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Heavy Snow in East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

Heavy Snow February 2, 2022 – February 3, 2022 · East Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

A CoCoRaHS observer reported 5.5 inches of snow about 3 miles west-northwest of Mayhill.

The wider storm

An upper low was moving across the Southern Rockies with a back door cold front moving in from the northeast into Otero County. Snow started the evening of the 2nd and continued into the morning of the 3rd. Snowfall amounts of up to 16 inches were reported in the Sacramento Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1010064. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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