WINTER STORM WATCH: Winter storm to impact parts of New Mexico on Thanksgiving - KOAT New Mexico

WE JUST 624 ON THE BIG STUDIO CLOCK SKY STARTING TO BRIGHTEN UP WHILE WE’RE EYEING UP A THANKSGIVING DAY SNOW CHANT AFTER A QUIET WEATHER WEDNESDAY HERE WE CAN GOING TO DRIVE BACK OUT FOR US COULD HAVE ANOTHER STORM WITH THIS NO CHANCE COMING NEXT WEEK DELIGHTFUL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON GOT COLD MORNING BUT LATER ON TODAY IT’LL BE ABOUT FIVE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. SHOULD HAVE A MOSTLY SUNNY SKY. WE’LL BE WELL INTO THE FIFTIES, EVEN SOME LOW THE SIXTIES AROUND THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN EDGES OF THE STATE. AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOOK AT THESE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS INCREASING INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO. AND THIS WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE. SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE BE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THIS SNOW CHANCE. BUT OUT IN EASTERN NEW MEXICO, WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS TO GET GOING DURING THE DAY TOMORROW AND TOMORROW EVENING, WE WILL BE GOING UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO STARTING TOMORROW AT SIX, ALL THE WAY IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY, MIDNIGHT FOR MAYBE MORE THAN FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. THERE AROUND TUCUMCARI AND CLOVIS. SO HERE IS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THESE COULD BE HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS IN SOUTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. AND WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY FROM ABOUT RUIDOSO THROUGH ROSWELL, WRAPPING UP TOWARDS CLOVIS. TUCUMCARI, THAT’S WHERE THE HEAVIEST WELL WINTRY MIX AND SNOW SHOWERS COULD HIT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BE MOVING OUT BY FRIDAY NIGHT. AND WE’LL HAVE DRY SKIES FOR. THE WEEKEND FORECAST SNOWFALL TOTALS, LATEST COMPUTER MODEL RUN SOME UNCERTAINTY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BUT SANTA FE, ALBUQUERQUE, I’D BE SURPRISED IF WE COATED THE GROUND WE COULD GET SNOW SHOWERED ON, BUT BY THE END OF THE DAY, THURSDAY, EAST CENTRAL AND NEW MEXICO, AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THURSDAY NIGHT, DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY, WE FILL IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO WITH MAYBE TO FOUR PLUS INCHES OF SNOW IN SOME SPOTS. THIS MISS YOU THOUGH, ON THE FOUR CORNERS AREA. WE HAVE TEMPERATURES NEAR 50 TODAY DRAWN DOWN THE NUMBERS A LITTLE BIT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, BEFORE WE BOUNCE BACK UP SLIGHTLY, OUR NEXT STORM SYSTEM ARRIVES TUESDAY WITH A RAIN AND SNOW CHANCE HERE SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO ALSO EXPECTING QUIET SKIES, MAYBE SOME CLOUDS AROUND THURSDAY. WE’RE NEAR 60 TODAY ARE IN THE SIXTIES OFF THE MOUNTAINS, A FULL TEN COLDER TOMORROW, GRADUALLY BOUNCING BACK OVER THE WEEKEND. AND THEN MONDAY, STRONG WINDS. TUESDAY, RAIN AND SNOW. CHANCE HERE, SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO GOT SOME FOG AROUND CARLSBAD THAT BURNS OFF THE AFTERNOON, OFFERS SUNSHINE. WE’LL BE WELL INTO THE SIXTIES. WE DROPPED THE NUMBERS BY 415 TOMORROW, INCREASING WINTRY MIX IN HIGH TERRAIN, SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY FRIDAY. BOY THAT’S A HIGH OF 40 DEGREES. WINTRY MIX AND SNOW, SNOW ACCUMULATION, DIFFICULT TRAVEL, ALL THAT GOING TO BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. THEN THE WEEKEND WE BOUNCE RIGHT BACK TO ABOUT 60 AND THEN WE GET WIND BLASTED EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THAT APPROACHING STORM. HERE’S NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO, PRETTY QUIET WEATHER FRIENDLY TODAY GET YOU’RE TRAVELING IN TODAY HIGH SHOULD BE IN THE WE’LL DROP THE NUMBERS BY FULL 20 TOMORROW. WE DO EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS MAYBE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION DIFFICULT TRAVEL BUT IT’S GONE BY FRIDAY. FRIDAY, CHILLY, BOUNCING BACK UP THIS WEEKEND. THE MONDAY WIND BLAST BEFORE THAT NEXT TUESDAY RAIN AND SNOW CHANCE TAOS ESPANOLA, SANTA FE, UP NEAR 50 TODAY TOMORROW SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS, BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW HITS AREAS OUR SOUTH AND EAST FRIDAY CHILLY WE CAN BOUNCE BACK TO ABOUT 50. HERE’S ALBUQUERQUE 49. YESTERDAY’S HIGH WILL BEAT THAT BY AT LEAST FIVE TODAY SHOULD HAVE LOTS OF SUNSHINE ONE ABOVE AVERAGE 45 TOMORROW CHANCE OF SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. DON’T THINK WE’LL HAVE ANY ACCUMULATION HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE FRIDAY. CHILLY BOUNCING UP THIS WEEKE