Northern and central New Mexico are looking at two warm later winter days today and Saturday (when March makes a decidedly lamblike appearance), according to the National Weather Service's area forecast discussion.

But there's a powerful storm system brewing off Alaska that's expected to bring drastic weather changes this weekend as it dives southeast over the southern Rockies, the forecasters say.

A strong cold front is expected to enter New Mexico early Sunday from the northwest, then pass through the southeastern part of the state by late Sunday afternoon.

What that means for us, according to the five-day forecast for Albuquerque, is a high temperature touching 70 under abundantly sunny skies today (average high for this date is 58), an even warmer Saturday (72) under mostly sunny skies, then a drop on Sunday to a high of 55 (which is likely to show up earlier rather than later in the day).

The precipitation picture is a little cloudier, with the weather service giving a 10 percent chance of rain on Sunday, a 20 percent chance of snow on Sunday night.

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