Moisture from Tropical Storm Alberto might give New Mexico some relief from wildfires
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Tropical Storm Alberto became the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season on Wednesday morning. In addition to strong winds, this storm has the potential to dump an additional 4 to 8 inches of rain into southern Texas and potentially over a foot of rain into some parts of northeast Mexico.
That is obviously bad news for those regions, as life-threatening flash flooding will likely occur. However, Alberto may bring some positive effects to New Mexico, where several wildfires continue to burn.
While the center of Tropical Storm Alberto will not get very close to New Mexico, there will be some moisture that gets thrown ahead of Alberto, which will increase the rain chances for those fire-stricken areas.
Below is the forecast rainfall from Wednesday through Friday. Notice not only the bullseye of precipitation in southern Texas and northeast Mexico, but also note how the rainfall spreads to the west into New Mexico.
Hopefully this rainfall will help with firefighting efforts in New Mexico. Some of that moisture will also seep into Arizona. In the graphic above, notice how there is some rain in the forecast for eastern Arizona. That rain will come in the form of showers and thunderstorms, so not every location is guaranteed to get rain.
There is even a slight chance of a shower or thunderstorm making it into the Valley later this week into the weekend. Stay tuned!
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