Friday succeeded in being the warmest day of the week, by several degrees. However, the warmer temperatures are moving out of New Mexico as arctic air moves in. A low pressure system will dive into northern New Mexico from the northern Rocky Mountains. This low pressure system will be bringing round one of snow to New Mexico. The snowfall will begin early Saturday morning in far southeast of New Mexico near Raton. Over the course of the day, the snowfall will migrate south towards Tucumcari. Due to the expected snowfall, the National Weather Service has issued severe Winter Weather Alerts for northeast New Mexico tomorrow January 17th. The low pressure will also be assisting in hefty wind gusts across the state Saturday afternoon. Along with the snowfall, the low pressure is also bringing arctic air into New Mexico. This air will bring a drop in temperatures on Sunday. Wind chill will cool temperatures off by another few degrees. Snowfall on Sunday will be much lighter than Saturday. The light dusting is forecasted for northeast New Mexico. On Monday round two of snow will move into New Mexico. This final round has the potential of being more widespread than the snowfall expected for Saturday. Certain models are showing snowfall as far south as the Sacramento Mountains and as far east as the Albuquerque Metro. However, other models are keeping all the snowfall in northeast New Mexico. The forecast confidence for snow in central New Mexico is not incredibly high but there is still a chance. Monday also marks the second blast of arctic air into New Mexico. This air will be much colder than the first arctic blast expected on Saturday. The impact will be seen on Tuesday of next week. The entire state will start out well below freezing. Wind chill will have most of the state in the single digits. Come Tuesday afternoon the state will have warmed up slightly. However, wind chills will keep the state feeling well below freezing.