One thing about New Mexico...

[Chris H.]

A lot of my friends and their smartphones are saying it's 0/-0/-1 outside...including my iPod touch.

My weather station says 6*F, thermometer in the bedroom says 8*F, and TWC, Weatherbug and a few local Wunderground stations go from 12*F to 7*F.

[Cienega32]

Today's high: 28.8 after a 7.5 low.

[Chris H.]

We bottomed out at 4*F at 6:18AM this morning...and maxed out to 26*F at 3:43PM this afternoon. Right now we're about ten degrees warmer than yesterday at this time...though it'll still drop to around 10*F tonight...with warmer temps into the 40s by Friday.

[Cienega32]

Right now at 0130, while looking at yet another "Record Low" (Wunderground: 15*/2005) for the day, I'm at 12.7 which is 3.4 less than 24 hours ago. 17.2 at midnite. But NO WIND.

[Farmtalk]

They showed a picture of Roswell, NM on the national news last night...Looked like the inside of a snowglobe!!

[Chris H.]

Hit 14*F at 6:47AM this morning...then hit a high of 36*F at 3:58PM. My truck has a sheet of ice along the front and drivers side. Might just pull it out into the street and have the driver's side thaw out tomorrow. Or take it to a self-serve carwash. Decisions, decisions.

[Cienega32]

I was a bit premature with my "no wind" proclamation. Some light winds gave me a 0.2 below W/Chill with my 10.8 ambient at 0330. 36.9 was a nice high this afternoon.

Farmtalk - that snow in Roswell is a good thing. Aliens like snow. It keeps them happy and peaceful.

[Cienega32]

HEAT WAVE!

It just hit 40! Still 15 under 'normal' but it's getting there!

[Chris H.]

HEAT WAVE!

It just hit 40! Still 15 under 'normal' but it's getting there!

Hit 38*F today as a high. I'm thrilled. Yep, heat wave!!

[Chris H.]

Light snow and rain expected tonight...rain and snow tomorrow, with more snow Tuesday night. Then sunny. Then more next weekend. 

[Cienega32]

Just rain here but the chances are pretty dynamic. Started as 10% to 20 to 10 up to Wednesday. Now it's settling at 50 tonite and tomorrow with 40 Tues nite. Too warm for snow 

[Chris H.]

At least it isn't ungodly cold like it was last week. Most of the snow here is now black ice. 

Mid-December heat wave in full blast here. 

[Cienega32]

51.4 for a high and 0.28" of rain thru mid-day and drizzly/gloomy all day.

0.81" of Dec rain/melt. Avg DEC is 0.43". The only month this year that is above average.

[Chris H.]

Well, thanks to our anonymously-moved-out renters, and the fact that they shut the gas off to the house...and because of last weeks freeze...the house now has friggin' water damage, especially in the bathroom and a bedroom. This comes at a VERY bad time. So we got the gas back on at $62/hr service charge...and now we have to dry the house out.  

In the meantime, I picked up .12" of rain yesterday...

[Cienega32]

Chris, I don't envy you at all, my friend. It seems like it's one thing after another for you. Hang tough!

Looks like a repeat of last week coming along:

[Chris H.]

We're expected to see the rain and snow return Sunday night and last through Tuesday...I'm not really expecting much out of it. Once we have one major snow storm, it's the snow storm of the season. Everything else is weak.  

Though to say the least I would be surprised nonetheless if we got wind, bitter cold and tons of snow again this winter...  

As for the house, here comes a $4k insurance check. So everything works out. 

[Chris H.]

Winter Storm Watch:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1128 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2011

...MAJOR WINTER STORM ON THE WAY FOR MUCH OF NEW MEXICO...

.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TEMPORARILY STALLED OVER
NORTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA WILL START HEADING EASTWARD SUNDAY
AND MONDAY INTERACTING WITH ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER NEW
MEXICO. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN IN THE FORM OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
HIGH ELEVATION SNOW LATE SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SOUTH HALF OF NEW
MEXICO THEN SPREAD NORTHWARD THROUGH MONDAY. MEANWHILE A POTENT
COLD FRONT WILL SURGE SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS BRINGING WINDY
CONDITIONS AND TURNING PRECIPITATION OVER TO ALL SNOW. THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AND STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE
MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST PLAINS. TRAVEL DURING THIS PERIOD ALONG THE INTERSTATE
25 AND INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR NORTH AND EAST OF ALBUQUERQUE MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ESPECIALLY MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO TUESDAY.

