Monsoon rains will cause flood risks
Updated: 5:50 pm MDT June 26, 2024
HEALTH AUTHORITIES WILL FOLLOW THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALLS IN PARTS OF NEW Mexico. HERE IS CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOE DIAZ. I HAVE MANY THINGS TO UPDATE YOU. I COULD NOT TELL YOU ABOUT THE HEAT AT THE TOP OF THE NEWS. 99 DEGREES IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW WITH THE SOUTHWEST WIND. 12 MILES PER HOUR. WE BRIEFLY REACHED 100 DEGREES AGAIN. THAT’S EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE. THE RECORD IS 107, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN ALBUQUERQUE. THAT WAS IN 1994. SO FIVE DAYS THIS MONTH HAVE REACHED THAT 100 DEGREE MARK. THE AVERAGE IS ONE. LAST YEAR ZERO. SO Wow, WHAT A TIME FOR US. AND YES, THERE IS HOT NOW. THERE IS STILL ROOM FOR SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO COME IN AS WE KeynoteUSAPROACH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WE REALIZE THERE IS A LOT OF ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, SO THERE COULD BE A FEW POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN AND THE KeynoteUSA OF ROSWELL WILL BE SHELTERING AS THE STORMS KeynoteUSAPROACH FOR THE NEXT HALF AN HOUR OR SO. IT’S GOING TO BE LIVE LIGHTNING ALONG WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR, NOT A HALF DOLLAR. AND MAYBE WINDS UP TO 4050 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH COULD ALSO CAUSE SOME DAMAGE. SO START TO PROTECT YOURSELF. NOW, THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS BALANCING. EVENTUALLY IT WILL MOVE AWAY FROM OUR AREA, BUT THE FLOW OF MOISTURE IS COMING. SO MUCH THAT TOMORROW ALBUQUERQUE WILL BE NOTIFIED OF FLASH FLOODS. IN ADDITION TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGE IN THE NORTHWESTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU WITH THIS RICH ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY, THE AREA IN GREEN, THE AREA IN YELLOW, THAT’S WHERE BOLIVAR COULD REALLY START. EVEN MORE. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE AREAS OF BURNT SCARS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH. IT IS A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION, IF YOU WANT TO AVOID THE RAIN, GO OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING. TOMORROW WILL BE WARM IN THE LOWER 90S WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SO TOMORROW IT WON’T BE SO HOT. THIS IS A LOOK AT 7:00 TONIGHT. WE’LL SEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RUMINATING AROUND THE AREA. PRETTY QUIET IN THE MORNING AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. NOTE THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WORKING OVER THE AREA UNDER THE FLASH FLOOD. NOW WATCH FOR PROJECTED RAIN WHICH COULD AFFECT THE AREA. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY OF THESE COULD BE VERY HEAVY SHOWERS. WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF FEATURE BURNING BY TOMORROW, BUT ADD MORE TO IT, FOLKS. I MEAN, KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS A FLAWLESS GOOD RAIN OVER A WIDE AREA OF NEW MEXICO. FRIDAY. WE HOPE THAT DRYING AND WARMING TREND WILL WORK BRIEFLY, AND THEN WE’LL GET BACK TO SATURDAY AND THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE AGAIN. PARTS OF SOUTHWEST, NORTHEASTERN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. FORECAST OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AT SOME TIMES IN THE FOUR CORNERS REGION BEFORE DRYING OUT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH MORE MOISTURE ACCUMULATING IN THE LATER PART OF THE WEEKEND. SOUTHWEST TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 90S WITH TRIPLE-DIGIT HEAT AROUND DEMING AND LAS CRUCES. 99. IN LORDSBURG, WE WILL SEE LESS ACTION ON FRIDAY BEFORE IT INCREASES AGAIN ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FLOODING FROM THE BURNED FEATURES OF SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO IS A MAJOR CONCERN THROUGHOUT THE RUIDOSO AND ROSWELL AREA. IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE A FAIRLY DRY DAY WITH SOME SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. FRIDAY, 104. AND THEN WE’LL HAVE SOME SHOOTING STORMS AND LOWER TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY. NORTHERN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST OF THE STATE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS TO NORTHEAST PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. THIS WILL BE ALL OVER THE LAS VEGAS AREA. DRYER BEFORE HUMIDITY BEGINS TO INCREASE AGAIN ON SUNDAY, THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL SEE INCREASING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THAT’S THE MAIN TIME FOR THAT. YOU WILL HAVE A DRYER BREAK AS WE SHOW YOU FOR FRIDAY, BUT ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THAT MONSOON FLOW WILL RETURN TO THE REGION IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WOULD BE THE BEST TIME FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO COME TO OUR AREA . WE ARE UNDER A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN ALL PARTS OF THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE STATE. FRIDAY WILL BE DRYER 94 DEGREES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY, WHICH WILL INCREASE AT NIGHT. PLENTY OF THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WILL INCREASE FOR SUNDAY AS WELL. AND THEN THE EBB AND FLOW OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MONSOON SEASON CONTINUES AS WE ENTER INTO NEXT WEEK. 100 DEGREES TODAY, 99 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. DON’T YOU LOVE IT?
Monsoon rains will cause flood risks
Updated: 5:50 pm MDT June 26, 2024
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