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DEGREES THIS MORNING. NO SNOW TO POINT OUT JUST YET. AND IN ALBUQUERQUE, WE ARE ALSO SNOW FREE AS WE LOOK DOWN IN THE METRO FROM THE CREST DOES LOOK JUST A BIT HAZY. I THINK THOSE EAST WINDS OVERNIGHT KICKED UP A LITTLE BIT OF DUST, AND THAT’S WHY THE LIGHTS LOOK A LITTLE WASHED OUT. THIS STORM SYSTEM MOVING IN, IT’S THE LAST CHANCE AT SNOW FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WHILE IT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A COUPLE DAY COOLDOWN INTO THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK, MUCH WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED. IN FACT, MAYBE SOME RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURES TO KICK OFF THE FIRST PART OF FEBRUARY. WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES. THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS. THIS IS WHERE WE WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW AND HAVE SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS HERE. SOME SNOW ON THE GROUND. THIS STORM SYSTEM, THE UPPER LOW NOW IS PARKED DIRECTLY ON TOP OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, AND THAT’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’RE PROBABLY GOOD FOR, YOU KNOW, A 1 TO 2 INCH SNOWFALL INTO ALBUQUERQUE’S EAST MOUNTAINS AS WELL. THURSDAY MORNING, THE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE WEST AND NORTH DISSIPATE THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, HOLDING ON TO SOME SNOW SHOWERS INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MAY BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN TODAY, BUT ONLY BY A COUPLE A FEW DEGREES. AND LOOK AT THE STRONG WIND GUSTS THAT WE EXPECT, A LOT OF US GUSTING WELL INTO THE 30S AND 4050 EVEN STRONGER MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS EXPECTED IN EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. WE’RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT A HIGH WIND WATCH BEING ISSUED FOR EDDY COUNTY DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY FOR PEAK WIND GUSTS, MAYBE IN THE 55 TO 75 MILE PER HOUR RANGE BY FRIDAY. WELL, AFTER A COLD MORNING, THE AFTERNOON WE START TO TURN IT AROUND AND SEE WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN, PAIRED WITH SUN FILLED SKIES. AND FRIDAY YOU CAN SEE HERE WE DO NOT EXPECT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND ISSUES FOR THE STATE. SO THAT’S SOME GOOD NEWS THERE. HERE’S A PEEK AT YOUR FORECAST FOR NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. I WOULD EXPECT SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS YOU KNOW, UP TO AN INCH OFF THE MOUNTAINS AND SEVERAL INCHES ON THE MOUNTAINS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE SAN JUANS. THOSE ARE HIGHS IN THE 30S. WHILE TOMORROW DOES LOOK A LITTLE BIT WARMER IN THE 40S, IT’S GOING TO BE A WIND CHILL DAY. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES INCREASE DAY BY DAY. AND YEAH, THOSE ARE 60 DEGREE HIGHS IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. HERE’S SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO, KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF WHERE WE EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. BUT A FEW AROUND 41. THAT’S IT IN SILVER CITY WILL BE CLOSER TO 50 FOR THAT I-10 CORRIDOR TOMORROW WITH THOSE STRONG WIND GUSTS. AND THEN FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, JUST WATCHING THOSE TEMPERATURES SOAR. WE’RE IN THE 70S EARLY NEXT WEEK. HERE’S SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO, PROBABLY ON THE DRY SIDE OF THIS STORM SYSTEM. BREEZY TODAY. STRONG WINDS HIT TOMORROW. IT’S 50 TODAY AND TOMORROW 60 FRIDAY SATURDAY. AND 70 AND EVEN 80 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. WHAT A WARM UP, RIGHT. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO GETTING IN ON A LATE DAY. CHANCE AT SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW AROUND OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUING TOMORROW. I THINK OFF THE MOUNTAINS WE PICK UP AN INCH TO POSSIBLY TWO. WE COULD BE IN FOR UP TO A TEN INCH SNOWFALL ON THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS 40 TODAY. TOMORROW, 57 FRIDAY. LOOK AT THOSE 60 TO NEAR 70 DEGREE HIGHS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. IT’S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE, BUT I THINK BY LATE MORNING OR MIDDAY, SNOW REALLY STARTS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY. AND WE’RE GOING TO PICK UP QUITE A BIT OF SNOW FOR PLACES UP AROUND CHAMA AND THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE TAOS 40 TODAY, 39 TOMORROW IN SANTA FE. THEN WE’RE IN THE 50S, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND WE COULD BE TALKING ABOUT 60 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURES IN SANTA FE BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. HERE’S THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO, AND WE’RE DOWN AT 45 FOR A HIGH AT THE SUNPORT, SOME UPPER 40S FOR THE RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITIES. IT’S SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS, MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON, PERHAPS A WINTRY MIX IN SOME OF THE WARMER SPOTS TOMORROW. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WIND CHILLS, EVEN THOUGH THE THERMOMETER WILL READ 47, IT WILL PROBABLY FEEL LIKE 30 DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE’S A 50 FOR FRIDAY, JUST SHY OF 60. SATURDAY INTO THE 60S. EARLY NEXT WEEK. IF WE