Day 2

GFS day 1

39F and foggy. Nice night. GFS coming in?

That's a great discussion from the NWS office down there. My favorite part: It brings back memories from the 1970s, 1980s, early 1990s and 2006 when a 4 footer snow storm was commonplace at Pajarito and along the east slopes of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. In fact, Sandia Ski Area reported 57" in January 1987 from a 3 day storm very similar to this one. Snow packed and icy roads remained for two weeks on side streets in ABQ in January 1987. Best way to describe this system is using those historical statistics. A closed low dropping farther south, than even the latest and greatest numerical weather prediction models are able to forecast, near the NM bootheel bring about our most impactful and hazardous snow storms. Thank La Nina and an MJO that came back to life thanks to La Nina, currently toward the first stages of phase 8. This is the perfect recipe for heavy snow over much of NM.

32F in Albuquerque with this radar loop. Pretty zany