Higher temperatures & winds before snow

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Snow is lightly falling in the Jemez Mountains to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the San Mateo Mountains, the Gila National Forest, and the Sierra Blanca Range, as well as light precipitation from the Mimbres Valley to the southern Rio Grande Valley, with light rain exiting Southeast New Mexico. Cold air is present, but it's once again not as cold as the morning before. Temperatures for most, but not all, are below freezing, with more-persistent westerly winds making i