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Heavy Snow in Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
Heavy Snow February 16, 2021 · Central Tularosa Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A maximum snowfall amount reported was 11.0 inches 2 miles southwest of Cloudcroft. Other reports included 10.4 inches in Sunspot and 7.3 inches in Cloudcroft.
The wider storm
Cold air remained in place behind an Arctic front that moved through the region on Valentine's Day while another upper trough was deepening as it crossed the southern Rockies. Snowfall amounts up to 11 inches were reported in the Sacramento Mountains.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 942781. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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