Tusas Mountains Including Chama storm history

Extreme drought conditions were removed from the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.

Extreme drought conditions persisted across the majority of the zone.

The Hopewell and Bateman SNOTELs estimated an event total of 12 and 11 inches respectively that occurred over a 36 to 48 hour period in two distinctly separate periods.

Extreme drought persisted across the majority of the zone.

Extreme drought conditions were introduced to the majority of the zone.

An estimated 10 inches of snow was observed at the Hopewell SNOTEL.

An estimated 13 inches of snowfall was observed at the Chamita SNOTEL northwest of Chama. Elsewhere in the zone, an estimated 5 to 8 inches was observed at other SNOTEL sites and in Chama.

Severe drought persisted over the northwest portion of the zone.

An estimated 11 inches of snowfall was measured at the Bateman SNOTEL. Elsewhere in the zone, a CoCoRaHS observer 12.3 miles SSE of Chama measured 10 inches of snowfall.

Severe drought conditions were introduced to the northwest portion of the zone.

An estimated 18 inches of snow was observed at the Hopewell SNOTEL. Additionally, snowfall estimates of 10 and 17 inches, respectively, were observed at the Bateman and San Antonio SNOTEL sites.

Severe drought conditions were removed from the southern portion of the zone.

Severe drought persisted across the southern portion of the zone.

The lightning caused Yeso Wildfire was discovered near the Mesa del Yeso in eastern Rio Arriba County. The fire was managed and allowed to grow to 650 acres causing no damage.

Severe drought remained across the southern portion of the zone.

Severe drought coverage was reduced to the southern part of the zone.

Severe drought persisted over the southern portion of the zone.

Severe drought persisted over the southern portion of the zone.

There was an estimated 13 inches at the Hopewell SNOTEL. Three to nine inches fell elsewhere in the zone.

The San Antonio SNOTEL observed an estimated 10 inches of snow. There were reports of 3 to 6 inches of snow elsewhere in the zone.

Severe drought was reduced to the southern portion of the zone.

An estimated 16 inches of snow fell at the San Antonio Sink SNOTEL. Additional snow reports of 7 to 12 inches was reported elsewhere in the zone.

The Hopewell and Bateman SNOTEL stations showed an accumulation of 16 and 14 inches respectively. There were reports of 9 to 12 inches elsewhere in the zone with 12 inches in Chama. The heavy snow caused U.S. Highway 64 to be closed through the Tusas Mountains.

Severe drought remained persistent across a majority of the zone while extreme drought was removed from the far northern portion of the zone.

The NMDOT reported a continued closures of U.S. Highway 64 through the Tusas Mountains between Tierra Amarilla and Tres Piedras due to winter storm conditions on the morning of January 8th.

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone.

Severe to extreme drought conditions persisted across the zone, despite receiving some beneficial snowfall from several winter storms.

A dry and warm November resulted in the expansion of extreme drought conditions to a majority of the zone.

A dry and warm October resulted in the persistence of severe drought conditions for most of the zone and introduction of extreme drought in the far southwestern section of the zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the persistence of severe drought conditions into the western and southern portions of the zone.

A continuation of a dry monsoon season and above normal temperatures allowed for the northward expansion of severe drought conditions into the western and southern portions of the zone.

A public weather station in the Tusas Mountains measured a high sustained wind speed of 40 mph.

Heavy snow impacted the Tusas Mountains where there was an estimated 13 inches of snow at the Chamita and Hopewell SNOTEL sites. There were various snow reports of 3 to 8 inches across the western half of the zone. The heavy snow forced State Highway 17 to be closed in coordinati…

Heavy snow impacted the Jemez Mountains. There were reports of 11 to 13 inches by SNOTEL sites along the northern and northwestern sections of the zone. There were various other snow reports of 2 to 9 inches near Los Alamos and Jemez Pueblo.

Heavy snow reaching 10 inches was measured by a SNOTEL in the area.

Heavy snow and blowing snow impacted much of the zone causing severe winter travel conditions along U.S. Highway 64 through the Tusas Mountains. There were various reports of 7 to 9 inches of snow across the zone.

Severe winter driving conditions from snow packed and icy roads with low visibility from blowing snow was reported along U.S. Highway 64 in the Tusas Mountains.

The Chamita SNOTEL measured 10 inches of snowfall near Chama.

The Chamita SNOTEL estimated 10 inches of snowfall.

Heavy snow impacted the area with the Hopewell SNOTEL reporting an estimated 11 inches of snowfall. Difficult driving conditions were also reported on area highways.

Heavy snow impacted the Tusas Mountains. A SNOTEL site reported 10 inches of snow.

Severe drought conditions from June 2022 improved to moderate drought in July.

Extreme drought conditions from May 2022 improved to severe drought conditions across the area in June.

Severe drought conditions from April 2022 worsened in May with extreme drought conditions areawide.

A weather station near Vallecitos measured a peak sustained wind speed of 41 mph.

Severe drought conditions from March 2022 continued in April.

Various SNOTELs across the Tusas Mountains received snow totals ranging from 10 to 12 inches. This heavy snowfall caused severe driving conditions along U.S. Highway 64 from Tierra Amarilla and Hopewell Lake.

Severe drought conditions from February 2022 continued in March.