Wind gusts up to 65 mph are possible Tuesday afternoon. Winds will bring a high fire danger and areas of blowing dust.  It's been another breezy day across northern New Mexico with winds gusting up to around 40 mph and even stronger winds in the Gallup area. Temperatures have been warmer though with highs climbing into the 60s and 70s for most areas. Wind speeds will stay breezy overnight tonight for western parts of New Mexico as a very fast moving jet stream moves into New Mexico. Wind speeds will continue to increase across the state through the day Tuesday. At their peak Tuesday afternoon, west to southwesterly winds could gust as high as 45 to 65 mph across the entire state. This will likely cause areas of blowing dust in dust prone areas, reducing visibility and bringing difficult to dangerous driving conditions. The winds will also bring a very high fire danger across most of New Mexico Tuesday afternoon, so if any fire does develop it will spread rapidly. A cold front will be sweep across New Mexico through the day as well, leaving high temperatures slightly cooler for many areas. A few spotty light rain showers will be possible in northwestern New Mexico with a chance for 1-3" of snow in the San Juan Mountains.  Winds will die down through Tuesday night but remain breezy in southern New Mexico. Southern parts of the state will hang onto windy conditions Wednesday afternoon with lighter winds in northern New Mexico. The risk of blowing dust will be lower, but there will still be a very high risk of wildfires. Temperatures will be much cooler Wednesday afternoon as well with high temperatures cooler than average for most of the state. A few spotty showers will move into northwestern New Mexico. Spotty rain and mountain snow will continue to be possible along the Colorado state line Thursday with breezy afternoon winds and cool temperatures.  A storm will start moving into New Mexico Friday as a low pressure system sets up west of the state. A backdoor cold front will move in at the same time from the northeast. Combined, these two weather features look like they will bring widespread wetting rainfall across eastern New Mexico with scattered to isolated showers along and west of the Rio Grande Valley. Several inches of snowfall look likely too up in the northern mountains, with snow potentially as low as 6,500' Friday night into Saturday morning. This looks to be New Mexico's best chance for precipitation in a long time.  ...read more read less