SO EXCITING TO SEE, AND IT’S GOING TO BE A PRETTY GOOD DAY TO GET OUTSIDE TOO. ON THIS. YEAH, AT LEAST FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE, THEY WON’T BE DEALING WITH A WHOLE LOT OF ACTIVE WEATHER LIKE THE REST OF US WILL BE DOING. AS FAR AS TODAY’S HEADLINES GO, WE HAVE SEVERE STORMS EXPECTED FOR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS STRONG CANYON WINDS THIS MORNING HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. THEN OUR HIGH FIRE WEATHER THREAT REALLY BEGINS TO INCREASE. AT LEAST FOUR TOMORROW. SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE SEEING SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS. CHECK OUT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT ALREADY GUSTING UP TO 43MPH. WE ALREADY HAD 25MPH, AND WE’RE AT 31MPH FOR CLAYTON. SO NOW UP UNTIL ABOUT MIDDAY IS WHEN WE WILL SEE OUR PEAK WIND GUSTS FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO ABOVE 40MPH. SO THAT’S THE REASON WE ARE IMPACTING AT LEAST THE WEATHER. FOR THIS MORNING. BUT CHECK OUT OUR STORM PREDICTION CENTER’S OUTLOOK FOR TODAY. WE HAVE THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FOR AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SO CLOVIS, ROSWELL, CARLSBAD, AND HOBBS ALL AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY. YOU SHOULD BE WEATHER AWARE. MAYBE DOWNLOAD THE KOAT APP AS WE SEND PUSH ALERTS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE THREAT OF SEEING SOME LARGE HAIL DAMAGING WINDS WITH THESE STORMS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO POP UP AS. WELL. WE ALSO HAVE AN ELEVATED RISK OF SEEING AN ISOLATED TORNADO POP UP OVER AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER. SO THIS IS A LOOK AT A ROTATING STORM THREAT. SO I WOULD HAVE TORNADO BEGINS TO FORM. WE SEE AS A THUNDERSTOR FORM FOR FIRST. AND THEN IT BEGINS TO ROTATE UNTIL IT TOUCHES THE GROUND. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE A HUGE CONCERN LATER ON TODAY. SO WE’RE GOING TO FOCUS OUR FUTURE TRACK COMPUTER MODEL HERE ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. BY 11 A.M. WE START TO SEE THAT CLOUD COVER BEGIN TO BUILD OVER AREAS OF THE SOUTHEAST CORRIDOR. BUT THEN IT’S AROUND 2:00 WHEN THESE CELLS BEGIN TO POP UP OVER AREAS OF EDDY COUNTY, CHAVEZ COUNTY, AND ROOSEVELT COUNTY. THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE UP UNTIL ABOUT 4:00, 5:00 AS THE STORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH OFF TOWARDS THE EAST INTO TEXAS. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MODEL RIGHT HERE, WE’RE SEEING DARKER PURPLES, PINKS AND REDS, INDICATIVE THAT THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, THERE’S THAT POSSIBILITY OF SEEING SOME GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. ALL IN ALL, IT IS GOING TO BE A WINDY START TO THE DAY HERE IN ALBUQUERQUE. BUT THEN WE BECOME BREEZY TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 70S WILL BE IN THE 80S ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. AS FAR AS TOMORROW GOES, WE HAVE THE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER RISK AS WE ARE EXPECTED TO SEE WIDESPREAD WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE ENTIRE STRETCH, ENTIRE STATE AND WITH IT BEING DRY, THAT’S GOING TO ELEVATE OUR FIRE WEATHER RISK AS WELL. SO WE’RE TALKING GUSTS ABOVE 45MPH, WHICH IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER IMPACT WEATHER DAY FOR US HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. WE COULD SEE SOME POP UP SHOWERS OVER AREAS OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK WE’LL BE REMAINING DRY AND SUNNY. WINDY TOMORROW WE’LL GET A BREAK ON THE WINDS AND COOLER ON MONDAY, BUT THE WINDS REALLY CRANK UP AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY DOWN TOWARDS SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO. WE’RE TALKING THE 80S TODAY, BREEZY AT TIMES, BUT FOR THE MOST PART YOU GUYS WILL BE SAVED WHEN IT COMES TO SEVERE WEATHER. BUT MOVING FORWARD, DUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AS THE WINDS CRANK UP AGAIN SUNDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO. WE HAVE THAT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR TODAY. EVEN A POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO. SO STAY WITH US AND WE’LL GIVE YOU. UPDATES AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON HERE AT KOAT. AS FAR AS SUNDAY GOES, IT’LL STILL BE WINDY, BUT WE HAVE LESS OF A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WHEN IT COMES TO FORMS OF THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES, AT LEAST FOR TOMORROW. BUT THEN THE WINDS REALLY DO CRANK UP OVER NORTHEASTERN MEXICO. WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR TODAY. I WILL BE COOLER, BUT THEN WE WARM IT UP TO THE 70S WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH FIRE WEATHER THREAT FOR TOMORROW. THAT FIRE WEATHER THREAT ALSO STRETCHES UP INTO THE NORTH RIO GRANDE VALLEY FOR TOMORROW. AS FAR AS TODAY GOES, WE WILL BE IN THE 70S MID 70S FOR CINCO DE MAYO BACK HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. IT IS GOING TO BE A WINDY START TO THE DAY. THEN IT TURNS BREEZY. SO FOR THE MOST PART, THE SECOND HALF OF THE DAY WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE BEFORE THE WINDS REALLY CRANK U