IT’S A COLD WEEKEND FOR ALBUQUERQUE … MUCH COLDER THAN USUAL FOR LATE APRIL. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST CLAY ANDERSON SAYS TEMPERATURES COULD DIP TO THE FREEZING MARK SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HE SAYS MOST OF ALBUQUERQUE WILL DROP TO ABOUT 32 DEGREES AND IT’S EXPECTED TO COLDER IN THE VALLEY BY ABOUT TWO OR THREE DEGREES. SHOWERS ARE ALSO IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
MEANWHILE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FOR THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE STATE…WITH A FOOT OF ACCUMULATION LIKELY IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. SNOW IS ALSO LIKELY IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS.