE 70S FOR HIGHS BY SUNDAY.

[00:03:03]SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO.

[00:03:04]YEAH, YOU’RE GOING TO STAY PRETTY TOASTY TO 80S AND 90S THROUGH SATURDAY.

[00:03:08]AND THOSE TEMPERATURES DROP OFF AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY MONDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST FOR THOSE 82 TOMORROW.

[00:03:14]WATCH OUT FOR ISOLATED STORM AROUND ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD AND THEN DRYING OUT FOR FRIDAY.

[00:03:19]SATURDAY.

[00:03:19]LESS HEAT ON SUNDAY, SAME DEAL.

[00:03:21]NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, RATON, LAS VEGAS.

[00:03:23]MORIARTY, SANTA ROSA.

[00:03:24]SLIGHT CHANCE OF A STORM AROUND.

[00:03:25]AND WE GET THAT LESS HEAT.

[00:03:27]A LITTLE BREAK FROM THE HEAT AS WE GO INTO SUNDAY.

[00:03:30]NORTHERN MOUNTAINS LOOKS LIKE DRY DAY TOMORROW 81 IN TAOS AND 79 LOS ALAMOS, 81 IN SANTA FE.

[00:03:35]AND THEN YOU’LL SEE THOSE HIGHS IN SANTA FE BACK TO THE 70S BY SUNDAY WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO BERNALILLO, RIO, RANCHO, LAS AND UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 THROUGH SATURDAY.

[00:03:44]AND THEN WE TRIM BACK THOSE TEMPERATURES JUST A LITTLE BIT.

[00:03:47]SOME GUSTY WINDS ON SUNDAY WITH A HIGH IN THE MIDDLE 80S AND THEN LOW 80S FOR HIGHS FOR NEXT WEEK.

[00:03:50]ALL THESE HIGHS THOUGH, ARE ABOVE T