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Colder In SE NM Than Parts Of The Sacramento Mtn's Wed & Thu.

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Feb 18, 2022.
Sierra Blanca Peak.
Looking East From Three Rivers, NM.

(Wednesday Morning Feb 23, 2022).




Wednesday Morning Low Temperatures.
(Official & Unofficial Lows).


Smokey Bear Raws - Ruidoso 10
Caprock Raws 11
Mayhill Raws 12
Bell Canyon PWS 13
Dunken Raws 13
Queen Raws 13
Lubbock ASOS 14
Pinery Raws 15
SKP Ranch PWS - Lakewood 15

Hobbs AWOS 16
Paduca Raws Near WIPP 19
Midland/Odessa ASOS 19

Carlsbad ASOS 20

Mescalero Raws 44

Max/Min Temperature And Precipitation Table For
New Mexico
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
646 PM MST Wed Feb 23 2022

Minimum and maximum temperatures for the last 18 to 24
hours.  Precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 5PM MST
measured in inches and hundredths of an inch of rain and melted snow.

.BR ABQ 0223 M DH18/TAIRZS/TAIRZI/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
ABQ  : ABQ Sunport        5351:   44 /  18 /  0.00/   0.0/    0
BRG  : Belen Airport      5194:   63 /  21 /  0.00/      /
CVS  : Cannon AFB         4295:   27 /   6 /  0.00/      /
CAO  : Clayton            4964:   19 /  -5 /  0.00/   0.0/    0
CQC  : Clines Corners     7087:   24 /  -2 /  0.00/      /
CVN  : Clovis Airport     4216:   26 /   6 /  0.00/      /
AEG  : Double Eagle Arpt  5837:   45 /  12 /     M/      /
FMN  : Farmington         5502:   49 /  32 /  0.03/      /
GUP  : Gallup             6473:   48 /  28 /  0.04/      /
GNT  : Grants             6522:   50 /  23 /     M/      /
LVS  : Las Vegas Airport  6877:   23 /  -2 /  0.00/      /
RTN  : Raton Airport      6348:   25 /  -3 /  0.00/      /
ROW  : Roswell            3668:   37 /  17 /  0.00/   0.0/    0
SRR  : Ruidoso Airport    6811:   34 /   7 /  0.00/      /
SAF  : Santa Fe Airport   6348:   36 /   8 /  0.00/      /
SXU  : Santa Rosa         4790:   27 /   4 /  0.00/      /
ONM  : Socorro            4849:   64 /  35 /  0.00/      /
SKX  : Taos Airport       7090:   36 /  16 /  0.00/      /
TCC  : Tucumcari          4065:   27 /   6 /  0.00/      /
.END

.BR ABQ 0223 M DH18/TAIRZX/TAIRZN/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
EGNN5: Eagle Nest     8280: DH1600/  38 /   2 /  0.00/  0.0/   10
PORN5: Portales       4010: DH1700/  44 /   8 /  0.00/  0.0/    0
TORN5: Torreon Navajo 6700: DH1622/  51 /  16 /  0.00/  0.0/    0
.END

.BR EPZ 0223 MS DH17/TAIRZS/TAIRZI/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
DMN   :Deming              4314 :  70  /  26  /  0.00  /   M  /   M
ELP   :El Paso Intl Arpt   3917 :  61  /  39  /  0.00  /      /
EPZN5 :Santa Teresa NWS    4108 :  70  /  39  /  0.00  /      /
TCS   :T-or-C Airport      4859 :  66  /  36  /  0.00  /   M  /   M
ALM   :Alamogordo          4196 :  63  /  41  /  0.00
HMN   :Holloman AFB        4095 :  60  /  37  /  0.00
LCSN5 :Jornada Range CRN   4327 :  68  /  37  /  0.00
LRU   :Las Cruces Airport  4455 :  71  /  42  /  0.00
SVC   :Grant County Arpt   5443 :   M  /   M  /  0.00
0A0   :Spaceport America   4597 :  68  /  28  /  0.00
.END

.BR MAF 0223 C DH18/TAIPZS/TAIPZI/PPDPZZ
BATN5: Batdraw RAWS               :  44 /  18 /  0.00
CPPN5: Caprock RAWS               :  37 /  11 /  0.00
MPAN5: Paduca RAWS                :  37 /  19 /  0.00
QENN5: Queen RAWS                 :  45 /  13 /  0.00
HCYN5: Hobbs 5NW Mesonet          :  32 /  15 /  0.00
TTSN5: Tatum Mesonet              :  33 /   9 /  0.00
.END


(Thursday Morning Feb 24, 2022).


