Increasing wind across New Mexico (2025)

WELL, LET’S GET A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE NOW FROM OUR PRESS CAM. WINDY AND WARM TODAY WITH MUCH STRONGER WINDS MOVING IN ON THURSDAY. AND JOE, I THINK THAT IS A DIFFERENT CAMERA. WE’RE LOOKING AT SANTA FE. YEAH THAT’S RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, HERE’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN SEE THAT ACROSS THE STATE WE HAVE RIO RANCHO FARMINGTON. ALBUQUERQUE. THERE WE GO. HOW YOU LIKE THAT? YEAH. SO IT’S SUNSHINE WITH A FEW CLOUDS MIXED IN AND VERY, VERY WARM TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND 80S. 81 DEGREES WHERE WE’RE SITUATED RIGHT NOW WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS. IT’S GOING TO BE BREEZY THIS EVENING. WE STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO GET UP TO AROUND 84 DEGREES, SO BREEZES WILL BE LOWERING. AND AS WE GET TO ABOUT 5:00 IN THE MORNING, WE’LL BE BACK IN THE 50S. AND THEN WE’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BLOWING DUST AS THE NEXT SYSTEM STARTS TO DROP IN FROM THE NORTH. SO WINDS WILL STEADILY BE ON THE INCREASE. LET’S GO AHEAD AND WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THAT. THIS IS 7:00 IN THE MORNING. YOU CAN SEE WINDS ARE GUSTING OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR OVER IN TUCUMCARI. AS THAT FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES US WITH THE STRONG WINDS, WHAT WE’LL SEE IS THESE 40 50 MILE PER HOUR WINDS. AND IN THE DARKER SHADES OF BROWN HERE, WE COULD BE GUSTING OVER 60 MILES AN HOUR. WHERE WILL THE STRONGEST WINDS BE? WELL, LET’S SHOW YOU. THAT’S GOING TO BE WHERE THE HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM T OR C RUIDOSO ON TO MORIARTY, SANTA ROSA, LAS VEGAS AND RATON. AND THEN IN THESE AREAS OF BLUE, THAT’S WHERE THE GUSTS OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR. BUT OF COURSE WITH IT WE HAVEN’T HAD A GOOD RAIN LIKE 150 DAYS HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. SO IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH TO BLOW THAT DUST AROUND. AND THEN TRAVEL IS GOING TO BE A CONCERN ALONG I-10 ALL THE WAY INTO AREAS AROUND THE TULAROSA BASIN. SO THAT WILL BE IN PLAY FOR TOMORROW WITH THE BLOWING DUST ADVISORY. AND OF COURSE, IT’S GOING TO BE THAT CRITICAL FIRE THREAT THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WELL, THERE YOU SEE THE FRONT TO THE NORTH AND THE COOLER AIR BEHIND IT. AS WE WORK THROUGH TOMORROW, THE MOISTURE WITH THE RAIN AND SNOW WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF US. SO THE BIG STORY WILL BE THE WIND. NOW, SOME OF THIS MOISTURE BY FRIDAY WILL CLIP NORTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF NEW MEXICO. BUT THE BRUNT OF THAT WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF US. AND WE’LL GET INTO AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE COULD GET SOME HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW ACROSS THE AREA. WE’LL BE COMFORTABLE IN THE MORNING, BUT BLOWING DUST IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THIS COULD BE FOLLOWED BY MOR