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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 1209 AM MST Sun Feb 1 2026

- Areas of freezing fog and low visibility through mid Sunday morning across the southeast plains.

- Near to above normal temperatures will prevail across the region through the next 7 days, except for slightly cooler temperatures on Wednesday.

- Flurries may develop across northeast and east central New Mexico Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, otherwise, dry conditions will continue.

SHORT TERM

(Today through Monday) Issued at 1209 AM MST Sun Feb 1 2026

Low clouds, mist and patchy areas freezing fog behind Saturday's morning backdoor front never ended up burning off across the lower Pecos River Valley from Santa Rosa to Roswell, and the caprock across Curry and Roosevelt County. Based on the observations and cameras in Santa Rosa, Roswell, and Clovis decided to issue a freezing fog advisory for the southeast plains zones through 8 AM MST Sunday. Low clouds and areas of freezing fog should finally burn off mid to late Sunday morning thanks to stronger west-southwest flow. The gradual warmup continues for western and central NM on Sunday as the upper high over Arizona moves east with a more significant warmup across the eastern plains due to a much lower coverage morning low clouds and downslope southwest winds across the eastern plains. Winds will get a touch breezy across northeast NM due to a weak surface lee trough along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Above average temperatures for a majority with lower elevations topping out in mid 50s to low 60s, and some mid 60s across east central NM. The lower Pecos River Valley near Roswell will be cooler with highs in the low 50s due the aforementioned low clouds/mist this morning. The warmup peaks areawide on Monday as the upper high/ridge flattens and shifts east to over the Great Plains due to a weak trough moving across the area. Highs will generally 8 to 15 degrees above average with high clouds associated with the disturbance moving overhead. Breezy west winds with peak gusts of 30 to 40 mph across east central NM on the southern flank of a surface lee low over northeast NM. Breezy north winds across far northeast NM on the northern flank of the surface lee low. The weak upper level trough and surface lee low exits east into Texas Monday night allowing a weak backdoor front to push through eastern NM.

LONG TERM

(Monday night through Saturday) Issued at 1209 AM MST Sun Feb 1 2026

High temperatures across eastern NM cool down close to average on Tuesday due to the weak backdoor front Monday night. Similar high temperatures to Monday across western and central NM as a Rex Block develops along the Pacific Coast. A disturbance embedded in the northwest flow between the Rex Block and longwave troughing across the eastern 2/3rd of the Continental U.S. will slide down the Rockies and High Plains late Tuesday into Wednesday morning. This disturbance will result in a few sprinkles and flurries across northeast and far east central NM. High temperatures cool down to near average across western and central NM and slightly below average across eastern NM on Wednesday in the wake of this disturbance. High temperatures quickly rebound to around 5 to 12 degrees above average with continued dry conditions late next week as the Rex Block slowly breaks down and the upper high portion of the former block pivots east over much of the intermountain West with the upper low of the former block meandering just off the coast of Southern CA and Baja CA.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1001 PM MST Sat Jan 31 2026

Low stratus clouds and mist (BR) were brought into the east central and southeastern plains of New Mexico this morning by a cold front. Look for IFR conditions (ceilings between 500 and 1000 ft) to persist for much of the overnight, especially from KCVN to KROW. Localized areas of lower ceilings will also be possible (200-400ft) in this corridor before clearing skies return Sunday afternoon. Remaining areas of northern and central New Mexico will stay VFR with just a few high, fair weather cirrus clouds. Moderate breezes of 10-20kt will develop Sunday afternoon, particularly in the eastern plains.

