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January 26, 2026. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Rime Ice From Freezing Fog This Morning. Blog Updated At 1:30 PM MST Thursday, January 29, 2026. Blog Udated At 7:17 AM MST Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Blog Updated At 1:40 PM MST Tuesday, January 27, 2026. Wow! What a storm. Historic not only for parts of New Mexico but from here all the way east and northeast to New England. And it's still not over yet for millions. At least a dozen states had reports of snowfall totals of a foot or more. This one will be remembered and talked about for years to come.  Widespread power outages from New Mexico northeastward put hundreds of thousands in the dark. Mississippi was especially hit hard. At least 11,000 people lost power in the Sacramento Mountains on Saturday, and many outages remain as of this writing. As soon as Power crews repair broken power poles and lines, additional trees and tree limbs break and fall onto them from the weight of the ice and snow. This is ongoing.  The heavy wet snow...

December 30, 2025. Carlsbad Beach/Golf Course. If you are not ready for this winter storm, then you had better finalize your preparations and plans because this one looks to be a doozy! Widespread winter weather impacts, including travel problems and power outages, look to be on the table for parts of New Mexico and most of West Texas. Abundant mid-high level sub-tropical (record levels of moisture for this time of the year) will stream northeastward into the region ahead of the cut-off upper-level low located west of LA this morning. As this low moves southeastward and into the Baja Region Friday and Friday night it will phase with a deep and very cold long-wave trough of low pressure diving southwestward out of the northern plains and into the Desert Southwest. The two systems will merge and swing eastward across the state on Sunday, providing the necessary lift and instability for a widespread major winter storm.  Meanwhile, a powerful arctic cold front will backdoor its way sou...

January 9, 2026. Backlit Snowshower. West Of Hope, New Mexico. Finally, something to look at in the forecast models and write about. All three of the deterministic forecast models (GFS, ECMWF, GEM) are latching onto a potential winter storm developing as a closed low off the California coast late next week. Then sliding towards New Mexico next weekend. It may phase with a long wave trough of low pressure swinging across the northern Rockies and plains.  Naturally, a week out and it's too early to try and get cute with the details, but today's model runs paint a pretty messy winter storm from New Mexico east into Louisiana next weekend. With lots of freezing rain, sleet, and snow.  You know the drill, we will have to wait until the middle or end of next week to get a better look at what this storm will have to offer. For now, wet and turning colder is on the table with a mix of wintry precipitation, including heavy snow, especially in the state's mountains. 

January 9, 2026. Stormy Winter Skies. West Of Hope, New Mexico.  Several years ago, during the middle of the very heated and controversial climate change propaganda and debates, a group of respected scientists publicly came out with this statement: "It's the sun, stupid." That may offend some, but to this day it remains one of my all-time favorite quotes.  The sun and its associated solar cycles drive the planet's climate and weather. Volcanoes also play a major role, and the sun plays a major role in how and when they erupt. When they reach the major or historical eruption stage, they alter the planets short term weather and long term climate cycles.  The solar cycles, especially the solar minima cycles and grand solar minimums have drastically altered our weather and climate throughout history. Most notably during the last Little Ice Age. Many believe we are due or overdue for another such event.  Add to this mix the sun's effects on the world's ocean temper...

January 9, 2026. Snow Showers West Of Hope, NM. Now that's cold. The Eagle Nest National Weather Service Climate Co-Op Station reported a low temperature of -25°F on the morning of Saturdayy, January 10, 2026. Not far behind was the nearby Angel Fire Airport with -22 ° F.  Cloudcroft reported a low of 8°F, as did Elk, and Rudioso officially came in at 9°F. A Personal Weather Station (PWS) Myers Cabin in Sacramento reported a low of 0°F. A number of Personal Weather Stations reported lows in the single digits this past Saturday morning in the Sacramento mountains.  Heavy snow fell over the northern mountains of the state. The Santa Fe Ski resort measured a storm total of 23". 16" fell 6 miles east-southeast of Mogollon in Catron County. Sandia Peak Ski Resort measured 12". Ski Apache picked up 10", and Cloudcroft measured 6". See the list in my blog post for more totals.   Quiet weather has returned for now, other than a couple of cold fronts passing through...

