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Heavy Snow in Upper Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
Heavy Snow December 15, 2008 – December 16, 2008 · Upper Rio Grande Valley, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
Eight to 12 inches of snow fell over much of the Upper Rio Grande Valley.
The wider storm
A deep low pressure area centered over California continued to pump moisture into Mew Mexico on the 15th and 16th. A strong short wave trough ejected out of the low and helped bring widespread, heavy snow to much of the area near and north of Interstate 40.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 138168. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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