Record Heat & Weekend Cool Down | Weather Forecast

FINANCE. YES. ALL RIGHT. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER. BEAUTIFUL DAY OUT THERE. IN FACT RECORD WARMTH FOR NEW MEXICO TODAY 67 TYING THE RECORD IN ALBUQUERQUE. YOU SEE THAT RECORD HIGH OF 67 WAS SET IN 1987. THAT’S 19 DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL HIGH OF 48 DEGREES. NOT NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. LIVE. LOOK, RIGHT NOW, DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE, WE’RE LOOKING AT LOTS CLEAR SKIES, MORE RECORD CHALLENGING DECEMBER WARMTH AHEAD A LITTLE COOL DOWN BY SUNDAY, BUT IT’S MARGINAL AND MANY AREAS STILL ABOVE AVERAGE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, NO RAIN OR SNOW CHANCES THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. DOT DOT DOT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL GO BEYOND THAT. TEMPERATURES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. 52 IN SANTA FE, LOOKING AT 63 IN ALBUQUERQUE AFTER THAT RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE EAST STILL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR, 60S AND 70S FROM SANTA ROSA TO ROSWELL AND ALSO FOR CARLSBAD, 69, IN RESERVE, LOOKING AT 55 IN GALLUP RIGHT NOW, WIND SPEEDS STRONGEST ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. BUT EVEN THEY’RE NOT TOO BAD. 10 TO 15, MAYBE UP TO 20MPH. RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. THE DOMINATING FEATURE KEEPING MUCH OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE US WARM. WE’VE GOT THAT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE, RIVER OF MOISTURE THAT IS SLAMMING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, BRINGING THEM LOTS OF RAIN AND FLOODING CONDITIONS THERE. THIS LITTLE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO WRAP AROUND THIS RIDGE. THAT WILL BRING A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE AS WE GET DEEP INTO THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. BUT NO RAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, FROM THAT SYSTEM COOLING DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY FOR TONIGHT. SO GRAB A JACKET. IF YOU’RE STEPPING OUT, TAKE THE DOG FOR A WALK, OR GO FOR A WALK YOURSELF. NOTICE THOSE TEMPERATURES COMING DOWN AS THAT SUN GOES DOWN THIS EVENING, AND TOMORROW MORNING WILL BE A CHILLY MORNING. THIS FRONT IN THE EAST WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BIT LESS MILD FOR TOMORROW. STILL WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. BUT WE WERE IN THE 80S IN TUCUMCARI FOR TODAY. TOMORROW ONLY IN THE 60S. AND YOU SEE STILL 70 FOR ROSWELL AND CARLSBAD. ALBUQUERQUE MID 60S AGAIN, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. AND WE’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COME DOWN TOMORROW EVENING. ANOTHER REALLY NICE DAY FOR YOUR SATURDAY. LIKELY THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND IS SATURDAY WITH THAT BRIGHT SKY AND ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES SUNDAY. AS THAT SYSTEM BEGINS TO WORK IN, WE’LL SEE THE CLOUDS THICKEN ACROSS STATE. SO PARTLY CLOUDY, PARTLY SUNNY SKIES, KIND OF THAT FILTERED SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES A LITTLE LESS MILD OUT THERE. AND THE RAINFALL FORECAST ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEK. DRY FOR ALL PARTS OF NEW MEXICO RIGHT ON THROUGH FRIDAY OF NEXT WEEK. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE NO MAJOR STORM SYSTEMS ON THE WAY, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THIS PATTERN IS GOING TO HOLD LIKELY UNTIL MAYBE UP AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. WE’LL SEE A CHANGE THAT COULD BRING SOME RAIN AND SNOW TO THE STATE, BUT THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS FOR SILVER CITY, A LITTLE COOL DOWN THERE ON SUNDAY. OUTSIDE OF THAT, YOU’RE PRETTY MILD THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SAME DEAL THOUGH, SO ALAMOGORDO, ROSWELL, CARLSBAD AND HOBBS ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES. YOU HAVE A COOL DOWN FOR SUNDAY, AND THEN YOU BOUNCE BACK UP MONDAY INTO TUESDAY IN THE NORTHEAST RATON, LAS VEGAS AND ALSO INTO EDGEWOOD, MORIARTY AND SANTA ROSA. YEAH, BRIGHT SKIES AND MILD AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES. LITTLE DIP THERE ON SUNDAY, AND THEN WE CLIMB BACK UP INTO THE 60S FOR MONDAY. TUESDAY. SAME DEAL. NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF NEW MEXICO. BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND TO BE OUTSIDE. HIT UP THE SKI AREAS. LOOKING PRETTY GOOD WITH THAT BLUEBIRD SKY. WE’RE LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES IN SANTA FE IN THE UPPER 50S AND THEN A LITTLE DIP THERE FOR SUNDAY, BUT BACK TO THE MID TO UPPER 50S NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE IN THE METRO. BERNALILLO, RIO RANCHO, LOS LUNAS. AND WE’RE LOOKING AT THOSE TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE, IN FACT CHALLENGING RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. YOU SEE, TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 60S FOR ALBUQUERQUE. AND YEAH, NORMAL HIGHS 48. BY THE WAY, OUR NORMAL HIGH DROPS TO 47 ON SUNDAY. WE’LL SEE THOSE TEMPERATURES DIP TO 58 DEGREES. ALL OF THESE TEMPERATURES WAY ABOVE AVERAGE. SO GET OUT AND ENJOY IT. I KNOW WE’RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE AT SOME POINT, DOUG AN