Heavy Snow in Southern Lea County, New Mexico

Heavy Snow January 9, 2021 – January 10, 2021 · Southern Lea County, New Mexico

What the National Weather Service wrote

Seven inches of snow was estimated to have fallen in 21 miles west northwest of Jal.

The wider storm

A deep upper level trough dug into New Mexico and West Texas late on the 9th and into the 10th of February. This lifted moist air over cold air at the surface causing heavy snow to develop in a band from far southeastern New Mexico, across the central and eastern Permian Basin.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 939548. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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