Highs In The 70's Today - Only Near 40 Sunday.

Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Clouds.

Looking Back To The Northwest At Lenticular Clouds Streaming Northeast Off Of The Guadalupe Mountains. The Guadalupe's Are Visible On The Far Left Horizon.

Arctic Cold Front Drops Temperatures.

Reported 24-Hour High Temperatures Yesterday.

(As Of 9 AM MST This Saturday Morning).

Another warm day yesterday (some 20-degrees above normal) with afternoon highs in the upper 70's to the low 80's noted. I recorded a high at our home in NW Carlsbad of 81ºF.

Normal high/low temperatures for February 9th are listed below.

Roswell 60ºF/29ºF

Artesia 61ºF/25ºF

Carlsbad 61ºF/31ºF

Hobbs 61ºF/31ºF

Ruidoso 50ºF/19ºF

Cloudcroft 44ºF/20ºF

Reported 24-Hour Low Temperatures.

(AS Of 9 AM MST This Saturday Morning).

Temperatures & Wind Chill Values At 9 AM MST This Saturday Morning.

Frontal Position As Of 5 AM MST This Saturday Morning.

Forecast Position Of The Front At 5 PM MST This Afternoon.

NWS NDFD Forecast High Temperatures Today.

NWS NDFD Forecast High Temperature Anomalies Today.

NWS NDFD Forecast Low Temperatures Tonight.

NWS NDFD Forecast Low Temperature Anomalies Tonight.

NWS NDFD Forecast High Temperatures Sunday.

NWS NDFD Forecast High Temperature Anomalies Sunday.

Arctic air eased southward overnight into the local area of Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas. The frontal boundary will ease back to the north and east this afternoon and stall. Thus most locations west of the Pecos River should warm up into the low 70's this afternoon.

Tonight a stronger surge southward and westward of the arctic air mass is forecast to occur. By sunrise Sunday morning many of us will see temperatures dropping down into the 20's and teens. Forecast high temperatures Sunday afternoon are only expected to be near 40ºF which will be some 15 to 20-degrees below normal for the date. A slow warm up will commence by Monday with highs in the 50's forecast.

NWS NDFD Storm Total Snowfall Forecast.

(Valid Today - Monday At 5 PM MST.