Possibility of fire weather will spread across much of New Mexico on Friday as winds gust up to 35 to 45 mph and dry conditions continues statewide.
Dry weather will continue across most of New Mexico for the next several days as winds will increase Thursday and Friday, and fire weather watches are in effect for much of eastern New Mexico Friday afternoon.
The Hazardous crosswinds will create difficult travel to large and high-profile vehicles Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, and Friday, mainly across eastern New Mexico.
Critical fire weather threatening rapid fire spread from any new spark returns to New Mexico Wednesday and Thursday, mainly across northeastern and east-central New Mexico, and majority of the state on Friday.
Meanwhile, a cold front will move southeast across the state on Friday. Forecasters say there may be some light snow showers in the north mountains near the Colorado border, but otherwise, the conditions will stay dry.
Also, a colder Friday will be experience in Northern New Mexico as hard freeze is forecasted Friday night into Saturday morning across the western and northern third of New Mexico.
The Albuquerque area could drop into the upper 20s and 30s on Saturday morning.
Forecasters urge people to protect early blooming plants.
For the rest of the weekend looks mainly sunny as temperature continu eto warm into early next week.