Snow fell over parts of the Sangre de Cristos, the northeast highlands and eastern plains overnight and early this morning, but what's left behind looks an awful lot like spring -- higher than normal temperatures increasing this week under varying degrees of sunny skies.

The National Weather Service expects a high of 63 today in the Albuquerque area (The Weather Channel says it should be around 66), rising to the mid- to upper 60s through the end of the week.

But the fly in the ointment will be breezy to windy conditions expected Thursday through Sunday, bringing critical fire conditions east of the central mountains and along Interstate 25 and Interstate 40, according to this morning's forecast discussion.

Right now, the strongest winds are expected to hit on Friday and Sunday, when the weather service could be posting wind advisories for all but the northwest part of the state.

And just in case you thought you were done with winter, winter's not quite done with us -- the long-range forecasts see another storm system bringing some rain and snow into the state by Sunday night and into early next week. 

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