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I took the two photos above 7 miles ENE of Halfway on US Hwy 62/180 between Carlsbad and Hobbs. Lots of quarter to hen egg size hail on the ground.  I took this photo in the one above in downtown Lovington after golf ball-sized hail stripped leaves off of trees and broke numerous windows in the town. Hail drifted all over town. I took this photo of tennis ball-sized hail 5 miles south of McDonald on State Hwy 206, south of Tatum in northern Lea County. I took this photo 9 miles northeast of Tatum on State Hwy 125. Nice end to my chase. My Lea County Storm Chase Video. The 2025 NM Severe Weather Season Is Off To A Fast Start. Severe thunderstorms are not unusual in northeastern, eastern, and southeastern New Mexico in April. Although they generally become more numerous and widespread in May and June. Some years we have a second severe weather season, which can occur from late August through October. Severe thunderstorms can occur in just about every month of the year in New Mex...

April 16, 2025. Alamagordo, New Mexico. A strong spring closed upper-level low was centered southwest of Portland, Oregon, early this morning. It is forecast to slowly drift to the south and southeast today into late this weekend, and by Sunday evening,g it should be located over northern Utah.  At the surface, the dryline had backed as far west as the eastern slopes of the Guadalupe, Sacramento, and Capitan mountains. With surface dew point temperatures about as rich as you get in April (mid to upper 60's). The dryline will mix eastward this afternoon to near the NM/TX State line. Then later this evening, back westward into southeastern New Mexico. A slow-moving cold front was draped over eastern and northeastern New Mexico this morning. It will sag a little further to the south before washing out Saturday afternoon.  Counties in eastern and southeastern New Mexico near the state line (Quay, Curry, Roosevelt, Chaves, Eddy, and Lea Counties) will have the best shot at seeing s...

Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. Looking South From Alamagordo, New Mexico. Three days of high winds, blowing dust, and even mountain snow ended this past Saturday evening. Easter Sunday dawned cold with clear skies and calm winds. Moderate to heavy snow fell over the western and northern mountains as well as along and east of the Sandia and Manzano mountains. A storm total of 12.0" was reported in Gallup, and 9.6" was reported 4.8 miles east of Tijeras. A CoCoRaHS Station located 2.3 miles south of Cloudcroft reported a three-day snowfall total of 5.0", and the Cloudcroft NWS Climate Co-Op Station reported 5.0". Ruidoso reported a total of 1.0".  Westerly wind gusts of 50-65 mph were common across the state Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The highest gusts recorded on Thursday include 81 mph 10 miles SSE of Magdalena,79 mph at the Las Vegas Airport, and 74 mph at the Raton Airport. The highest gusts recorded on Friday include 78 mph at San Augustin Pass east of ...

April 15, 2025. Virga Sunrise - Carlsbad, NM. I took my cover photo this morning from C-Hill in Carlsbad. A virga sunrise. Virga is precipitation that falls from the clouds and evaporates before reaching the ground. Streaks or trails of virga are common in New Mexico as was the case this morning. Numerous locations across New Mexico broke their daily record high temperatures this past Friday and Saturday (April 11th & 12th). Several established new daily record maximum minimum temperatures as well. I'm hoping that this isn't an early precursor to what this summer has in store for us. Wednesday through Friday looks nasty again with high winds, blowing dust, and critically dangerous fire weather conditions. High Watches have already been issued for parts of northeastern, eastern, south-central, and southern New Mexico for Thursday. Southwesterly winds are forecast to become sustained at around 30 to 40 mph with gusts in the 60 to 65 mph range. Additional High Wind Watches, W...

April 6, 2025  Capitan Mountains. Looking Southeast From St Hwy 246. Record April Heat Yesterday & Again Today. A week ago yesterday (Saturday afternoon, April 5th) light to moderate snow was falling at our home in Carlsbad with a temp of 33 and northeasterly winds gusting to 50 mph. I recorded a high temp here at our home in northwest Carlsbad of 99 Saturday afternoon. You gotta love New Mexico's (or not) crazy weather swings in the spring.  The official high at the Carlsbad Airport ASOS was 97 which broke their record high temp for the date of 93 set in 2018. The Carlsbad Climate Co-Op Station recorded a high of 96 in 2018. The Roswell Airport ASOS recorded a high temp Saturday afternoon of 95 which broke their previous record high for the date of 94 set in 2018.  Numerous other locations across New Mexico also broke their daily record high temps Saturday afternoon.  Rinse and repeat again this Sunday afternoon as another day of near to record-breaking heat is ...

