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Heavy Snow in Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Heavy Snow December 19, 2006 – December 20, 2006 · Southern Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
From 6 to 8 inches of snow fell overnight in the Cloudcroft area, with heavier amounts to the east.
The wider storm
A deep upper trough moved across NM from west to east while a strong back door cold front pushed westward from the NM plains across the central mountain chain and beyond the Rio Grande. This combination resulted in heavy snow mainly in the mountains, especially the eastern slopes of the Sacramento range. Six to eight inches fell overnight in the Cloudcroft area, with greater amounts in the favored upslope region to the east.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 8954. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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