ROCK, ARKANSAS. PARTS OF THE STATE ALREADY SEEING GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING. AND, OLGA, YOU’RE TRACKING A WINTER STORM THAT’S BRINGING IMPACT WIND, RAIN AND SNOW THAT I AM, IN FACT, THAT IMPACT WEATHER BEGINS HERE FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO ABOUT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. BUT A LOT OF OUR AREAS RIGHT NOW ARE ALREADY SEEING THESE GUSTY WINDS ABOVE 2020 FIVE MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. BASICALLY ALONG THAT CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN, THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS, AND IN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. BUT THERE ARE POCKETS OF GUSTY WIND IN THE SOUTHERN ZONE STEMMING AT 23 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS AND 25 FOR HOBBS. THIS IS ONLY GOING TO INTENSIFY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. IN FACT, AFTER MIDNIGHT, A LOT OF US ARE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. HERE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THE WEATHER SERVICE HAS THE WIND ADVISORIES POPPING IN AGAIN. THAT’S THROUGH TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW WHEN WE SEE THOSE GUSTY EAST WINDS HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO, WE CAN EXPECT THINGS TO BE FAIRLY CALM UNTIL ABOUT 8:00, 9:00 TONIGHT. THEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE. YOU WANT TO KNOW THIS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE STEPPING OUT TONIGHT BY MIDNIGHT. HOUR SUSTAINED WINDS ARE ABOVE 20MPH. WE’RE HEADED INTO THE 30 35 MILE PER HOUR WIND RANGE. DURING THOSE EARLY MORNING HOURS. LOOKS LIKE OUR GUSTING COULD BE ABOVE 55 AS WELL. SO HERE’S HOW WE LOOK WITH OUR WIND GUSTS FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. SOME GUSTING LATE, MAINLY NORTH AND EAST. BUT NOTICE HOW THIS CHANGES AS WE MOVE INTO TOMORROW MORNING, ESPECIALLY LATE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON. GUSTS ABOVE 35 40MPH BY YOUR EVENING PLANS FOR SATURDAY, THINGS START TO IMPROVE, BUT IT WILL STILL BE A BIT BREEZY IN MANY LOCATIONS. OUR SECOND CONCERN ARE THE WINTER STORMS. THE WINTER STORM IS PROMPTING SOME WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR MUCH OF THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT, MAINLY THOSE PINK AREAS WHERE WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW TOTALS TEN INCHES AND ABOVE, AND SOME OF THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THEN WE HAVE OUR WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SO CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT ROUGH FOR CARLSBAD, HOBBS AND ROSWELL SNOW TOTALS. HERE’S WHAT WE’RE THINKING RIGHT NOW. OVERNIGHT TONIGHT WE’LL SEE A LOT OF SNOW. BUT AS WE MOVE INTO TOMORROW, THAT’S WHEN SOME OF THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ARE GOING TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW, ESPECIALLY LAS VEGAS, SANTA ROSA IN AND AROUND CLAYTON AND RATON COULD SEE CLOSE TO THREE INCHES. SO THE FORECAST IS DEFINITELY MORE WINTER LIKE THAN SPRING. LIKE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BUT WE’RE GOING TO MISS OUT ON A LOT OF THAT ACTION HERE FOR THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO. CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE FOOTHILLS AND THE SANDIA MOUNTAINS. YOU COULD SEE SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW THERE THROUGH PART OF THE DAY, BUT KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS GOING TO MIX IN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AS OUR TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGHOUT THE DAY OFF TOWARD THE WEST, THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. FAIRLY DRY. RIGHT NOW WE’RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WE HAVE SOME BROKEN CLOUD COVER AT THE SUNPORT, BUT SOME GUSTY WINDS CLOSE TO 30MPH. YOUR EVENING STROLL THIS EVENING. DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ON THE BREEZY SIDE AND A LITTLE DAMP. RAIN MOVES IN AFTER ABOUT 7:00. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP RAIN AND EVEN SNOW IN THE FORECAST AS WE MOVE ON INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SO HERE WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR FUTURE TRACK PLANNER SHOWERS, EVEN SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, SPILLING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS FOR THE SOUTH AND THE EAST. THEN A COLD MORNING START FOR YOUR SATURDAY. NOT WARMING TOO MUCH INTO THE AFTERNOON. SPOTTY SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE THE CLEARING WON’T HAPPEN UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FOUR CORNERS REGION. WE’RE GOING TO HOLD TEMPERATURES BACK TOMORROW. LOW 50S WITH SOME SNOW SHOWERS AND COLD MORNING TEMPERATURES. AS FAR AS WE’RE LOOKING FOR THE SOUTH AND THE WEST. NOT TOO BAD. 49 DEGREES, BUT SHOWERS WILL BE A FACTOR FOR YOU IN SILVER CITY INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. LOOKS LIKE WE FINALLY DRY OUT FOR ROSWELL, CARLSBAD, AND HOBBS AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUNDAY FORECAST IN. THE TEMPERATURE TREND IS A WARMING TREND FOR MOST OF US. AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK. LAS VEGAS, RATON, AND RED RIVER BE PREPARED FOR THOSE GUSTY WINDS TONIGHT AND SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION FOR YOUR SATURDAY. SANTA FE. LIKEWISE, YOU’LL SEE ABOUT AN INCH OR LESS IN THE SANTA FE METRO AREA OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. AND HERE IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO, WE’RE GOING TO BE MORE OVERCAST, DAMP AND DREARY. SEVEN DAY FORECAST IMPACT WEATHER FOR YOUR SATURDAY. BY SUNDAY AND MONDAY WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO AVERAGE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WE