Cold front brings fog and low clouds to eastern New Mexico Saturday night

NEW MEXICO – Rain and mountain snow will taper off Saturday night as most of the state dries out, but a backdoor cold front will bring low clouds fog and colder air to the east.

The upper-level low will move east into the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles Saturday night. Most of New Mexico will begin drying out as that system moves away.

A cold front will move south through northeastern New Mexico, east-central New Mexico and the eastern plains Saturday night. Colder air will move in behind the front.

Low clouds and areas of fog will begin developing in northeastern and eastern New Mexico. The clouds will spread south through Raton, Clayton, Tucumcari, Santa Rosa, Clovis, Portales and across the eastern plains.

Skies will clear more quickly Saturday night in many western and north-central areas. But wet ground and drier air above the surface could lead to patchy fog or freezing fog, especially in western valleys, north-central valleys and other low-lying areas with wet soils.

By Sunday morning, most of western and central New Mexico will turn dry. The eastern plains will remain the main exception, with low clouds continuing behind the cold front and patchy fog possibly lingering in some western and north-central valleys.

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