New Mexico's weather is about to get wetter and colder. The National Weather Service says a cold front, a surge of moisture, receding high pressure and the remnants of a hurricane are expected to produce showers and thunderstorms across much of the state by midweek.
Forecasters say there will be a potential for locally heavily rainfall and flash flooding, with Thursday and Thursday night appearing likely to be the wettest periods.
Hurricane Odile hammered Mexico's Baja California Peninsula late Sunday and early Monday, but it's forecast to slow down and lose intensity over the next day or so.
Odile is expected to turn northeast into Arizona on Wednesday and New Mexico on Thursday.
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