Winter Storm — Northwest Mountains Including Jemez, New Mexico

2006-11-29 to 2006-11-30 · Northwest Mountains Including Jemez, New Mexico

Event narrative

Six to seven inches of snow fell at Los Alamos. Eight inches of snow fell at Espanola and elsewhere across Rio Arriba County.

Wider weather episode

Heavy snow and breezy winds developed across the central and northern mountains and the east central highlands as an upper level storm and cold front moved southeast from Utah into central New Mexico. Amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inches in the northern mountains and 4 to 8 inches from Colfax County southward into San Miguel, Santa Fe and Torrance Counties then east into the plains reaching between Clayton and Roswell. Elsewhere snow of 2 to 4 inches was widespread across the western counties and central valleys.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 6461. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.