It’s another cold start to the day across the state with warmer high temperatures moving in this afternoon. Winds will pick up this afternoon too, with wind gusts as high as 20 mph to 40 mph. Snow will be moving through southern Colorado Saturday and that will start moving into northern New Mexico Saturday evening as a backdoor cold front moves into the state. This front will continue to push south across New Mexico Saturday night, bringing snow to northern New Mexico, down to central New Mexico and as far south as the Sacramento Mountains through Sunday afternoon. The snow will end Sunday night, dropping as much as 4″ in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, with less than 1″ in the lower elevations and even a dusting of snow is possible Sunday morning in Albuquerque. High temperatures will also be cooler Sunday afternoon behind the cold front.
A slow and gradual warming trend will start next Monday as high temperatures eventually climb back up to around average by the middle of the week and even slightly above average by the end of the week. Dry, sunny to mostly sunny, and light winds will stick around as well.