Midweek cool down and weekend storm

More cities and town across New Mexico will see more record and near-record breaking high temperatures this afternoon. However, a backdoor cold front will be returning us to milder highs tomorrow.
New Mexico remains under a ridge of high pressure this afternoon. The center of the high pressure is currently to the south over Mexico. The ridging is bringing New Mexico another day of record and near record breaking temperatures, and sunny skies.
Overnight, an upper level short wave trough will begi