Impact wind gusts across New Mexico (2025)

AUTHORITIES REVEALED. COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, AS OUR KOAT SEVEN WEATHER TEAM HAS BEEN PREPARING YOU. STRONG WINDS HITTING MUCH OF THE NEW MEXICO TODAY. YES, CHIEF METEOROLOGIST JOE DIAZ HAS THE UPDATED WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES. THAT’S RIGHT. AS WE LOOK OUTSIDE, WE STILL HAVE THIS MISERABLE TIME IN PLAY ACROSS THE METRO AREA. WE HAVE THE BLOWING DUST, A HEALTH ADVISORY IN PLAY. WHEN WE LOOK TO THE WEST. KIND OF HARD TO PICK OUT THE VOLCANOES OVER THERE. AND EARLIER, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO PICK OUT THE SANDIAS. IT’S A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW, BUT WE HAD TWO MILE VISIBILITY FOR A TIME, ABOUT 315 WHEN WINDS WERE GUSTING TO 63 MILES AN HOUR. RIGHT NOW WE’RE AROUND 80 DEGREES. VISIBILITY AT FIVE. SO IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BREATHE IN THAT BLOWING DUST, STAY INSIDE AND GUSTS RIGHT NOW, 32 MILES AN HOUR. BUT THE BUT THE PLAN IS THIS NOTICE THAT BETWEEN FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN WE REALLY SEE THESE WINDS START TO COME DOWN. AND THAT WILL BE IN PLAY THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEW MEXICO AS WELL. THE FIRE DANGER, THE BLOWING DUST, VERY HIGH FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA, WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES, MODERATE LEVELS, BUT MUCH STRONGER TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH WHERE WINDS ARE STRONGER. THE AIR QUALITY IS JUST REALLY ON THE ROUGH SIDE. LOOK AT THIS. VERY UNHEALTHY. FROM INTERSTATE 40 TO THE SOUTH AND A LITTLE BIT MORE MODERATE TO THE NORTH. BUT AGAIN, IF YOU’VE GOT SOME RESPIRATORY ISSUES, JUST STAY INSIDE. WE HAVE THAT HEALTH ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9:00 FOR TONIGHT. WE STILL HAVE THESE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH THE WARM TEMPERATURES WHEN YOU HAVE THE STRONG WIND GUSTS. AND THERE YOU SEE 40 50 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. LOOK AT THIS 69 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS RIGHT NOW OVER IN LAS VEGAS. SO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE KIND OF STRONG WINDS, THE FIRE DANGER IS VERY, VERY HIGH. NOW LOOK AT THE PEAK WIND GUSTS TODAY 63 FOR A PEAK AT 315 IN ALBUQUERQUE 79 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS UP IN LAS VEGAS EARLIER TODAY. AND 67 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS IN RUIDOSO. SO AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THIS DUST STORM WARNING IN PLAY FOR A BIT LONGER FROM ALAMOGORDO ON INTO THAT I-10 CORRIDOR. AND ADD TO IT, WE DO HAVE THAT EXTREME FIRE DANGER THROUGHOUT THE AREA THIS EVENING, AND A LOT OF THESE WIND ADVISORIES AND HIGH WIND WARNINGS WILL BE LOWERING 8 OR 9:00 TONIGHT, BUT CONTINUE WITH WIND ADVISORIES TO THE SOUTH TOMORROW. MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP. JOE, THANK YOU. AND PNM HAS NOW IMPLEMENTED A TEMPORARY POWER OUTAGE IN LAS VEGAS DUE TO THE WEATHER. THE OUTAGE MAP ONLINE SHOWS POWER IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESTORED BY AT LEAST 3 A.M. PN