The Rains Are Ending & As The Heat Returns.
June 6, 2025. Developing Supercell. Looking North From Lovington, NM. Say Goodbye To The Rain & Hello To The Heat. Our recent stretch of wet and relatively cool weather was nice given the time of the year, but this is going away by the weekend. Overall, high temps across the state will average some 5 to 11 degrees above normal today into the first of next week. Highs across southern New Mexico and the southeastern plains will be in the 100 to 105 range Friday into next Tuesday. Hit and miss thunderstorms will break out over the eastern one-half of the state today and Friday. A few of these may become marginally severe and produce large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. From the central mountain chain westward, thunderstorm coverage will be more isolated and of the drier nature. As we march deeper into our meteorological summer, the overall weather pattern will shift towards a monsoonal one. If lucky, we w...