Thursday Morning Low Temperatures.
(Official & Unofficial Lows).

Carlsbad Airport ASOS 12
Elk Climate Co-Op Station 13


(Thursday Morning).
Max/Min Temperature And Precipitation Table For
New Mexico
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
658 PM MST Thu Feb 24 2022

Minimum and maximum temperatures for the last 18 to 24
hours.  Precipitation for the 24 hour period ending at 5PM MST
measured in inches and hundredths of an inch of rain and melted snow.

.BR ABQ 0224 M DH18/TAIRZS/TAIRZI/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
ABQ  : ABQ Sunport        5351:   42 /  15 /  0.05/   1.5/    2
BRG  : Belen Airport      5194:   44 /  15 /  0.00/      /
CVS  : Cannon AFB         4295:   46 /   6 /    T /      /
CAO  : Clayton            4964:   42 /   1 /  0.00/   0.0/    0
CQC  : Clines Corners     7087:   32 /   6 /  0.05/      /
CVN  : Clovis Airport     4216:   47 /   5 /  0.00/      /
AEG  : Double Eagle Arpt  5837:   39 /   4 /     M/      /
FMN  : Farmington         5502:   36 /  23 /  0.05/      /
GUP  : Gallup             6473:   31 /  18 /  0.04/      /
GNT  : Grants             6522:   36 /  19 /     M/      /
LVS  : Las Vegas Airport  6877:   36 /   7 /  0.00/      /
RTN  : Raton Airport      6348:   40 /   1 /  0.00/      /
ROW  : Roswell            3668:   50 /  15 /  0.00/   0.0/    0
SRR  : Ruidoso Airport    6811:   43 /  25 /  0.00/      /
SAF  : Santa Fe Airport   6348:   36 /   5 /  0.01/      /
SXU  : Santa Rosa         4790:   43 /  10 /  0.00/      /
ONM  : Socorro            4849:   51 /  31 /  0.00/      /
SKX  : Taos Airport       7090:   29 /   9 /  0.03/      /
TCC  : Tucumcari          4065:   50 /   9 /  0.00/      /
.END

.BR ABQ 0224 M DH18/TAIRZX/TAIRZN/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
EGNN5: Eagle Nest     8280: DH1600/  28 /   8 /  0.18/   3.6/   13
TORN5: Torreon Navajo 6700: DH1630/  39 /   8 /  0.00/      /
.END

.BR EPZ 0224 MS DH17/TAIRZS/TAIRZI/PPDRZZ/SFDRZZ/SDIRZZ
DMN   :Deming              4314 :  52  /  35  /  0.00  /   M  /   M
ELP   :El Paso Intl Arpt   3917 :  58  /  39  /  0.00  /      /
EPZN5 :Santa Teresa NWS    4108 :  55  /  32  /  0.00  /      /
TCS   :T-or-C Airport      4859 :  52  /  32  /  0.00  /   M  /   M
ALM   :Alamogordo          4196 :  52  /  36  /  0.00
HMN   :Holloman AFB        4095 :  51  /  41  /  0.00
LCSN5 :Jornada Range CRN   4327 :  51  /  33  /  0.00
LRU   :Las Cruces Airport  4455 :  54  /  33  /  0.00
SVC   :Grant County Arpt   5443 :   M  /   M  /     M
0A0   :Spaceport America   4597 :  52  /  36  /  0.00
.END

