Heavy Snow — Tusas Mountains Including Chama, New Mexico

2023-03-20 to 2023-03-22 · Tusas Mountains Including Chama, New Mexico

Event narrative

Heavy snow impacted the Jemez Mountains. There were reports of 11 to 13 inches by SNOTEL sites along the northern and northwestern sections of the zone. There were various other snow reports of 2 to 9 inches near Los Alamos and Jemez Pueblo.

Wider weather episode

A series of upper level disturbances tracked across northern NM from March 20, 2023 to March 22, 2023. Long duration snow reached the northern mountains of NM with little to no breaks during this three day stretch. The heavy snow brought difficult to severe driving conditions to many of the high mountain passes, but surprisingly there was only one road closure on State Highway 17 near the CO border reported. There was also nuisance flooding reported in Taos from persistent light to moderate rainfall and snow melt.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1077899. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.