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School closures, high winds and closed roads: Snow causes disruptions across northern and central New Mexico
The recent cold snap is not done yet in New Mexico. Some parts of the state will see wind chill as low as minus 40 degrees this week, according to the National Weather Service.
鈥淚t is definitely going to remain cold,鈥� Daniel Porter, an NWS meteorologist, said Monday. 鈥淚n fact, a lot of the snow is going to stick around for a while 鈥� Temperatures tomorrow, for many areas in the northern half of the state, will not even break the freezing mark, so it is here to stay for a little while.鈥�
Porter said wind chills will get 鈥渄angerously cold鈥� in many northern parts of the state.
鈥淔or tonight, -10 to as cold as -30 (degrees),鈥� Porter said, looking toward Monday evening. 鈥淎ngel Fire could approach -40 degrees tonight (Monday). Warm is not in our future.鈥�
A third storm system is coming across Northwestern New Mexico starting Wednesday night, making its way into western and central New Mexico on Thursday morning, Porter said.
鈥淭hat system certainly looks cold enough to support snow,鈥� Porter said. 鈥淪o some additional snowfall accumulation鈥檚 certainly expected. Current projections suggest it won鈥檛 be as strong as 鈥� the last event, but the heavy snowfall accumulations will most likely favor the western and northern mountains.鈥�
On Monday, Santa Fe Public Schools announced , Bandelier National Monument and 90 mph winds were reported in northern New Mexico.
Snowfall varied across the state, some places had only trace amounts, while others recorded more than a foot of snowfall. Here鈥檚 a look at snow totals around New Mexico, according to the National Weather Service:
- sa国际传媒官网网页入口 鈥� trace amounts up to 1.5 inches east of Tramway and Paseo del Norte NE
- Santa Fe 鈥� 2 to 6.4 inches, 18 inches at Ski Santa Fe
- Chupadero 鈥� 18 inches
- Ramah 鈥� 10 inches
- Farmington 鈥� .25 to 2 inches
- North of Aztec 鈥� 4.7 inches
- Tres Ritos 鈥� 16 inches
- Red River 鈥� 13 inches
- Ponderosa Pines 鈥� 10 inches
- Miera 鈥� 14 inches
- Sedillo 鈥� 7.6 inches
- Sandia Park 鈥� 3.7 inches
- Tijeras 鈥� 2.4 inches
Winds have been intense as well. Porter said wind gusts as high as 90 mph were reported at Raton Pass. In Clayton, winds were as high as 67 mph. Roswell reported 62 mph winds.