.BR MAF 0224 C DH18/TAIPZS/TAIPZI/PPDPZZ
BATN5: Batdraw RAWS               :  42 /  13 /  0.00
CPPN5: Caprock RAWS               :  48 /  14 /  0.00
MPAN5: Paduca RAWS                :  50 /  16 /  0.00
QENN5: Queen RAWS                 :  54 /  11 /  0.00
HCYN5: Hobbs 5NW Mesonet          :  52 /  15 /  0.00
TTSN5: Tatum Mesonet              :  50 /  14 /  0.00
.END



These data are preliminary and have not undergone final quality
control by the National Climatic Data Center /NCDC/. Therefore...
these data are subject to revision. Final and certified climate data
can be accessed at www.ncdc.noaa.gov.

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With an arctic airmass entrenched across eastern and southeastern New Mexico Wednesday and Thursday morning, low temperatures were warmer in parts of the Sacramento Mountains than they were in the Pecos Valley and the rest of southeastern New Mexico. This is not at all an uncommon occurrence with these cold but shallow arctic air masses during the winter.

Windy Day Across Southern New Mexico Wednesday.

(Wednesday, Feb 23, 2022).

Public Information Statement
National Weather Service El Paso TX/Santa Teresa NM
710 PM MST Wed Feb 23 2022

...HIGHEST WIND GUST REPORTS FOR FEB 23 AS OF 7PM...

Location                     Speed     Time/Date       Lat/Lon
San Agustin Pass 1.6 E Organ 77 MPH    0650 PM 02/23   32.43N/106.57W
Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland  71 MPH    0420 PM 02/23   32.53N/106.81W
WSMR EMRE                    69 MPH    0550 PM 02/23   32.47N/106.50W
Condron Field (WSMR)         66 MPH    0600 PM 02/23   32.34N/106.41W
Hachita Valley               64 MPH    0440 PM 02/23   31.70N/108.34W
Lordsburg Playa I10 MP11 (NM 63 MPH    0335 PM 02/23   32.28N/108.88W
Deming ASOS                  62 MPH    0215 PM 02/23   32.27N/107.72W
T-or-C ASOS                  61 MPH    0224 PM 02/23   33.23N/107.27W
WSMR Rad                     61 MPH    0645 PM 02/23   32.80N/106.50W
Burro Mountain RAWS          60 MPH    0559 PM 02/23   32.67N/108.54W
Spaceport America Awos       60 MPH    0315 PM 02/23   32.99N/106.97W
Dripping Springs RAWS        59 MPH    0526 PM 02/23   32.32N/106.59W
Winston (EPZWxNet)           57 MPH    0228 PM 02/23   33.35N/107.65W
WSMR LC-32                   57 MPH    0635 PM 02/23   32.41N/106.40W
Lordsburg Playa I10 MP7 (NMD 55 MPH    0450 PM 02/23   32.25N/108.93W
North Lordsburg Playa        55 MPH    0225 PM 02/23   32.25N/108.95W
Lordsburg Playa I10 MP9 (NMD 54 MPH    0455 PM 02/23   32.27N/108.90W
Las Cruces AWOS              53 MPH    0335 PM 02/23   32.27N/106.92W
Lordsburg Playa I10 MP12 (NM 53 MPH    0425 PM 02/23   32.29N/108.87W
Chiricahua Desert Museum     52 MPH    0520 PM 02/23   31.87N/109.02W
High Rolls                   52 MPH    0659 PM 02/23   32.94N/105.84W
Lordsburg Playa I10 MP13 (NM 52 MPH    0435 PM 02/23   32.32N/108.81W
Silver City - Mountain View  51 MPH    0300 PM 02/23   32.77N/108.26W
Arrey 2N                     50 MPH    0601 PM 02/23   32.88N/107.31W
Organ (DACFC)                50 MPH    0458 PM 02/23   32.42N/106.60W
San Andres RAWS              48 MPH    0501 PM 02/23   32.58N/106.53W
Hanover 5ENE                 47 MPH    0400 PM 02/23   32.82N/108.00W
WSMR C-Station               47 MPH    0630 PM 02/23   32.36N/106.38W
WSMR Salt Creek              47 MPH    0300 PM 02/23   33.12N/106.36W
Mescalero RAWS               46 MPH    0541 PM 02/23   33.16N/105.77W
Santa Teresa NWS RSOIS       46 MPH    0429 PM 02/23   31.87N/106.70W
WSMR Apache                  46 MPH    0235 PM 02/22   32.63N/106.39W
Las Cruces                   45 MPH    0415 PM 02/23   32.36N/106.72W
El Paso International Airpor 45 MPH    0609 PM 02/23   31.82N/106.38W
WSMR Pony                    45 MPH    0355 AM 02/23   32.87N/106.49W
Delta Clipper                45 MPH    0535 PM 02/23   32.90N/106.41W

