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Heavy Snow in Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

Heavy Snow December 15, 2008 – December 16, 2008 · Sangre De Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Ten to 20 inches of snow fell over much of the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

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 138169. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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