Heavy Snow — Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

2007-02-13 to 2007-02-14 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Wider weather episode

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_id 16447. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.