Placitas, New Mexico Weather Forecast Discussion

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FXUS65 KABQ 200752
AFDABQ
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
152 AM MDT Sat Sep 20 2025
...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AVIATION, FIRE WEATHER...
.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 136 AM MDT Sat Sep 20 2025
- After a drier and warmer weekend, moisture will trend back up
  Monday and may bring an uptick in showers and storms to parts
  of the area, especially western and central New Mexico.
- A backdoor cold front will cool-off eastern New Mexico Tuesday
  into Wednesday and may bring an uptick in showers and storms to
  more of the region. However, forecast confidence is very low
  beyond Tuesday at this time.
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.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Sunday)
Issued at 136 AM MDT Sat Sep 20 2025
Water vapor imagery shows drier zonal flow from AZ sliding east into
NM early this morning. PWATs will fall below 0.50" for much of the
area today as moisture is scoured from west to east. A significant
downtick in storm coverage is expected with only isolated storms
across northeast NM and the southern high terrain. High temps will
be several degrees warmer and near 5F above normal across parts of
eastern NM. Sunday will feature an even drier and more stable
airmass over NM while a 590dm H5 high slides east thru northern MX.
NBM precip chances are 

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