Light rain returns to to parts of New Mexico as weak storm moves in

NEW MEXICO – Quiet weather will continue across New Mexico through Friday morning, with light winds and no significant weather impacts expected.

Skies will start mostly clear tonight before high clouds increase late tonight into Friday morning as the next weather system approaches from the west.

Most of New Mexico will start Friday dry. The first storm system will move east from Southern California toward the New Mexico-Mexico border, and the system will weaken as it approaches.

Even so, the system will still bring enough moisture and lift for showers to return to parts of the state.

Rain chances increase

Rain showers could begin developing across western New Mexico as early as Friday afternoon, including Gallup, Grants, Reserve, the Gila region and western New Mexico.

A band of showers may develop across western New Mexico and begin moving east. Forecast guidance still disagrees somewhat on how widespread the rain will become.

Some guidance is fairly aggressive with shower coverage, while other guidance is much less impressive. The overall trend has been toward a little more precipitation reaching farther north.

Most places that receive rain should see less than one-quarter inch. This does not look like a heavy rain event, and the main impact will be the return of light rain to parts of western and central New Mexico.

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