Roswell, New Mexico 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KABQ 160524 AAB
AFDABQ

Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1124 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1122 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

- The risk of rapid fire spread will taper off across the region
  through early this evening as strong winds decrease areawide.

- Most areas will experience a hard freeze tonight, including
  portions of the Rio Grande Valley.

- A strong area of high pressure will move over the region going
  into the middle of next week resulting in record warmth for
  March.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Monday night)
Issued at 120 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Widespread strong winds will taper off thru late this afternoon as
a potent upper level speed max exits quickly east of the region.
Very dry air with increasing surface high pressure and decreasing
winds will lead to much colder temps tonight. High clouds will be
the fly in the ointment in terms of how cold lows actually get.
Nonetheless, there will be a widespread hard freeze with lots of
eastern NM falling into the teens tonight. Folks with early season
yard projects, cool season veggies, and fruit trees will need to
take the necessary precautions.

Monday will be slow to warm up as high clouds exit the region. Highs
will actually be 10-20F below normal over eastern NM and near normal
across the west. Northwest winds will strengthen over northwest NM
beneath a thin 130kt upper level speed max moving south from western
CO. Peak winds may approach Wind Advisory around Farmington for a
few hours. There will still be a risk of fire spread with very low
humidity however it is more marginal than today. Low temps will be
chilly again Monday night with another hard freeze over eastern NM.
Stronger midslope inversions will return to northern and western NM.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tuesday through Saturday)
Issued at 120 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

There is still high confidence on widespread record high temps by
the end of the week as a March record H5 high center drifts east
across the desert southwest. Several locales are still progged to
break their all-time March and potentially all-time April record
high temps by Friday and Saturday. The latest NBM continues to run
higher than MOS guidance. However, even MOS is high enough to break
many records so the overall message remains that a historic March
heatwave is in store later this week. If the ABQ Sunport hits 90F
Friday or Saturday, it will beat the previous earliest 90F on record
by 6 weeks!

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1122 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Lots of high cirrus clouds continue to move southward into NM with a
few mid level clouds over the northeastern plains. The mid level
clouds will clear out overnight, but the high clouds will be slower
to thin out and exit through Monday. VFR conditions will prevail
though, and breezes will generally remain light to moderate (10
to 20 kt) through Monday morning. Winds will strengthen more into
Monday afternoon, mostly over northwestern to central zones, with
other remaining areas staying moderately breezy. Gusts of 30 to
40 kt will impact KFMN and KGNT, and in areas between while
remaining areas stay within a 10 to 25 kt range. Winds will
decrease around sunset Monday.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued at 120 PM MDT Sun Mar 15 2026

Widespread strong winds and very low humidity today will give way
to much colder temperatures tonight but with only poor to fair
humidity recoveries. Northwest winds will strengthen over
northwest NM Monday but with cool temperatures, shallow mixing,
and marginally critical humidity. A Fire Weather Watch is not
anticipated at this time as conditions warrant only elevated to
locally critical fire weather. The remainder of this week will
feature a record strong area of high pressure building east into
the southwest U.S. A historic heatwave is expected by the end of
the week with widespread record temps, low humidity, and lighter
winds.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Farmington......................  28  63  34  73 /   0   0   0   0
Dulce...........................  20  62  25  71 /   0   0   0   0
Cuba............................  26  57  29  68 /   0   0   0   0
Gallup..........................  25  62  26  73 /   0   0   0   0
El Morro........................  26  60  31  71 /   0   0   0   0
Grants..........................  25  63  29  73 /   0   0   0   0
Quemado.........................  31  61  32  71 /   0   0   0   0
Magdalena.......................  34  64  38  74 /   0   0   0   0
Datil...........................  33  60  33  70 /   0   0   0   0
Reserve.........................  32  70  30  78 /   0   0   0   0
Glenwood........................  36  76  32  85 /   0   0   0   0
Chama...........................  20  55  27  65 /   0   0   0   0
Los Alamos......................  24  58  37  69 /   0   0   0   0
Pecos...........................  17  58  30  70 /   0   0   0   0
Cerro/Questa....................  18  55  30  67 /   0   0   0   0
Red River.......................  13  45  28  57 /   0   0   0   0
Angel Fire......................  12  50  19  63 /   0   0   0   0
Taos............................  16  58  24  72 /   0   0   0   0
Mora............................  15  56  30  70 /   0   0   0   0
Espanola........................  24  66  31  77 /   0   0   0   0
Santa Fe........................  21  59  36  71 /   0   0   0   0
Santa Fe Airport................  22  61  31  74 /   0   0   0   0
Albuquerque Foothills...........  33  64  43  75 /   0   0   0   0
Albuquerque Heights.............  34  66  39  77 /   0   0   0   0
Albuquerque Valley..............  33  70  37  80 /   0   0   0   0
Albuquerque West Mesa...........  33  67  38  78 /   0   0   0   0
Belen...........................  31  69  34  80 /   0   0   0   0
Bernalillo......................  30  67  38  78 /   0   0   0   0
Bosque Farms....................  30  69  33  80 /   0   0   0   0
Corrales........................  32  68  36  79 /   0   0   0   0
Los Lunas.......................  32  69  32  80 /   0   0   0   0
Placitas........................  30  61  40  73 /   0   0   0   0
Rio Rancho......................  32  67  39  78 /   0   0   0   0
Socorro.........................  36  72  40  82 /   0   0   0   0
Sandia Park/Cedar Crest.........  28  58  38  69 /   0   0   0   0
Tijeras.........................  27  60  38  70 /   0   0   0   0
Edgewood........................  21  61  35  72 /   0   0   0   0
Moriarty/Estancia...............  19  63  24  73 /   0   0   0   0
Clines Corners..................  17  56  31  68 /   0   0   0   0
Mountainair.....................  23  62  33  71 /   0   0   0   0
Gran Quivira....................  24  62  32  71 /   0   0   0   0
Carrizozo.......................  31  60  36  72 /   0   0   0   0
Ruidoso.........................  23  56  35  66 /   0   0   0   0
Capulin.........................   8  48  24  69 /   0   0   0   0
Raton...........................   9  50  21  74 /   0   0   0   0
Springer........................  12  53  22  75 /   0   0   0   0
Las Vegas.......................  15  54  28  72 /   0   0   0   0
Clayton.........................  14  49  30  74 /   0   0   0   0
Roy.............................  14  48  24  72 /   0   0   0   0
Conchas.........................  19  55  25  80 /   0   0   0   0
Santa Rosa......................  21  52  25  78 /   0   0   0   0
Tucumcari.......................  19  55  26  79 /   0   0   0   0
Clovis..........................  21  51  28  76 /   0   5   0   0
Portales........................  21  53  25  77 /   0   5   0   0
Fort Sumner.....................  21  53  24  79 /   0   5   0   0
Roswell.........................  29  53  28  78 /   0   0   0   0
Picacho.........................  25  55  32  78 /   0   0   0   0
Elk.............................  21  60  31  78 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...42
LONG TERM....42
AVIATION...52