December 30, 2025. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Blog Updated At 3:00 PM MST Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026.  Winter Returns To The Land Of Enchantment. Winter makes a comeback to the state today through Saturday. Two cold fronts will sweep through the state today into Friday. The first one will be a Pacific cold front that will move east out of the eastern and southeastern plains by sunset today. The second and strong front will dive southeastward from the Four Corners Region Thursday evening and through the rest of the state on Friday. Much colder air will move into New Mexico on Thursday and continue into the weekend. Morning lows will drop into the single digits and low teens across northern New Mexico Saturday and Sunday mornings. A few higher mountain valley locations will fall below zero. Lows across the southeastern plains will drop down into the upper teens and low 20s Sunday morning. Single digits and low teens will occur this weekend in the Sacramento mountains.  Rounds of lowland ...

December 29, 2025. Carlsbad, New Mexico. Blog Updated At 11:02 AM Sunday, January 4, 2026.  One of the craziest snow events we've seen buried Carlsbad under 6" to 12" of snow beginning early Monday morning, December 29th, before ending later that afternoon. I measured a storm total of 10.2" of snowfall with a max snow depth of 9.0" at 4 PM MST. My liquid content of this heavy wet snow was 1.00"...Water content of the melted snowfall. Between 4 PM and 6 PM, a mix of light sleet and freezing rain occurred. What made this storm so unusual was that other nearby locations were completely overlooked, including the Roswell, Ruidoso, Cloudcroft, Mountain Park/High Rolls, Guadalupe Pass, and El Paso areas. Queen west of Carlsbad in the Guadalupe Mtn's reported 3" as did the Carlsbad Caverns Visitor Center. Other public reported totals include nearly 10" at the Carlsbad Municipal Golf Course, 8" 9 miles northwest of Carlsbad, 2"-3" in Lak...

December 27, 2015. Our Front Yard In Carlsbad, NM. I measured 13" On The Ground With 3' To 10' Drifts In Carlsbad. Looking Back At Our December 2015 Blizzard. Historic Blizzard Shuts Down Much Of New Mexico - Dec 27, 2015. Some Say It Never Snows In SE NM - It Did! Our Home & Three Days Later The Roads Are Still A Mess In SE NM - Dec 30, 2015. Five Days After The First Flakes Fell - Artesia To Cloudcroft - January 1, 2016. A dangerous winter storm will begin impacting southern and southeastern New Mexico, including the Sacramento and Guadalupe Mountains, late tonight and continue into at least Tuesday morning. Travel disruptions and road closures are likely in the warning and advisory areas.  Blizzard conditions are forecast to develop tonight in the Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy and Culberson Counties around 10 PM MST. North to northeast winds gusting up to around 50 mph, along with heavy snow, blowing and drifting snow, and whiteout conditions, will make travel next t...

2025 Christmas Sunset. At Our Home In Carlsbad, New Mexico.  Blog Updated At 5:14 PM MST Saturday, Dec 27, 2025. Looking Back At Our December 2015 Blizzard. Historic Blizzard Shuts Down Much Of New Mexico - Dec 27, 2015. Some Say It Never Snows In SE NM - It Did! Our Home & Three Days Later The Roads Are Still A Mess In SE NM - Dec 30, 2015. Five Days After The First Flakes Fell - Artesia To Cloudcroft - January 1, 2016. Hundreds Of Record Warm NM Temperatures Shattered In December. December has already gone down in the history books as being unbelievably warm, with a remarkable number of new records tied or broken. As of Christmas Day, there have been 307 new daily record high temperatures that have either been tied or broken by the state's National Weather Service Climate Co-Op Stations. There have been 143 new daily high minimum (warm overnight lows) tied or broken. Some 31 new all-time December high temperature records have been tied or broken. As well as 14 new all-time De...