A strong, spring storm will move into New Mexico Friday through Saturday, bringing widespread rain and snow along with cooler temperatures.  It's a much cooler day across New Mexico Wednesday. High temperatures are as much as 10° to nearly 30° cooler compared to Tuesday. Winds have been lighte r across the northern half of the state, with a few 35 to 40 mph wind gusts in southern New Mexico. Winds will settle down overnight as temperatures will get cold again by Thursday morning. High temperatures will stay cool Thursday afternoon across New Mexico. Light rain and snow will fall across western and northern parts of the state, but any accumulations will be light. Winds will get a little breezy across eastern and south-central New Mexico with gusts up to 35 mph.  Isolated rain showers will develop in southeast New Mexico Friday morning as our next storm system starts moving into the state. More isolated to scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will develop in the afternoon across eastern, northern, and western New Mexico. A few showers in eastern New Mexico could produce some locally heavier rainfall.  A strong backdoor cold front will move in from the northeast late Friday night, bringing a gusty northerly wind behind it as it pushes south and west across the state. This could also bring a breezy east wind into the Rio Grande Valley and Albuquerque Metro early Saturday morning. Temperatures will be cold enough behind this front that snow will fall across northeastern New Mexico, all the way down to the I-40 corridor, including the East Mountains. A brief mx of rain and snow will also be possible around the Albuquerque Metro early Saturday morning. Scattered rain and snow showers will move across New Mexico through the day Saturday, ending Saturday night. 1-4" of snow will be possible in the lower elevations of western, northern, and northeastern New Mexico, along with the I-40 corridor in eastern New Mexico and down to the Sacramento Mountains. Up to one foot of snow will be possible in the northern mountains. Widespread rainfall accumulations are also likely in the lower elevations across the state.  ...read more read less