Heavy Snow in Northwest Mountains Including Jemez, New Mexico

A winter storm dropped heavy snow over the upper Rio Grande Valley and the east slopes of the Jemez Mountains. Snow reports include 11 inches at Los Alamos, 12 inches at White Rock and Espanola and 15 inches at Nambe.

A potent upper level low moved from northwest to southeast across New Mexico while a cold front backed southwest across the eastern half of the state. Four to eight inches of snow were common across the east central and northeast plains with 8 to 12 inches along parts of the interstate 40 in eastern New Mexico, along the east slopes of the central mountains chain and in the upper Rio Grande Valley and the southeast slopes of the Jemez Mountains.