Windy weather brings back a wildfire danger to parts of New Mexico Tuesday
Windy weather will be returning to New Mexico this week. Wind gusts up to 55 mph will bring a high fire danger and blowing dusts to parts of the state.
Warmer weather moved into New Mexico to start this week with high temperatures above average for the middle of May. It's also a much drier week across New Mexico. Winds picked up in western parts of the state with gusts up over 40 mph near the Arizona state line. Winds are settling down tonight with above average low temperatures into Tuesday morning.
Windy weather will develop Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon across the entire state. West, southwest winds will gust anywhere from 30 to 55 mph throughout the afternoon. This will bring a high fire danger across southern, southwestern, western, and central New Mexico both days. The highest fire danger will be for areas that didn't see the wetting precipitation that many saw last week. That's helping with the fire danger in eastern and northern New Mexico. Blowing dust will also be possible in dust prone areas, but especially in southern and southwest New Mexico. A cold front will move across the state Tuesday, bringing cooler temperatures through Thursday afternoon.
Winds settle down each afternoon into the end of this week, with the calmest day on Friday. Temperatures will start a warming trend Friday afternoon. That warming trend will continue through Sunday, but the winds will be picking up again through the weekend with Sunday the windiest afternoon.
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