Today is forecast to be nearly the same temperature as yesterday.
Forecast for Southwest Mountains/Lower Gila Region
Updated: 4:38 am MDT on July 4, 2009
Today
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms in the morning...then mostly cloudy with numerous showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then isolated showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible in the evening. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation 40 percent.
Sunday
Partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s. North winds around 5 mph shifting to the south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then partly cloudy with isolated showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation 30 percent.
Monday
Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s to lower 90s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph shifting to the south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
... Flash Flood Watch in effect from noon MDT today through late tonight...
The National Weather Service in El Paso TX/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Watch for portions of New Mexico and southwest Texas... including the following areas... in New Mexico... Sierra County lakes region... southern desert... southern Sacramento Mountains... southwest desert/bootheel... southwest desert/Mimbres basin... Southwest Mountains/lower Gila region and Tularosa basin/southern desert. In southwest Texas... El Paso and Hudspeth.
* From noon MDT today through late tonight
* a very moist airmass along with fairly slow storm movement may produce locally very heavy rainfall and flash flooding.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
A Flash Flood Watch means that conditions may develop that lead to flash flooding. Flash flooding is a very dangerous situation.
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should flash flood warnings be issued.