Weather report: Relief is forecast for this week

New Mexico will see a drop in temperatures throughout the week as rain showers sweep across the state.

After heat threatened records last week, scattered storms will be seen throughout the week, providing New Mexico with much needed moisture.

“Temperatures look like they’re going to be a lot more pleasant with highs in the upper 80s and lows in the low to mid 60s,” said National Weather Service (NWS) of Albuquerque meteorologist Brian Guyer.

The beginning of the week will see a higher chance of rain showers, though there is still a likelihood of rain through the rest of the week. Heavy rainfall is more likely in the afternoon and evening.

“Some of these storms could be a little more robust than we’ve seen the last few days,” Guyer said, “so they have a better chance of producing some really heavy rainfall.”

Tuesday will see a high of 87 with a 50% chance of thunderstorms. Wednesday will see the same temperature high, but the chance of rainfall drops to 40%. Drier air and a weakening easterly wave over Texas will help keep the eastern New Mexico plains mostly dry on Wednesday.

A monsoon moisture plume over the area will bring a higher coverage of storms for portions of the state through Thursday with a threat for locally heavy rainfall and burn scar flooding, according to NWS.

Monsoon moisture gets replenished areawide Thursday night into Friday morning behind a backdoor cold front — a cold front moving south or southwest after starting along the northeast of the Atlantic seaboard in North America. This along with a possible weak disturbance will result in widespread showers and storms area-wide Friday and Labor Day Weekend.

Storm motion will be much slower than in recent days, increasing the risk for burn scar flash flooding daily. Southern New Mexico is marked as a very high risk area for flash flooding on Friday.