An upper-level trough and strong Pacific cold front moved through New Mexico on April 1st. This system produced accumulating snow across portions of northern New Mexico during the day into the evening hours with the heaviest snowfall of 13 inches at Taos Ski Valley.
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The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
An upper-level trough and strong Pacific cold front moved through New Mexico on April 1st. This system produced accumulating snow across portions of northern New Mexico during the day into the evening hours with the heaviest snowfall of 13 inches at Taos Ski Valley. Strong upper-level winds behind the Pacific cold front resulted in high sustained winds above 40 mph and gusts of up to 60 mph at the Roswell Air Center. These high winds resulted in areas of blowing dust and near zero visibility along U.S. Highway 285 around the Roswell Air Center and across southern Chaves County. As a result, a Dust Storm Warning was issued for the respective area. U.S. Highway 285 and roads around the Roswell Air Center were closed temporarily during the late afternoon and early evening hours due to this blowing dust and near zero visibility. High winds tapered off and blowing dust settled shortly after sunset.
Keywords: High Winds, Dust Storm. Heavy Snow.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 10:52 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
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1 heavy snow, 1 high wind, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Taos Ski Valley reported 13 inches of snowfall. Surrounding reports in the forecast zone ranged from 3 to 8 inches.
The Roswell ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph. High sustained winds of up to 44 mph were also observed during the time period.
Emergency management shared photos of near zero visibility from blowing dust on U.S. Highway 285 at mile marker 88. Shortly later, NMDOT closed a portion of a relief route near the Roswell Air Center due to the blowing dust and near zero visibility conditions. Wind gusts of up to 61 mph and visibility as low as half a mile from blowing dust was reported at the Roswell ASOS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in New Mexico in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in New Mexico, April 2024
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1161179, 1161177, 1161178.