April 6, 2025. Capitan Mountains. 30 Miles NW Of Roswell, NM. Winter took one more swat at New Mexico and left some impressive snowfall amounts. Several locations in the northern mountains measured a foot and a half while a foot to a foot and a half of snow fell east of Albuquerque along the east slopes of the Sandia and Manzano mountains.  The northeastern and eastern plains measured anywhere from 1" to 5" (the Clovis area). Several reporting stations measured nearly 2" of rain in the Clovis and Portales areas. Surprisingly, the Sacramento mountains missed out from this storm. 1" to 2.5" of snow fell in the Cloudcroft area. The Ruidoso area picked up a little more than a trace with Nogal getting a half of an inch. Precipitation totals ended up being less than a quarter of an inch is very disappointing considering the existing very high fire danger and ongoing drought conditions.  Runyan Ranches and Elk in southwestern Chaves County reported 1.5" to 4.5...

April 4, 2025. Ski Apache At 8:30 AM MDT.   April Winter Storm Bearing Down Upon New Mexico! As of 9 AM this Friday morning the center of the mid-upper level low was located over central Arizona and still moving south. A strong backdoor cold front is still on track to enter northeastern New Mexico this afternoon and then push southward and westward into the state overnight into Saturday morning. Conditions will deteriorate over the state this afternoon into Saturday as the front pushes through and the winter storm to our west slides to the south of the state. A cold rain is forecast for the southeastern plains along with a few isolated to scattered thunderstorms. I wouldn't be surprised if some of us don't have a few bouts of thundersnow.  Winter Storm Warnings are now in effect for basically the eastern one-half of the state except for the southeastern plains, and the southern Sacramento and Guadalupe mountains. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the northern Sacramen...

January 24, 2023. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Dark Canyon Road - West Of Carlsbad.  Major Winter Storm Coming! Special Weather Statement From NWS Lubbock. Mother Nature has decided to give us one more reminder that winter isn't through with New Mexico yet. The hardest hit areas look to be the northern mountains, northeastern and eastern New Mexico where a Winter Storm Watch  (see below) remains in effect from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. This will likely be upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning in my opinion with additional Winter Storm Warnings or Winter Weather Advisories possible for other areas of the state along and east of the mountains.  Scattered rain showers will increase tonight across the state. Rain will change over to snow in the mountains later tonight. A few isolated thunderstorms are possible tonight into Friday across the eastern one-half of the state from the mountains eastward into West Texas.  A strong backdoor cold front will sweep southwa...

April 1, 2025. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Setting Sun In Dust Obscured Sky. One can only hope that yesterday's high wind/blowing dust event was the last one this spring. Sorry, but I'm not getting my hopes up just yet. I sincerely hope I'm wrong on this because like most of you I'm sick and tired of these repeated dust storms we've endured since February.  Get ready because a drastic change is coming Thursday into Sunday. Think colder with snow and rain!

November 18, 2024. Rio Felix Normally Dry Arroyo. Old Yo Crossing Rd - 18 Miles SSW Of Roswell, NM. Looking North At Flood Debris From The Oct 19, 2024 Flash Flood. April Starts Off Wild! Today's weather across New Mexico will be no joke. Yet another widespread high wind/blowing dust event is slated for the state and area. Every county in New Mexico is under a High Wind Warning or a Wind Advisory  through this evening.  Damaging Winds! Damaging winds are forecast along and east of the central and south-central mountain chains eastward out onto the eastern and southeastern plains. Power poles, power lines, utility lines, trees, small sheds, outbuildings, fences, and roofs may be damaged or blown down in some locations. In the High Wind Warning areas, southwesterly winds are forecasted to become sustained at 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 to 65 mph. Localized higher gusts will be possible. Gusts in the Guadalupe Mountains may reach or exceed 75 mph! In the Wind Advisory areas, s...