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.

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Blog Updated @ 3:11 PM MDT. Click On The Photos & Newspaper Articles To Enlarge Them. On May 31, 1991 at 8:39 PM MDT a then rated (F-2 Tornado touched down 2.1 miles southeast of the Carlsbad Airport (as the crow flies) just southwest of the end of Wagonwheel Rd. A day and time that many local residents will never forget. Newspaper articles at the time reported conflicting reports (understandably so) concerning the damage, injuries, and the time of the tornado. To many residents this was a shock...not something that we are used to seeing or dealing with.  The tornado touched down right at dusk. Cass Hernandez who was the Carlsbad Airport Security Guard at the time observed the tornado 2 miles southeast of the Airport as power flashes occurred from the tornado destroying power lines and transformers. It was eerie looking contrasted with the darkness and power flashes but there was no mistaking what was happening. The Tornado's path is circled in red...
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Major Winter Storm May Paralyze/Bury Parts Of NM & Nearby Areas Tonight Into Wednesday!

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Winter Storm Watches & Warnings Are In Effect - Click On This Link For Additional Details. U.S. GFS Storm Total Snowfall Forecast. Valid At 6 PM MDT Wednesday. Today's (Sunday) noon mdt run of the GFS forecast model is just plain nuts. Its trend has been to produce heavier snowfall totals and aerial coverages with each new run over the past day. This has me worried. 19" for Roswell, 12" for Artesia, 15" for Clovis, 28" for the Fort Sumner area, and 17" for Corona! This would be wild in the dead of winter but is absolutely unheard of in the part of the world in October! The last time we saw something like this come to pass was the Blizzard of December 27, 28, 29th, 2015. Will history repeats itself? I hope not but I will admit that I am worried. My feeling is that we will see snowfall accumulations of around 6" to 12" in SE NM and 6" to 18" in the mountains.  GFS Freezing Rain Accumulation Forecast. Valid Tonight Through PM MDT Wednes...
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2011 Skywarn Spotter Training Classes & My Thoughts.

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Artesia, NM Skywarn Spotter Training Class.  Midland National Weather Service Warning  Coordination Meteorologist Pat Vesper. Midland National Weather Service Warning  Coordination Meteorologist Pat Vesper. Roswell, NM Skywarn Spotter Training Class. Albuquerque National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kerry Jones. Albuquerque National Weather Service Meteorologist Daniel Porter. Albuquerque National Weather Service Meteorologist Daniel Porter & Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kerry Jones. Summary. Our first Eddy County  Skywarn Spotter Training meeting kicked off in Artesia this past Monday night. A total of 16 people attended. This was down a little from the past couple of years. Our second class was held in Carlsbad Tuesday night and there were 17 people in attendance. This was about half as many people that attended last year. I will have to go back and check but there have been some 160 or so people in Eddy County sign up for our ...
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Tonight's GFS Is As Drunk As This Mornings ECMWF. Historic Snowstorm Next Weekend?

