Happy First Day of Fall! Fall officially began at 12:19 PM MDT today! 📍 Aspen Vista Trail, Santa Fe October 5, 2024

A few strong to severe storms will be possible across central New Mexico Monday afternoon, including the Albuquerque Metro. Storms will move west to east across the state. Biggest threat is going to be strong winds and heavy rain. #NMwx

Monsoon season isn't over yet. More flash flooding ongoing in Ruidoso right now. A Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 4:15 PM. 📹 Jesus Figueroa #NMwx

Heavy rain caused flash flooding along I-25 at the San Felipe Pueblo. Radar estimates as much as 2” of rain fell. Traffic on I-25 in the area is still backed up. 📹 Ed Puhlman #NMwx

Here are some of the *new* special shapes coming to Balloon Fiesta! There will be 100 special shape balloons. 11 new this year. Fan favorites like the Bees, Airabelle, Smokey Bear, Steggy, Darth Vader and Master Yoda Balloon will return. Balloon Fiesta is October 4-12, 2025.

Everytime I go hiking, I always end up taking pictures like it’s the first time I’m seeing it. NM’s scenery is so beautiful, it’s hard to not stop and take a picture, even if it’s the 20th time I’ve hiked this trail. It’s also so nice to see how green the Sandias are! 📍South Piedra Lisa Trail

Had a visitor in the backyard this morning! I was a little worried for the family of lizards that live in my backyard though…

Faint glow of the northern lights tonight from Cimmaron, NM! Courtesy of Tammy Malaney. #NMwx

Anyone seeing this balloon above ABQ? It’s a research balloon hovering 125,000 feet above the ground! It took off from the NASA facility in Fort Sumner, NM, conducting upper atmospheric research for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It’s currently the size of a football stadium!

Snow on the Truchas Peaks outside of El Rancho, NM today! Courtesy of Carol Hogsett. #NMwx

Snow is coming down on the mountain peaks around the Taos Ski Valley!!! #NMwx

Rotating thunderstorm Saturday afternoon in Farmington! Video courtesy of Eric Duncan. #NMwx

Looks like Purgatory Resort in the San Juans did get their first dusting of snow up on top of the mountain today! This was around 12 PM. #COwx

Haboob blowing into Albuquerque right now! #NMwx

We could see some pretty impressive rainfall totals out of the thunderstorms today and Saturday. Heaviest rain will likely fall in western and central New Mexico today, then eastern parts of the state on Saturday. Heavy rain could cause flash flooding. #NMwx

The northern mountains may be seeing some fall colors starting to show in the trees! Right now it's estimated there is some low color. Peak color is expected during the last week of September and the first week of October. #NMwx

First snow of the season expected in the San Juans in southwest Colorado tonight and Friday night. A dusting of snow also possible across the peaks of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico. #COwx #NMwx

⚠️ Flood Watch is in effect for parts of NM and southwest CO Friday. Multiple rounds of storms may drop heavy rain starting Friday morning through late Friday night, with up to 2" of rain possible. This includes the ABQ Metro. #NMwx

Crazy lightning show all around the Albuquerque Metro tonight! Lightning has been striking transformers, knocking out power to around 2,000 people, mostly around the Isleta Pueblo. 📹 Thais Romero #NMwx

Today is Albuquerque's average last 90° day of the year. We're only slightly above average with the number of 90° days per year. We could still add a couple more days today and tomorrow. Our average first 90° day of the year isn't until May 26. #NMwx

Water levels on Caballo Lake have increased allowing the boat ramp to open again. The water release from Elephant Butte has brought the volume of Caballo Reservoir back to normal levels. No further substantial releases are expected to occur until the beginning of the 2026 irrigation season.

They say stop and smell the roses… but have you ever stopped and smelled the trees?! The bark on these Ponderosa Pines smell just like vanilla! In the Sandias, you can find these trees between 7,200’ and 8,000’ above sea level.