FIRE WEATHER

Issued at 1209 AM MST Sun Feb 1 2026

Mainly dry with no fire weather concerns through late next week. Much warmer across the eastern plains Sunday as high pressure moves over the state. The warmup peaks areawide on Monday with some breezy west winds across east central areas and breezy north winds across far northeast areas. Cooling down to near average across eastern areas Tuesday and all areas Wednesday as a disturbance clips the eastern part of the state. A low chance for sprinkles and flurries across northeast and east central areas late Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Milder temperatures quickly return late next week as high pressure builds east and dominates the intermountain West. Fair to good ventilation across east central and northeast areas Sunday. More widespread areas of good to locally very good ventilation across the highlands, east central and northeast plains Monday. Fair to locally good ventilation across the highlands Tuesday and good to very good ventilation across the eastern plains Wednesday before generally poor ventilation Thursday and Friday.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Farmington...................... 54 28 55 25 / 0 0 0 0 Dulce........................... 55 21 55 17 / 0 0 0 0 Cuba............................ 55 25 55 23 / 0 0 0 0 Gallup.......................... 59 20 60 18 / 0 0 0 0 El Morro........................ 58 23 56 21 / 0 0 0 0 Grants.......................... 59 21 61 19 / 0 0 0 0 Quemado......................... 60 25 58 23 / 0 0 0 0 Magdalena....................... 57 32 60 31 / 0 0 0 0 Datil........................... 57 27 57 26 / 0 0 0 0 Reserve......................... 64 26 64 26 / 0 0 0 0 Glenwood........................ 67 30 67 32 / 0 0 0 0 Chama........................... 49 22 49 17 / 0 0 0 0 Los Alamos...................... 52 32 54 29 / 0 0 0 0 Pecos........................... 56 28 57 25 / 0 0 0 0 Cerro/Questa.................... 49 26 50 22 / 0 0 0 0 Red River....................... 43 16 46 16 / 0 0 0 0 Angel Fire...................... 48 6 49 6 / 0 0 0 0 Taos............................ 52 20 54 19 / 0 0 0 0 Mora............................ 59 28 58 22 / 0 0 0 0 Espanola........................ 58 25 61 25 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe........................ 54 30 56 29 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Fe Airport................ 55 27 58 27 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Foothills........... 57 35 59 33 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Heights............. 58 34 61 34 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque Valley.............. 60 28 63 27 / 0 0 0 0 Albuquerque West Mesa........... 59 32 62 31 / 0 0 0 0 Belen........................... 59 26 62 28 / 0 0 0 0 Bernalillo...................... 59 31 63 30 / 0 0 0 0 Bosque Farms.................... 59 25 62 27 / 0 0 0 0 Corrales........................ 60 30 63 30 / 0 0 0 0 Los Lunas....................... 59 25 62 29 / 0 0 0 0 Placitas........................ 56 34 58 31 / 0 0 0 0 Rio Rancho...................... 58 32 62 31 / 0 0 0 0 Socorro......................... 60 32 65 34 / 0 0 0 0 Sandia Park/Cedar Crest......... 54 31 55 29 / 0 0 0 0 Tijeras......................... 53 32 55 30 / 0 0 0 0 Edgewood........................ 55 28 56 27 / 0 0 0 0 Moriarty/Estancia............... 59 20 60 22 / 0 0 0 0 Clines Corners.................. 54 28 55 27 / 0 0 0 0 Mountainair..................... 56 29 58 27 / 0 0 0 0 Gran Quivira.................... 57 29 58 28 / 0 0 0 0 Carrizozo....................... 57 32 59 33 / 0 0 0 0 Ruidoso......................... 55 28 55 29 / 0 0 0 0 Capulin......................... 56 25 57 22 / 0 0 0 0 Raton........................... 59 23 61 21 / 0 0 0 0 Springer........................ 62 21 65 21 / 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas....................... 60 27 63 24 / 0 0 0 0 Clayton......................... 62 34 64 30 / 0 0 0 0 Roy............................. 59 27 65 26 / 0 0 0 0 Conchas......................... 66 26 68 28 / 0 0 0 0 Santa Rosa...................... 64 33 67 29 / 0 0 0 0 Tucumcari....................... 66 28 70 28 / 0 0 0 0 Clovis.......................... 62 31 67 32 / 0 0 0 0 Portales........................ 63 29 68 31 / 0 0 0 0 Fort Sumner..................... 61 25 69 31 / 0 0 0 0 Roswell......................... 53 26 61 33 / 0 0 0 0 Picacho......................... 63 33 69 34 / 0 0 0 0 Elk............................. 61 30 66 31 / 0 0 0 0

ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Freezing Fog Advisory until 8 AM MST this morning for NMZ233- 235>238.