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GFS Drinking Same Kool-Aid As ECMWF? Tonight's 00Z/5 PM MST U.S. GFS 500 MB Forecast. Valid @ 5 AM MST Sunday, Dec 27, 2015. Tonight's 00Z/5 PM MST U.S. GFS Surface Forecast. Valid @ 5 PM MST Saturday, Dec 26, 2015. Tonight's 00Z/5 PM MST U.S. GFS Accumulated Forecast. Valid @ 5 PM MST Sunday, Dec 27, 2015. U.S. GFS 10-Day Forecasts. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Clines Corners, New Mexico. Cannon Air Force Base - Clovis, New Mexico. Corona, New Mexico. Sierra Blanca Regional Airport - Ruidoso, New Mexico. Roswell, New Mexico. Artesia, New Mexico. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Hobbs, New Mexico. Guadalupe Pass, Texas. El Paso, Texas. Blog Updated @ 12:15 AM MST: Tonight's 00Z/5 PM MST ECMWF 500 MB Forecast. Valid @ 5 PM MST Sunday, Dec 27, 2015. Just took a look at the tonight's run of the European model which just came in. Its forecasting snowfall totals of 26" fo...
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Are We Fixing To Go From Drought To Flood In SE NM?

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Blog Updated At 1:45 PM MDT Saturday, May 19, 2018. May 24, 2013. Looking Back To The West Of Hope. Big Changes Coming Starting Tonight. GFS 500 MB (18,000') Forecast. Valid At 6 PM MDT Monday, May 21, 2018. Surface Map Analysis. Valid At 6 AM MDT This Saturday Morning. Temperatures At 10 AM This Morning. Temperatures At 1 PM MDT This Afternoon. Now that's a stout cold front. Take a look at these temperatures as of 1 PM MDT this Saturday afternoon. As Southeastern New Mexico and West Texas climbs up into the 90's the plains of northeastern Colorado, most of Nebraska, Wyoming, and parts of Montana are in the 40's and 50's!  NWS MesoWest Reported Low Temperatures This Morning. Surface Map Forecast. Strong Cold Front Arrives Late Tonight. A strong cold front is forecast to move southward down the Eastern Plains of New Mexico late tonight into Sunday morning. Low temperatures across the plains ...
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Major Winter Storm To Hammer New Mexico & West Texas Thanksgiving Week!

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Blog Updated At (;15 AM MST Sunday, Nov 24th, 2019. GFS 500 MB (18,000') Analysis. At 11 PM MST Saturday Night. GFS 500 MB (18,000') Forecast. Valid For 2 PM MST Tuesday. GFS 500 MB (18,000') Forecast. Valid For 5 AM MST Thanksgiving Morning. A Thanksgiving To Remember! Thanksgiving week this year will be one to remember it appears. As of this Sunday morning a cutoff upper level low remains parked well southwest of San Diego, California. This storm will get kicked to the southeast, weaken, and eventually get absorbed by a strong upper level trough of low pressure diving southward out of the northern Rockies on Tuesday. By Thanksgiving a large, deep, and cold mid-upper level closed low is forecast to be centered near central California. The other models are coming more in line with the GFS and its forecasts but there still remain differences in the timing, strength, and location of the storms to affect our area next week. Surface M...
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Cloudcroft & Ruidoso, NM Seasonal Snowfall Totals.

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Seasonal Snowfall Totals. (Oct 1st, 2019 - January 19th, 2020). January 11th, 2020. South Of Cloudcroft, New Mexico. Top 25 Highest Seasonal Snowfall Totals. (Cloudcroft, New Mexico 8,750'). Seasonal Totals Are From July 1st - July 1st. Top 25 Highest Seasonal Snowfall Totals. (Ruidoso, New Mexico 6,950'). Seasonal Totals Are From July 1st - July 1st. As a kid growing up in Artesia, New Mexico I always was fascinated by the snowfall in the Sacramento mountains. Especially in the Cloudcroft and Ruidoso areas. Many times Cloudcroft would see their first snowfall by Halloween. It was not unusual to see snow on the ground from around Thanksgiving through Easter in many of these years.  Sierra Blanca Peak (White Mountain or Old Baldy) west of Ruidoso more often than not was coated with snow from before Thanksgiving to after Easter as well.  If you have been thinking that it does not snow as much in the Sacramento mountains as i...
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