Remnant Moisture From Former Hurricane Lorena & A Strong Cold Front Inbound.
August 17, 2025. Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. Between Ruidoso And Cloudcroft, NM. Blog Updated At 2:05 PM MDT Thursday - New Graphics/Flood Watch Added. How Wet? Former Hurricane Lorena has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm this morning by the NHC. Her remnant moisture is already streaming northward and northeastward into the region. In southern and southeastern New Mexico, we are seeing this in the form of mid-high-level clouds. Lorena is forecast to continue weakening today into Saturday as she slowly approaches the central Baja Peninsula. A strong southward-moving cold front is forecast to enter northeastern New Mexico Friday morning and backdoor its way southward and westward into Saturday. This front should arrive in southeastern New Mexico late Friday night or early Saturday morning. A much cooler airmass will accompany the frontal passage. This will knock our daytime high temps across the area down 10-20 degrees below normal this weekend. Between the c...
