Monsoon storms expected with flood watches issued for parts of New Mexico mountains

IT’S 523. WE’RE ABOUT A HALF HOUR TILL OUR MORNING SUNRISE. JUST WATCHING THINGS BRIGHTEN UP HERE OVER THE METRO, WATCHING FOR SCATTERED MONSOON STORMS TO START THE WEEK. BUT BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK, WE DRY IT OUT IN MOST SPOTS AND REALLY TURN UP THE HEAT. WE’VE GOT AN EXTREME HEAT STRETCH THAT’S GOING TO EXTEND FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE. LATE IN THE WEEK, THE STORM CHANCES RETURN. WE CAN BACK OFF ON THE TEMPERATURES WHILE WE’RE WATCHING THE UPPER HIGH AND THE HEAT DOME APPROACH. IN THE SHORT TERM HERE, IT’S ACTUALLY RESULTING IN A LITTLE MOISTURE WRAPPING ALL THE WAY BACK AROUND AND INTO THE STATE. SO THE MOISTURE WILL BE IN PLACE TODAY FOR THE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AND THAT WILL PROTECT US FROM PROBABLY HITTING 100 IN THE HOTTEST SPOTS. BUT WE’VE GOT SOME 98 TO 99 THERE. SOCORRO TO SEE LAS CRUCES, 95, IN ALBUQUERQUE, SCATTERED STORMS THROUGH THE STATE’S MIDSECTION INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO LATE IN THE DAY. HERE IN NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, THE FOUR CORNERS AREA, YOU’RE PROBABLY THE DRIEST CORNER OF THE STATE. SOME OF THE LATER DAY STORMS IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO RATON, LAS VEGAS, SANTA ROSA, OUT THERE EAST TOWARDS THE TEXAS STATE LINE COULD BE SEVERE, WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. AND WE’VE GOT A FLOOD WATCH ISSUED FOR THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AND AREAS AROUND RUIDOSO, WHERE FLASH FLOODING YESTERDAY. TIMING ON TODAY’S FLOOD WATCH AS EARLY AS 11 A.M. UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING, AS STORMS TEND TO WIND DOWN OVERNIGHT, WE COULD CATCH SOME EASTERLY BREEZES HERE AROUND ALBUQUERQUE. LOWS 5060 TO ABOUT 70 IN THE WARMEST SPOTS. HERE’S OUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON, TURNING THE TEMPERATURES UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. TURNING DOWN THE STORM COVERAGE. STORMS FIRE FURTHER INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. IT LOOKS LIKE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING, THOSE TRIPLE DIGITS SHOWING UP THERE. SOCORRO TO YOUR SEA, DOWN TOWARDS THE CRUCES AND DEMING AREA. WE WILL ONCE AGAIN BE MONITORING THE EAST, CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON FOR A CHANCE AT SOME SEVERE WEATHER. THE HAIL, THE GUSTY WINDS. NOW, ON WEDNESDAY, I THINK WE’RE DOWN TO JUST A COUPLE OF MOUNTAIN STORMS AND THE TEMPERATURES INCREASE AGAIN. FARMINGTON AT 99, ALBUQUERQUE. GETTING THERE AS WELL. IT’S ANOTHER ROUND OF TRIPLE DIGITS. SOCORRO DOWN THROUGH THE LAS CRUCES AREA. WEDNESDAY IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL IMPACT WEATHER DAYS DUE TO EXTREME HEAT HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. SO CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS IN THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. IT’S LOW AND MID 90S. AGAIN, I THINK WE’RE OUTSIDE OF THE STORM CHANCES TODAY. WE ARE DRY BASICALLY ALL WEEK LONG AND THE HOTTEST DAYS WILL BE WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY LIKELY HEAT ADVISORY DAYS WITH HIGHS AT 99. AND BOY, WE BACK OFF ON THE TEMPERATURES ONLY SLIGHTLY INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. HERE’S SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO 92, SILVER CITY. WE’RE UP NEAR 100 OFF THE MOUNTAINS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY, ESPECIALLY FAVORING THE HIGH TERRAIN. IT’S THESE DAILY CHANCES AT SCATTERED STORMS, HIGH TEMPERATURES ON A DAILY BASIS. CLIMBING INTO THE MID 90S. AND THAT MEANS SEVERAL DAYS OF TRIPLE DIGITS OFF THE MOUNTAINS SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO IN ON THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING STORM CHANCE. WE’LL CALL IT REASONABLE HEAT AT 94. IN ROSWELL, 93 CARLSBAD. AND WE DON’T HAVE A BIG TIME HEAT FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. IT’S GOING TO BE MID 90S THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WE ARE GOOD FOR TRIPLE DIGITS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND LATE IN THE WEEK. THOSE STORM CHANCES DO RETURN. BUT 104105 IS WHAT IT TAKES FOR HEAT ADVISORIES TO BE ISSUED. I DON’T THINK WE’LL QUITE GET THERE HERE IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO NOW FOR THE NORTHEAST. WE’RE IN THE 80S TO ABOUT 90 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE TREND IS UP HERE AS WE DECREASE THE STORM CHANCES TODAY. IT’S IMPACT HIGH SCATTERED STORM CHANCES WHERE THE MOST ACTIVE CORNER IN THE STATE. AND REMEMBER WE DO HAVE THAT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TOMORROW. STORM CHANCE LOWER. BUT WE STILL HAVE THE SEVERE THREAT. I THINK WE’RE DONE WITH STORM CHANCES WEDNESDAY BUT ONLY BRIEFLY. THE STORM CHANCES RETURN LATE IN THE WEEK AND WE DO DROP THE TEMPERATURES BY THEN. NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO, EITHER UPPER 80S OR LOWER 90S IN THE ESPANOLA VALLEY, SO WARM TO HOT AND IT DOES GET HOTTER GOING FORWARD AS WE TRIM BACK THE STORM CHANCES QUITE AS DA WEDNESDAY. WE’VE GOT 94 ON THE THERMOMETER HERE IN SANTA FE. THURSDAY FRIDAY BEFORE WE’RE JUST BELOW 90 FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF STORMS FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. HOW ABOUT A 95 AT THE SUNPORT AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S FOR THE RIVER VALLEY COMMUNITIES. OUR LATER DAY STORM CHANCES AROUND ALBUQUERQUE IN THE 20% RANGE. WE’LL DRY IT OUT TOMORROW AT TWO TO THE HIGH. THAT’S A 97 DEGREE HIGH TEMPERATURE. BY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY, FRIDAY WE’RE RIGHT AROUND 100 FOR THIS SEVERAL DAY STRETCH. THAT’S GOING TO BE A LONG FEW DAYS THERE WITH THE IMPACT, HEAT AND STORM CHANCES DON’T COMPLETELY GO AWAY, BUT THEY’RE DOWN TO JUST SOME TEN PERCENTERS LATE IN THE WEEK. NOW THE UPCOMING WEEKEND, WE’LL KEEP IT BEL

Monsoon storms expected with flood watches issued for parts of New Mexico mountains

Storm chances shut down later this week, and then extreme heat kicks in for several days

Updated: 6:08 AM MDT Jul 7, 2025

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