NMZ504-510>519-521>524-538>540-181300-
/O.CON.KABQ.WS.A.0011.111219T1300Z-111220T1200Z/
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
1128 PM MST SAT DEC 17 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 OR MORE INCHES BELOW 7500 FEET AND 8 OR
  MORE INCHES ABOVE 7500 FEET. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
  THE ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY WHERE MORE RAIN THAN SNOW IS EXPECTED.

* TIMING...RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
  SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
  CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL TAPER
  OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATE MONDAY NIGHT.

* WINDS...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WINDS ARE EXPECTED...EXCEPT
  FOR PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS WHERE NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO
  25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

* SNOW LEVELS...7500 TO 8500 FEET THROUGH LATE MONDAY MORNING
  THEN GRADUALLY FALLING TO VALLEY FLOORS THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
  EVENING.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE
  POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES IN HEAVIER
  SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER
  TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 40 AND INTERSTATE 25...
  HIGHWAY 550...AND HIGHWAY 285.

 

[Cienega32]

A couple of pitter patters on the skylites led way to a 3.5"/hr rain rate with lightning and thunder.

So far, it's put me over an inch for the month 1.03" (4.10"/yr). My wettest month this year is AUG with a "whopping" 1.12".

It sounds like it's starting up again so I'm confident that DEC will easily be my wettest month.(Easy money - DEC is now 1.15"

More rain chances tomorrow until 11AM then some 48 MPH gusts...

Have the poles shifted?

EDIT: El Paso reporting hail.

[Chris H.]

Pressure is 29.43 right now. It's 33*F.

Freezing rain in the forecast...snow later.

And we were downgraded from WSW to WWA.

[Chris H.]

Woke up to light snow...four hours later, heavy snow. And it's sticking to anything and everything.

However, it's not nearly as much as the last system to blow snow through here.

[Cienega32]

This storm is all the news for the panhandles and northern NM.

US70 down here heading to White Sands was closed on the other side of the pass with white-out and freezing roads this morning. I don't know if I had snow this AM but did have some more bucket tips and nothing white on the ground.

The 12 hours from start to end being broken by the day change almost became my wettest day of the year. 0.57" on Sept 14th and this "storm" total was 0.55". DEC total is now 0.25" more than AUG.

[Chris H.]

Snowed all day yesterday, totaling about 3.5". About late last night though, fog started rolling in...woke up at 5AM to find it pretty thick...could hardly see the front yard. 

[Chris H.]

Yay! White Christmas after all this year!!! 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
404 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

...COLDER WITH POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

.A MUCH COLDER STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO TRACK THROUGH THE GREAT
BASIN LATE WEDNESDAY...THEN HEAD TOWARD THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. BOTH THESE FEATURES WILL TRACK SOUTHWARD
OVER THE STATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...BRINGING THE
POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. IN ADDITION...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY.

NMZ501>540-211200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WS.A.0012.111222T1200Z-111224T0000Z/
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
404 PM MST TUE DEC 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...GREATER THAN 8 INCHES AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE
  7500 FEET IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH 4 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE IN
  THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL VALLEYS. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE
  POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS.

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
  LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY...THEN SPREAD SOUTHWARD
  INTO CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 THURSDAY
  NIGHT. SNOW SHOULD START TO TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO
  SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY FRIDAY.

* WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35
  MPH OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. EAST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
  TO AROUND 40 MPH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT.

* SNOW LEVELS...TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW AT ALL
  LOCATIONS.

* LOCAL IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
  ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL
  MAY BECOME DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND
  CHILL VALUES MAY FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BOTH ABOVE AND
  BELOW ZERO OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THURSDAY
  NIGHT.

[Cienega32]

Congrats to you! Down here, the 'cast shows Christmas Day Sunny, with a high near 42. Thursday nite/Friday has some rain, possible snow at this point.

[Albuquerque Weather]

Christmas Day
 
ABQ
 
Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.