NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Strong showers with rumbles of thunder have reformed in some of the higher elevations and these gusty storms are approaching from the west-northwest, moving through the Rio Grande Valley across the state.

Temperatures have dropped as a result of the rain as almost all areas were below the 90° in Southwest New Mexico while areas in the high terrain struggled to reach the high 50s to the low 60s.

West-northwesterly upper-level winds have remained with more moisture in combination with a dip in the jet stream, an east movement in the high pressure system that has moved east of Texas, and tropical moisture from Baja California. So, rounds of Monsoonal thunderstorms will continue throughout the rest of the day into the early overnight. Rain will continue to move away from

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