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Heavy Snow in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

Heavy Snow January 22, 2010 – January 23, 2010 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Snowfall totals across the Sacramento Mountains were 22.9 inches 1.8 miles southwest of Cloudcroft, 18.5 inches 5 miles northeast of Cloudcroft, and 6.5 inches 1 mile west of High Rolls at elevation 6601 feet.

The wider storm

A very large upper low moved off the Pacific and across the Rockies. Ahead of this system southwesterly flow brought significant moisture into the region. As the storm system and associated cold front moved slowly through southern New Mexico, snow levels dropped to around 5000 feet with almost 2 feet of snow reported near Cloudcroft.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 210514. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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