Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Tuesdays are road day in the Moreno Valley, and this morning the home roads are the easy part of the story. Angel Fire woke up clear and cold, around 28 degrees with light northwest wind, no weather alerts in effect, and a sunny day ahead with a high near 50. Sunrise came at 6:26 AM and sunset is at 5:02 PM, so anyone crossing the valley early or late will be driving in the coldest, darkest part of the day.
On the Enchanted Circle itself, the routes that matter most are NM-38 between Eagle Nest, Red River and Questa, and US-64 from Taos through Eagle Nest and Angel Fire to Cimarron. The current sources checked this morning showed no closure reported for those Angel Fire corridors. That is good news, but it is not a guarantee for the whole day, so check NMRoads before you leave, especially for the shaded canyon stretches of US-64 east of Eagle Nest, where cold mornings deserve extra care even under a clear sky.
The harder driving today is on the way in from the east and north, and the shared Enchanted Circle radar tells that story clearly. The composite is clear over northern New Mexico and the Enchanted Circle, but it shows heavy rain across northern Kansas on I-70 through Hays and Great Bend, reaching toward Dodge City and US-56, heavy rain over Great Bend and Salina in central Kansas with a line of storms east of Wichita, and rain across the Colorado Front Range on I-25 through Denver and Fort Morgan. Drivers coming from Kansas toward US-400, US-56 and the Dodge City to Raton run should also expect a very windy Tuesday, with north-northwest winds gusting into the 40s around Dodge City after the morning rain chance fades.
For Colorado arrivals, I-25 south through the Front Range toward Raton Pass starts wet this morning, with light rain reported in Denver early today. Wet pavement, spray and slower traffic are the likely issues on that corridor rather than snow in the metro, and conditions can change quickly by elevation, so check COtrip before committing to the drive south. The Texas and Oklahoma approach, US-64 and US-87 through Clayton to Raton, and the US-285 corridors were not flagged in this morning shared radar check, which listed no qualifying echoes for the Amarillo or Oklahoma City panels.
Plan it simply. Fuel up before the long rural stretches, leave extra following distance on wet Kansas and Colorado pavement, and build in time if your route crosses I-70 in Kansas or I-25 on the Front Range. Recheck NMRoads for New Mexico, COtrip for Colorado, KanDrive for Kansas, and DriveTexas before departure, because rain bands and wind, not the clear Moreno Valley sky, are what will decide how long the drive to Angel Fire takes today.