Freeze Warning — Northwest Plateau, NM, Espanola Valley, NM, Santa Fe Metro Area, NM, Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area, NM, Lower Rio Grande Valley, NM, Central Highlands, NM, South Central Highlands, NM, Upper Tularosa Valley, NM, Far Northeast Highlands, NM, Union County, NM, Harding County, NM, Eastern San Miguel County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Chaves County Plains, NM, Eastern Lincoln County, NM, Southwest Chaves County, NM, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, NM 10:00 AM

Ruidoso, New Mexico

Last updated: 9:10 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
4°C
Feels like 1°
Clear
▲ 9°  /  ▼ -3°
Wind
8 mph ENE
Humidity
42%
Dew Point
-8°
Pressure
23.52 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
0.0
Cloud Cover
6%
Sunrise
7:07 AM
Sunset
6:27 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Ruidoso is currently clear at 4°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 7:07AM · Sunset: 6:27PM.

Alerts

Freeze Warning
Northwest Plateau, NM, Espanola Valley, NM, Santa Fe Metro Area, NM, Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area, NM, Lower Rio Grande Valley, NM, Central Highlands, NM, South Central Highlands, NM, Upper Tularosa Valley, NM, Far Northeast Highlands, NM, Union County, NM, Harding County, NM, Eastern San Miguel County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Chaves County Plains, NM, Eastern Lincoln County, NM, Southwest Chaves County, NM, San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands, NM
Expires 10:00 AM
37 AQI · Good Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
4°
3%
9 PM
3°
19%
10 PM
2°
14%
11 PM
2°
14%
12 AM
1°
3%
1 AM
0°
3%
2 AM
0°
3%
3 AM
-1°
3%
4 AM
-1°
3%
5 AM
-3°
3%
6 AM
-3°
3%
7 AM
-2°
3%
8 AM
1°
3%
9 AM
5°
3%
10 AM
8°
3%
11 AM
10°
3%
12 PM
11°
3%
1 PM
14°
3%
2 PM
14°
3%
3 PM
15°
3%
4 PM
14°
3%
5 PM
11°
3%
6 PM
9°
3%
7 PM
9°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Tonight
9° -3°
Partly Cloudy.
Sat
15° -3°
Mostly Clear.
Sun
18° 3°
Clear.
Mon
21° 6°
Mostly Clear with a 71% chance of rain.
Tue
23° 8°
Rain, 64% chance.
Wed
24° 9°
Heavy Rain, 86% chance.
Thu
22° 9°
Rain, 86% chance.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 4° Clear 3% 8 mph ENE 42%
9 PM 3° Mostly Clear 19% 6 mph NE 41%
10 PM 2° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NE 42%
11 PM 2° Partly Cloudy 14% 6 mph NE 44%
12 AM 1° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NE 47%
1 AM 0° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph ENE 53%
2 AM 0° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph ENE 57%
3 AM -1° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ENE 60%
4 AM -1° Clear 3% 5 mph ENE 58%
5 AM -3° Clear 3% 5 mph ENE 56%
6 AM -3° Mostly Clear 3% 4 mph ESE 52%
7 AM -2° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph ESE 44%
8 AM 1° Mostly Clear 3% 3 mph SE 35%
9 AM 5° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph SE 26%
10 AM 8° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph ESE 23%
11 AM 10° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph ESE 20%
12 PM 11° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph ESE 18%
1 PM 14° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ESE 19%
2 PM 14° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ESE 20%
3 PM 15° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ESE 21%
4 PM 14° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph ESE 25%
5 PM 11° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph ESE 29%
6 PM 9° Mostly Clear 3% 5 mph ESE 32%
7 PM 9° Clear 3% 4 mph SE 33%
15-Day Forecast
Today
10/16
Partly Cloudy
14%
-3°
9°
Sat
10/17
Mostly Clear
3%
-3°
15°
Sun
10/18
Clear
3%
3°
18°
Mon
10/19
Mostly Clear
71%
6°
21°
Tue
10/20
Rain
64%
8°
23°
Wed
10/21
Heavy Rain
86%
9°
24°
Thu
10/22
Rain
86%
9°
22°
Fri
10/23
Drizzle
57%
8°
21°
Sat
10/24
Rain
54%
7°
21°
Sun
10/25
Drizzle
47%
6°
19°
Mon
10/26
Rain
60%
7°
19°
Tue
10/27
Clear
25%
7°
19°
Wed
10/28
Drizzle
60%
7°
19°
Thu
10/29
Drizzle
60%
8°
19°
Fri
10/30
Drizzle
60%
7°
19°
37
Good
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
9 AQI 1.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
37 AQI 40 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Today 37 Good 37 9
Sun 40 Good 40 8
Mon 32 Good 32 10
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Fri Oct 16, 23:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 60 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE44 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index16.7
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear22 kt
0–1 km Shear12 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-22
0–3 km SRH4
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion9° @ 11 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index—
Thermo & Levels
PWAT0.12 in
0–3 km LR2.9 °C/km
700–500 LR5.1 °C/km
Total Totals—
LCL665 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl6,962 ft