A Cold Front & T-Storms For The Weekend.
September 4, 2022. Between Ruidoso & Cloudcroft. Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. European (ECMWF) 500 MB/18,000' MSL Forecast. Valid At Noon MDT Today. Welcome To Fall. At least the beginning of the meteorological fall anyway. Just like that our summer monsoon got shut down a week ago. Our old summer nemesis the Four Cornes Mid-Level Death Ridge returned to the region and cut off our monsoonal flow from the south. Thus the airmass over New Mexico has dried out and warmed up. Looking at the Euro models 500 millibar or roughly the 19,000' Mean Sea Level (MSL) forecast for noon today we find it centered over the Four Corners Region. Lurking below and to the southwest of the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula is Hurricane Kay. New Mexico Low Temps This Morning. With a drier airmass in place of the state, clear skies, light winds, and radiational cooling at night our overnight low temps are coming down. The Angel Fire Airport dipped down to freezing this morning. The Eagle...
