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Heavy Snow in Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

Heavy Snow October 26, 2020 – October 27, 2020 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Four to 4.5 inches of snow was reported at numerous sites around Alamogordo.

The wider storm

An upper low moved across the International Border with a 145 knot jet streak out ahead of it. This low combined with an Arctic cold front dropping south across the Front Range and brought some of the earliest measurable snow recorded to the lowlands. Snow accumulations of up to seven inches were recorded in the Sacramento Mountains.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 925676. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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