Well, Albuquerque received record snowfall yesterday and today as deep Pacific low churned over the state of New Mexico. It began snowing locally in Albuquerque about 8am on Friday and never quit until late Saturday afternoon. Although it fell lightly at times, we were able to receive 13 inches here at our house while the airport received over 15 inches. All of this accumulated throughout a 30 hour period. The system has now ejected northeastward and is pounding the high plains of the U.S. where numerous winter weather and blizzard warnings are in effect. This will definitely make for an interesting meteorological case study. Click here to view some pictures taken around our house throughout the event.

We spent Christmas here in Albuquerque, and had a plethora of visitors to join us. My parents joined us from Amarillo and my bro came down from Grand Junction. Margie had several of her family members come to visit as well: Grandmother, Sister Jenny, Uncle Ronnie, and Aunt Sheila. Fortunately the weather cooperated and everyone was able to make the trip just fine. We had a great time together and we ate and ate, then we ate some more. We took several pictures and you can see them all here.

A potent upper level low dumped a fair amount of snow over New Mexico this week.  We officially received 4″ at the Albuquerque NWS and just under 8″ at our house near the foothills of the Sandias.  Finally…some snow for the ski resorts!