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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW MEXICO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT SUN JUL 20 2008

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMED ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING BEFORE MOVING WEST AND SOUTHWEST ONTO THE
ADJACENT LOWLANDS.  SEVERAL OF THESE STORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAINFALL...AND PROMPTED ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORIES...
AND EVEN FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE AND
ALSO NEAR GRANTS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS INCLUDED 1.28 INCHES IN CLINES
CORNERS...0.79 INCHES JUST EAST OF GRANTS AND ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF
ALBUQUERQUE...0.49 INCHES AT SEVILLETA...AND 0.41 INCHES AT THE
BEAVERHEAD RAWS SITE. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS ALSO DROPPED PEA
SIZE HAIL. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAD DIMINISHED BY MIDNIGHT...HOWEVER
AN ISOLATED STORM FORMED OVER THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND MOVED WEST
OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY THIS MORNING.

YESTERDAY HIGH TEMPERATURES GENERALLY RANGED FROM THE 70S ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...TO THE 80S ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS.  THE
EXCEPTION WAS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU...WHERE TEMPERATURES
SOARED INTO THE MID 90S.  FARMINGTON WAS THE HOT SPOT YESTERDAY...
REACHING 96 DEGREES.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND
WESTERN MOUNTAINS AGAIN TODAY.  STORMS WILL ONCE AGAIN MOVE WEST OR
SOUTHWEST ONTO THE ADJACENT LOWLANDS.  SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A
SIMILAR STORY IS ON TAP FOR THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK...WITH DAILY
ROUNDS OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED.

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