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Somewhat-persistent upper-level westerly winds with less moisture, along with a slight nudge in the jet stream to the north with a low pressure system departing Northeast New Mexico, will combine with the daytime heating, as well as with the lingering low-level moisture, to produce a few storms in the mountains to East New Mexico today, as well as very few parts of the Rio Grande Valley. Elsewhere, some clouds will pass on through with temperatures warming up well into the high 80s, 90s, and above 100 degrees for most central to southern areas, while the lingering muggy conditions will lead to northern areas reaching the 70s to the 80s.
Drier air aloft is ahead, but the pendulum swing pattern of muggy mornings with breezy easterly winds shifting to southwesterly drier winds in the afternoons forming storms to the east will develop ahead as the latest storm system eventually moves away. Temperatures will continue to rise ahead with much clearer skies through this weekend.
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