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March 11, 2026. Dusty Sunrise In Hobbs, NM. Our afternoon high temps this afternoon in southeastern New Mexico are forecast to be near 90. Wednesday through Friday will be a tad bit cooler with highs in the mid to upper 80's. Saturday and Sunday will see highs near 70.  A Mix of wet and dry, scattered thunderstorms is forecast to break out over central and western New Mexico today. Dry lightning strikes may ignite new fires, and erratic wind gusts may produce localized areas of blowing dust from these storms.  A few light scattered rain showers will be possible over the Gila Region and Sacramento mountains on Wednesday. Nothing to write home about though.  Strong southwesterly to westerly winds will gust up to around 50 mph along and east of the central mountain chain Wednesday through Friday. Localized areas of blowing dust may develop during the stronger gusts.  The dryline will set up camp along the New Mexico and Texas state line on Wednesday afternoon before mix...

February 22, 2026. Brantley Lake Sunset. I can't believe I'm writing this, but I recorded a high temp in my backyard on my Davis Vantage Pro2 Wireless Weather Station of 103F. There have been summers in southeastern New Mexico that didn't get this hot...and it's still March. I pray this isn't an early indicator of how hot it will be this summer. The Carlsbad Airport has registered 103 so far, the Roswell and Artesia Airports 100, and the Hobbs Airport 99.  Many areas of the state have shattered their all-time March monthly high temperatures by as much as ten degrees over the past week. I'll post a summary of these in a few days. After days on end with record high temps, both daily and in some cases all-time monthly (March), a backdoor cold front will plow south and west late tonight into Friday morning through the state.  Friday will be an ugly, windy, dusty day for much of the state east of the mountains. Temperatures will drop behind the frontal passage, and f...

March 11, 2026. Dusty Sunrise - Hobbs, NM. A massive dome of mid and high-level high pressure is forecast to set up over southern California and Arizona today through the weekend. Heights, or a measure of atmospheric pressure aloft, are forecast to be near record levels with this abnormally and unusually strong high-pressure dome. Sinking air beneath this dome of high pressure will be compressed and warmed. Lee side troughing along and east of New Mexico's central mountain chain will also cause compressional heating. Dry downslopping southwesterly winds will add to the mix. A historic heatwave is forecast to break out over the southern half of Arizona, southern Nevada, and the southern and southwestern areas of California, from Thursday into Sunday. Daily record high temperatures and some all-time March record high temperatures are forecast to be broken. Forecast highs range from near 100 to near 110.  New Mexico will not escape this insane heatwave, and many daily and even some Ma...

February 25, 2026. Old Y O Crossing Rd. 2 Miles South Of The Roswell Industrial Air Center Airport.  Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Clouds (ACSL) & Tumbleweeds. Not all springs in New Mexico come roaring like a lion at the start of March. So far this year, our meteorological spring has sprung more like a lamb. In fact, boring weather comes to mind more often than not of late, which isn't a bad thing given this is our driest and windiest time of the year. We've had a break so far this winter and an early start to our spring compared to the last several years. Our annual windbags and duststorms haven't been that bad and have been few and far between each event. Let's hope it stays that way.   A weak Pacific cold front will slide across the state Monday night into Tuesday morning. Basically, very little cooling with this front other than knocking our daytime highs back down closer to norms for this time of the year.  A cut-off upper-level low centered northwest of ...