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Heavy Snow in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Heavy Snow February 13, 2007 – February 14, 2007 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

The wider storm

A large upper low over northwest Arizona rotated several waves of energy into a moist air mass over southern New Mexico. It was also unstable, resulting in heavy convective snow showers and snowfall rates of up to 3 inches per hour in the southern Sacramento Mountains. A total of 14 inches of snow fell in Cloudcroft.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 16447. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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