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Heavy Snow in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Heavy Snow December 5, 2011 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The heaviest snowfall across the Southern Sacramento Mountains was reported in Sacramento where 7.0 inches of snow fell.
The wider storm
A strong upper trough moved across the region and combined with an area of high pressure over the northern plains which pushed a strong cold front through the region. Snow levels fell to the valley floors across Southern New Mexico with snowfall totals of up to 7 inches reported.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 356733. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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