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Why Are My Weather Posts Missing From Facebook.
Hello everyone. I just wanted to let you know that my Facebook page was shut down without any warning by Facebook this past Saturday, June 8th. All I was told was that I had violated their community standards. I don't know what triggered that; they didn't tell me. I was told this may be permanent or for six months.
My guess is that it may be because I posted several comments and articles from my Substack page about the riots in LA, and that must have triggered/angered someone, and they complained, thus Facebook shut me down. I don't know this as fact, though. I have appealed this decision, and I'm still waiting for their reply. I have read on X that this has happened to other Facebook users posting about the LA riots as well.
I always share my weather blog posts (that I post here) on my Facebook page and my X page. This included over twelve different New Mexico and West Texas Facebook Community sites. So there are thousands of you out there (based on my views and shares of those posts) who will no longer see those posts. My Facebook page may or may not be restored.
This is another good reason (as the National Weather Service often reminds us) to have multiple ways of receiving severe weather alerts when severe weather threatens your location. My weather web page is one of those ways, and I really appreciate all of you who have and still do use it. Thank you so much!!!
If my Facebook page is restored, I will continue to share my weather blog posts and some of the NWS Watches and Warnings...as I have been doing for years now.
Courtesy Of Sherry Buchanan-Black. Scattered thunderstorms developed over and east of the Sacramento mountains on Thursday by noontime. A few of these became severe in the early afternoon. One of these thunderstorms became severe as it approached Carlsbad from the southwest. The Midland National Weather Service Office issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for East Central Eddy County at 2:53 PM MDT, including Carlsbad. The thunderstorm was moving eastward at only 10 mph and was located over the city. Multiple Landspout tornadoes developed east and southeast of the city. I don't know exactly how many developed, but there were at least two of them side by side at times. Many people in and around Carlsbad saw them. Included in this blog post are but a few of the numerous photos and videos taken by the public of this event. Based upon the numerous reports of Landspout tornadoes and the Severe Thunderstorm Warning that was issued for Carlsbad and surrounding areas, the Eddy County...
May 27, 2025. T-Storm At Sunset. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Blog Updated At 4:18 PM MDT, Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Scattered T-Storms Today Into Next Week - Some Severe! A backdoor cold front will slide southward into northeastern New Mexico this afternoon and then continue working its way southward and westward tonight into Thursday. Along with cooler temps behind this front, moist low-level easterly upslope flow will increase across the state from the mountains eastward. A cutoff upper-level low will develop and park itself west of the Baja Peninsula Thursday into Sunday. By next Monday, the models lift this low northeastward to the Four Corners Region. A second upper-level low may replace the first low later next week. A Tropical Disturbance located west of the central Mexican Pacific coast may develop into a Tropical Storm by this weekend. There is the possibility that the cutoff upper-level low over Baja will pick up some of its tropical moisture and import it into the ...
May 13, 2025. Looking West From The Carlsbad Beach. Altocumulus Standing Lenticular Clouds (ACSL). Thunderstorms & Cooler Next Week. High temperatures today, Friday, and Saturday across southeastern New Mexico are forecast to hit the century mark for the first time this year. Locally, our high temperatures will be 6 to 13 degrees above normal today into Sunday. Behind the cold front, our temps will average 4 to 12 degrees below normal Memorial Day into next Wednesday. A series of upper-level short-wave troughs of low pressure will traverse the region Sunday into the middle of next week. Meanwhile, a cold front will sag southward through New Mexico Sunday night into Memorial Day. The dryline will establish itself east of the mountains Sunday into Memorial Day as well. In fact, by next Tuesday and Wednesday, it will back west of the El Paso area. We normally don't see it this far west this early in the season. Increasing low-level southeasterly upslope flow from the Gulf of Ameri...