Monsoon rainbow over Albuquerque this evening! #NMwx

Brr! A strong cold front has dropped temperatures almost 40° compared to yesterday in Clayton! This is the coldest they've been since early June. Their high was 71° shortly after midnight this morning. #NMwx

A surge of monsoon moisture will move into New Mexico Friday/Saturday thanks to the remnants of Hurricane Lorena. The storm is currently off the west coast of Mexico. Still a lot of uncertainty how much and exactly where rain will fall, but it will turn cloudy and much cooler. #NMwx

The Sandias looked and felt more like a rainforest on my hike this morning! #NMwx

Afternoon monsoon storms could bring heavy rain across parts of New Mexico Monday and Tuesday. The highest threat of heavy rain and flash flooding is in northern New Mexico (yellow areas). #NMwx

Could it be a wet end to August in New Mexico? It looks like it! The heaviest rain is likely Monday through Friday next week, but this wet monsoon pattern may continue into the first few days of September. #NMwx

Had a great day trip to western New Mexico this weekend! 🚗 —— 📍Sky City, Acoma Pueblo —— 📍El Malpais National Monument —— 📍Ice Cave & Bandera Volcano —— 📍El Morro National Monument There are so many beautiful places and so much history in our state to explore.

Landspout tornado spotted in Las Vegas, NM Monday afternoon! Picture courtesy of Markus Baca. #NMwx

This is what it looked like at 5:30 PM in Lordsburg, NM today! A haboob moved through southwest New Mexico this evening, causing the closure of Interstate 10. The interstate has since reopened. Video courtesy of Albert Diaz. #NMwx

Albuquerque just set a record high temperature today of 101°!

It's been a long time since we've seen this much sunshine across New Mexico. The heat is coming with this dry weather too with highs in the 90s and 100s across the state this week. #NMwx

The lightning caused Middle Mesa Fire has quickly grown to 1,115 acres in Rio Arriba County, NM near the Colorado state line. Smoke is impacting air quality in the area this morning. Westerly winds will push the fire eastward today, bringing smoke to areas along the NM/CO state line. #NMFire

So far, National Weather Service offices in New Mexico have issued more Flash Flood Warnings than any other year on record. Even if no more Flash Flood Warnings were issued, it would still end as 3rd highest number on record. #NMwx

Honored to receive the Excellence in Broadcasting Weathercaster Award from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association. Getting to share my passion for the weather with New Mexico everyday makes this job so fun and rewarding.

New Mexico is experiencing two very different monsoon seasons this year. #NMw

It was a beautiful, albeit a little muggy, morning up in the Sandias.

A big landspout caught on camera just north of Rio Bravo in Albuquerque today! Courtesy of Patrick Ware. #NMwx

Another house washed away down Paradise Canyon in Ruidoso, NM today due to burn scar flash flooding. Lincoln County Emergency Manager also reporting five water rescues. Video courtesy of Lindsey Tharpe. #NMwx

The Albuquerque Sunport just picked up 0.76" of rain in 30 minutes! This makes it the wettest day so far this year, and the wettest day since June 2024. This also doubled our monsoon season rain total so far. We are sitting right at about average for the season now. #NMwx

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect Tuesday for parts of New Mexico from noon to 10 PM. This included burn scar areas. Storms will be slow movers today and drop heavy rainfall. This could cause flash flooding both on and off burn scar areas. #NMwx

Ciao! 🇮🇹 It was a much needed couple of weeks away in Italy, but I’ll be back on-air tonight! See you then!

The Rio Ruidoso rose 20’ in less than an hour, reaching a record breaking crest of 20.24’ due to burn scar flash flooding. This breaks the record of 15.86’ set last year. #NMwx

It has been a childhood dream of mine to fly in an A380, and today that dream is coming true!

Albuquerque gracing the cover of Physics Today magazine! Meteorologist Michael Anand from the NWS Albuquerque wrote a great article on the physics behind Baloon Fiesta and why Albuquerque is such a special place for hot air ballooning.

I have spent the last 24 hours looking at media reports and social media posts about the Texas Hill County tragedy and being appalled by the level of misinformation I am seeing. I have tried to put together an updated, more reasoned summary I hope you'll read. open.substack.com/pub/balanced...

New Mexico: where it rains from clear blue skies.

It's been a strong start to the monsoon for parts of New Mexico. Some places have already seen over 6" of rain since June 15. Areas in central, southern, & eastern New Mexico are sitting 400%+ above average so far. Northwest New Mexico has seen very little no rain at all yet. #NMwx

Almost walked right over this rattlesnake hiking Domingo Baca Trail in the Sandias today!