Cold front moving into New Mexico tonight

A strong cold front moves into New Mexico tonight, bringing cooler air heading into the New Year. Warmer weather will again return later this week.
Strong winds brought a high fire danger in eastern New Mexico Monday afternoon. Thankfully, those winds have been lighter than forecast and are dying down tonight. Many areas in eastern New Mexico measured wind gusts over 40 mph, with a few places clocking gusts up to nearly 60 mph early this morning. The westerly wind also brought in much warmer wea