Issued: 7:50 AM MST Wednesday November 23, 2022
Event Overview
A storm system and cold front will move into northern New Mexico tonight then slide southward into southeast New Mexico Thanksgiving Day, where it will linger Friday and possibly Friday night, before exiting into Texas. There is considerable uncertainty how this system will evolve and there is potential for the storm to track a little farther west as it travels through New Mexico. Colder temperatures Thanksgiving Day and Friday, along with strong north winds tonight and Thursday, as more certain for the east. Greatest snowfall may focus over east central and southeast New Mexico Thursday night through Friday but confidence is low on exact amounts.
Key Impacts
Strong north winds gusting to 40-50 mph over
northeast New Mexico tonight-Thanksgiving Day
Colder temperatures overall Thanksgiving Day
will be about 10-20 degrees below normal and
over southeast New Mexico Friday where highs
will be 15-25 degrees colder than normal
Low confidence snow accumulation forecast.
Snow showers along the central mountain chain
and northeast Thanksgiving Day become focused
over east central and southeast New Mexico
thereafter
Colder and windy later tonight and Thanksgiving Day.
Snow and blowing snow impacting east central and
southeast NM Thursday evening through Friday
evening.
