Tomorrow is forecast to be Much Cooler than today.
Forecast for Southern Desert
Updated: 3:52 PM MST on December 22, 2009
Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the evening...then scattered rain showers after midnight. Windy. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of showers 30 percent.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. Scattered rain showers and snow showers in the morning...then slight chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Windy...cooler. Highs 45 to 50. West winds 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 40 percent. No snow accumulation in The Lowlands. Light accumulations possible above 5000 feet...including San Augustin Pass.
Clear. Lows in the mid 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
Christmas Day
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
Friday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Saturday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
Saturday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 20s.
Sunday
Partly cloudy. Highs around 50.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
Monday
Partly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs around 50.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of rain showers in the evening...then slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Lows in the upper 20s. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of rain showers and snow showers in the morning...then partly cloudy in the afternoon. Highs 45 to 50.
... A winter storm will move into southern New Mexico tonight and Wednesday...
An upper low will drop down to Arizona this evening and into south central New Mexico by Wednesday morning. Rain showers will develop north and west of Deming by this evening... with the showers spreading east of the Rio Grande through Wednesday morning. The rain showers will turn to snow across the Gila region late tonight and Wednesday morning as the snow level falls to around 5500 feet. Snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches are forecast over the Gila Mountains where a Winter Storm Warning has been issued. The Sacramento Mountains could also see snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches by Wednesday afternoon and a Snow Advisory has been issued for that area.
Wednesday morning the rain could become mixed with snow across the lower elevations... no accumulation is expected. However... the Southern Mountain passes such as trans mountain and San Augustin could still see a couple of inches of snow. In addition to the precipitation... west winds will be increasing across the region to 20 to 30 mph with gusts to around 40 mph. These strong winds combined with snow in the higher elevations could cause some hazardous travel conditions during the day Wednesday.
The precipitation should end all areas by early Wednesday afternoon... except over the Sacramento Mountains and Hudspeth County... where a few showers could linger into the evening hours. Stay tuned to NOAA Weather Radio or local media outlets for updates.