RE: ANY LUCK IN NM 2B/Weather report
Weather is changing:
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH COUNTRY SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TO BEGIN THE AUTUMN SEASON...
ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO THE STATE TODAY WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE STRONG WEST WINDS IS ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN MANY AREAS...HOWEVER A FEW LOCATIONS WILL SEE WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
IN ADDITION...HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOWS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS WEATHER SYSTEM NEAR THE COLORADO BORDER. SNOW LEVELS WILL GENERALLY BE ABOVE 8500 FEET THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...BUT COULD FALL TO AS LOW AS 7500 FEET BY SATURDAY MORNING AS SNOW SPREADS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND POSSIBLY INTO THE CHUSKAS AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS.
HIKERS AND CAMPERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS BEFORE VENTURING OUT INTO THE BACK COUNTRY.
AUTUMN OFFICIALLY BEGINS THIS EVENING AT 1003 PM...AND COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ARE LIKELY IN PARTS OF THE MIDDLE AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS WELL AS THE ESTANCIA VALLEY. A FEW LOW LYING AREAS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEYS COULD EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES AT OR NEAR FREEZING ONE OR BOTH NIGHTS.