ABC-7 First Alert: 55 MPH gusts and 20 degree temperature drop!

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- We are under an ABC-7 First Alert as a backdoor cod front is expected to arrive tonight. Temps will drop winds will pick up.

The National Weather Service has issued a weather alert ahead of this evenings wind event for El Paso County:

• High Wind Warning in effect from October 15, 06:00 PM MDT until October 16, 12:00 PM MDT

Doña Ana County and Las Cruces are also under a weather alerrt ahead of tonight wind event:

• Wind Advisory in effect from October 15, 06:00 PM MDT until October 16, 12:00 PM MDT

Today we woke to temps in the upper 50s and 60s. Temps will trend near normal through your lunchtime. El Paso is expected to reach a high of 79, Las Cruces 76. We will also be breezy through your afternoon.

Larger changes are expected following dinnertime and into your overnight hours.

A backdoor coldfront will push into the region resulting in a drop in temperature bringing Friday's afternoon high close to 20 degrees cooler than today's.

Wind gusts ares expected to peak at 55 MPH with the timeframe being strongest from 11PM tonight through 8AM Friday.