May 3, 2025. Virga Over The Sac's. Alamagordo, New Mexico. Calmer Weather Until The Weekend. Once again, high winds, blowing dust, and some road closures across the southern and southeastern sections of the state Tuesday and Wednesday. Multiple Dust Storm Warnings and Blowing Dust Advisories were issued for the area. Our windy season refuses to give up this spring, and another bout comes this weekend into the first of next week. Selected Highest Peak Wind Gusts Include: San Augustin Pass east of Las Cruces (Tuesday) 86 mph. White Sands Missile Range Bldg 1830 (Wednesday) 79 mph. San Augustin Pass east of Las Cruces (Wednesday) 73 mph. Salinas Peak, northwest of Tularosa (Wednesday) 72 mph. El Paso International Airport (Tuesday) 71 mph. Sierra Blanca Regional Airport, northeast of Ruidoso (Wednesday) 61 mph. See the complete lists below. In spite of our widespread rainfall recently, our extreme drought continues to persist with no immediate relief in sight. ...
May 5, 2025. Lake Arthur T-Storm With Hail Shafts. Cool With A Slight Chance Of T-Storms Into Thursday. Wow, some of the storm total snowfall amounts coming in from northern New Mexico would be impressive even in the dead of winter, much less the first week of May! A report of 34" from a station 5 miles north of Chacon in Mora County tops the list so far. An upper-level low is forecast to drop into southern Arizona tonight, then quickly swing eastward into far West Texas tomorrow. Enough low-level Gulf of America will get imported back into the area, along with increasing instability to kick off a few scattered rain showers and thunderstorms. Some of these storms may be severe across parts of far West Texas and the Big Bend Country tomorrow. Scattered rain showers and T-Storms will favor the mountains of New Mexico into Saturday, then we dry out and warm up again. The 90's return to southeastern New Mexico by next Monday. A Flood Watch remains in eff...
May 5, 2025. A Developing T-Storm West Of Artesia, New Mexico. Wild Weather: The Past Three Days. Numerous thunderstorms developed over the state yesterday and continued well into the night. Many of these were severe, especially in southeastern New Mexico. Multiple reports of hail ranging from golf ball to tennis ball size were received in the La Huerta area of Carlsbad (Northeast and East Carlsbad). Other reports of pea-to-quarter-size hail came in across the city and north of town in the McNew Subdivision. Large hail also fell in other parts of the state. Two landspout tornadoes were also observed east of Carlsbad late yesterday afternoon. Areas of blowing dust were reported across southwestern New Mexico yesterday afternoon and evening. Over the past three days, storm total rainfall amounts of 4" to 5" have occurred in northeastern and far southeastern New Mexico. Numerous reports of 1" to 2" of rain have been noted from the central mountain chain eastward over...
May 4, 2025. Lakewood Thunderstorm. Scattered Severe T-Storms Becoming Widespread & Numerous! This will likely be one of those wild, severe weather days that we usually would see late this month or in June. Scattered thunderstorms are forecast to develop this afternoon and quickly become severe. Stay weather aware and alert today into tonight. Have a plan to move to a place of safety if severe weather threatens your location. Have multiple ways to receive severe weather alerts. The Google Play Store App: Red Cross Emergency App/Emergency Severe Weather is what I use on my phone. It works on Android phones and iPhones. Late this afternoon and evening, scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms should become more widespread across southeastern New Mexico and across West Texas. Most of Lea County and the very eastern sections of Eddy County are included in the SPC Enhanced Risk area. The eastern half of Eddy, Chaves, and Roosevelt Counties is included in the Slight Risk are...
April 6, 2025. Sunset Peak On The Left. Capitan Peak On The Right. Looking Southwest From Northeast Of Roswell On St Hwy 246. Here Comes The Rain & Snow. A southward-moving cold front has moved through most of New Mexico this morning with a cooler airmass in its wake. Low clouds have overspread the eastern one-half of the state in the moist low-level upslope flow behind the cold front. Today's high temps behind the front will be some 10 to 20 degrees cooler than those of yesterday. High temperatures across the state will be some 5 to 15 degrees below normal early next week. A complicated upper air pattern is developing with a strong and unseasonably cold closed mid-upper level low forecast by the European model to dive out of the Pacific Northwest into southern California by Sunday morning. It is then forecast to slowly wobble around Arizona Sunday into next Monday night. Then centered over the Four Corners area by early Tuesday morning. The low finally opens up an...
