Archive for the 'Weather' Category
Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
Squall + Rainbow
A squall lead by a rainbow blew across the East Mesa between Las Cruces and the Organs late this afternoon.
Tags: Organ Mountains, Weather
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
Dust Bowl
The dust in the last few days has been bothersome, but for a real dust storm, consider this photo of New Mexico in 1935 — during the “Dust Bowl.”
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Tags: Weather
Saturday, April 14th, 2007
Wind = Dust
Strong winds today, from the West.
This is what the Organs looked like this afternoon with dust in the air.
Tags: Organ Mountains, Weather
Sunday, February 4th, 2007
No Snow!
The surprising story in the last few weeks has been the lack of snow in Las Cruces. There’s been extensive snowfall to the east, north, and west — even some snow south in El Paso — but virtually none here since January 6th. A couple of mornings you could see light snow on the Organs, but it didn’t last long.
Here’s what the Organs looked like yesterday:
Tags: Organ Mountains, Snow
Sunday, January 7th, 2007
Snow!
Las Cruces got snow this morning — but light on the west side and very light in the Organs.
The east side of Las Cruces got about an inch. Here what a pecan orchard looked like just outside of town:
This was taken in the foothills of the Organ Mountains, in Soledad Canyon. Even though this is 1200+ feet above Las Cruces, there’s little snow.
Another view:
Here’s a closeup of the windmill. This being the West, it’s got a few bullet holes.
This shows how light the snow was:
By afternoon, the sun was out and snow was going fast.
Tags: Las Cruces, Snow, Soledad Canyon, Windmill
Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Happy New Year!
2006 ends with no snow in Las Cruces, even though most of New Mexico and the United States has snow — Albuquerque has 24 inches! Temperatures here are still in the low 70s, high 60s during the day.
There was a small sprinkling of snow on the peaks of the Organ Mountains this morning, which was gone by early afternoon. This photo was taken just before it began to melt.
Happy New Year!
Tags: Las Cruces, Snow
Thursday, September 14th, 2006
Tornado, Hail, Flooding
A severe storm moved through Las Cruces yesterday, producing a tornado, up to quarter-sized hail, and some flooding. The tornado was sighted moving toward the city from the west, but did no damage and apparently was small.
Here’s a photo of the leading edge of the storm.
Saturday, September 2nd, 2006
More Rain - 9/2/06
The rain continues to fall, which is welcomed, but when rain falls in the desert, it’s often intense, creating flooding and erosion.
Here’s a shot of the rain coming down at this moment.
