A chilly New Year’s but warmer ahead

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Cold air is widespread across the region to start off the 2025 new year with below-freezing temperatures for nearly all with mostly dry air despite some wispy passing clouds and low-level clouds out east, but places like Wolf Creek, as well as Clovis to Las Vegas, have been dealing with freezing mist. The slight southern nudge in the jet stream is responsible for this brief cooldown before a warming ridge of high pressure to the south will briefly warm things back up af