StormTrack Weather: PM Monday

… this is a look outside …. stormtracker nichole gomez and chief meteorologist doppler dave speelman are live with your complete forecast. tuesday we remain dry as winds slacken a bit. on wednesday cooler air and moisture pushes back into the area to bring a cooler day with a return of showers and storms. storms may linger into thursday before we see abrupt drying for friday. to start next weekend areas east of the rio grande will get another shot of moisture with a return of afternoon storm chances. dry and breezy again next sunday as winds turn west. active pattern continues for the region through the week as we see several airmass changes with the passage/approach of several upper-level systems and low-level frontal boundaries. today we complete the sweep out of the moisture we had in the region for the weekend. a second day of breezy- windy w/sw winds ahead of a slow- tracking pac system will shove the moisture east and import drier air from the west. this system will generally remain north and slowly eject east keeping southern nm and far west tx under the dry and windy portion of the low pressure system today. tuesday this pac system does dig a bit south. a minor amount of moisture will drop over the mountain zones and give them slight chances for a few aftn showers/storms. meanwhile the southern lowlands will remain dry. winds will slacken thanks to sfc high pressure dropping s through the plains, but breezy aftn conditions will continue. tuesday night into wednesday the sfc high pressure over the plains will push in a cool front into/through the area. this change of airmass will make for a cool and much more moist day wed as gulf moisture arrives on e winds with/behind the front. the setup for wednesday for showers/storms looks better than what we saw for this weekend as we will have an approaching upper-level low pressure system aiding with upper- level support for instability/dynamics … . the result should be better storm chances with potential for severe storms in play. wednesday will be a cool day…and that may possibly limit storm initiation and strength. the moisture makes it to the continental divide so most if not all of the area will have pops in the forecast. thursday models begin drying from the west as the upper system passes and brings w winds back to the area. however residual moisture looks to hang over the mtns and e zones. thus continued pops for those areas into thursday. the drying continues and completes for friday as we continue under moderate sw flow. thus no pcpn chances to end the work week. let’s take one final look at our current