Flood watch leads to increase in active storms this weekend
Updated: July 19, 2024 at 6:11 pm PST
increase again. Chief Meteorologist Joe Diaz will show us the locations. that's right. Let us continue to update you on the latest developments. As you can see, there are showers and thunderstorms in the northern part of the metropolitan area. Look at some of the storms around Los Alamos and south of Glorieta, where we had some heavy downpours yesterday. Now looking south. We show you the trajectory of the future. If these cells clump together, then they may fall into our area. Now you're going to see up to half an inch of rain in some areas and more of those burn scar areas near Las Vegas and around Crane's Point. Approximately 8/10 of an inch of rainfall and future trajectory. You can see that if these factors come together, the overnight temperatures will be around 715 degrees a few hours from now and there could be some thunderstorms in the area. Now, if we see these colliding outflows, it could happen sooner or later than that, but that's what the forecast is going to look like in the coming days. Therefore, localized heavy rain mainly occurs in the evening hours. That's how it's set up. This will take place on Saturday and Sunday evenings. We call this impact time. This may disrupt your plans. Then comes the monsoon pattern. We'll get more active as the weekend continues into the first half of next week. We now have high pressure to the west. It needs some moisture and wraps it from north to south in a counter-monsoon pattern. It looks like this will be in play throughout most of the monsoon season. That's what we're looking at. We do have a Flash Flood Warning in place for much of New Mexico, including Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Burn scars will be a big problem. Atmospheric humidity. You can see brighter shadows, which is a better part for local heavy rains. Flooding is possible in some areas if the same spot is repeatedly passed over, with little change by Sunday. That's the whole model of tomorrow that we're thinking about right now. We'll start dry and quiet on Saturday. The hot weather will bring a few showers and thunderstorms throughout the day, but we're looking for the best opportunities in the late afternoon. Let us show you. Here's the 7:00 AM weather forecast across the state. The front and eastern parts of the state brought more moist air, creating thunderstorms in higher areas. This will be around midday and then drift toward some lower elevations. So early. Heavy downpours are possible in the Albuquerque area tomorrow, resulting in flash flooding and repeat washouts on Sunday. At 7:00 AM we hit midday with more of the same storms around the higher terrain before descending south. Early evening looks like a good opportunity for us in the Albuquerque area. How much rain is it likely to rain now? This area you see is mostly yellow. There could be some heavy rain, which could cause big problems in some burn scar areas and other parts of New Mexico. As we continue toward the northwest and southwest of the state, numbers decrease. I don't know why it's going so fast. Let me see if I can get back there. I think this is part of an ever present computer bug. OK Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered, especially between Gallup and Grant. As we look at the weather forecast for the next few days, we will see the drying and warming trends continue, with southwestern thunderstorms producing heavy showers. This will continue for a few days and start to pick up again by the middle of next week. The threat of fires, rainfall and flash flooding is very high in the Ruidoso area over the next few days, and as the weekend approaches we will see increased thunderstorms and cooler temperatures in the Roswell area. Northeastern New Mexico. We will see daytime highs warming into the 80s. We will see showers, thunderstorms and heavy rain continue through the weekend, with temperatures gradually cooling as well. There will be showers and thunderstorms in the northern mountains. Of course, especially at night, thunderstorms will be with us through the weekend and taper off as we get further into next week. and metropolitan areas. This is a guy with a slow computer. I'm working on it, but it's just not moving at a very fast pace. But tomorrow temperatures will reach 90 degrees across the metro area. Now, when we look at the weather forecast for the next seven days, we're primarily looking for heavy rain chances Saturday through Sunday, and into Monday and Tuesday, as we get closer, we'll see temperatures drop and the showers and thunderstorms start to taper off. The middle of next week. But yes, when you go out this weekend, you're going to notice the storms turning from the north to the south, especially in the evening hours. You can stop clicking now, Joe. This is crazy. I mean, like I hit 1001 on Friday.
Flood watch leads to increase in active storms this weekend
Updated: July 19, 2024 at 6:11 pm PST
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