WEATHER
Monsoon, El Ni帽o seasons kick off
Experts are predicting both weather patterns could bring above average precipitation to New Mexico
Bicyclists were seen pedaling through the parched Rio Grande on Monday 鈥� but meteorologists are predicting that two seasons now underway could provide relief to New Mexico during the second half of the year.
Monday marked the official start to New Mexico鈥檚 monsoon season, which runs through Sept. 30. Meanwhile, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday issued an El Ni帽o Advisory that predicted the weather pattern to intensify throughout the fall and winter, potentially creating a wetter and colder winter in New Mexico, said Carter Greulich, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in sa国际传媒官网网页入口.
Meteorologists are predicting that the New Mexico monsoon season will bring above normal rainfall to the western part of the state and near to above normal precipitation in the central and eastern portions of the state, Greulich said.
鈥淲e鈥檙e fairly confident (in that forecast), but there is obviously going to be local differences,鈥� he said.
The rains got off to a quick start in some parts of the state on Monday. The Santa Fe Airport saw nearly an inch of rain in about an hour, before the storm moved to the eastern part of the state, Greulich said.
