Flash Flood Watch in effect until 3 am MDT Monday...
Tonight
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
Monday
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Partly cloudy. Isolated showers and thunderstorms in the evening. Lows in the lower 70s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny in the morning...then partly cloudy with a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. West winds 10 to 15 mph.
... Flash Flood Watch remains in effect through late tonight...
The Flash Flood Watch continues for
* portions of south central New Mexico and southwest Texas... including the following areas... in south central New Mexico... Sierra County lakes region... southern desert... southern Sacramento Mountains and Tularosa basin/southern desert. In southwest Texas... El Paso and Hudspeth.
* Through late tonight
* moist unstable air continues to flow into southern New Mexico and western Texas while a cold front extends into the region. An upper level disturbance will move into the area this afternoon and tonight with scattered showers and thunderstorms developing. Slow storm movement will result in areas of very heavy rainfalls. Many of the storms will produce rainfall of around one inch in less than an hour... and a few of the storms may produce two to three inches of rainfall.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.