Archive for the 'Organ Mountains' Category
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, November 16th, 2006
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Tags: Organ Mountains
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Drizzle
Slow rain most of the night and all morning. Here’s what the Organs look like.
Tags: Organ Mountains
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Rainy Days
We’ve had several nights and mornings of rain — unusual for Las Cruces and for this time of year. Cloudy most of the day, the Organs cleared in about 20 minutes this afternoon.
Tags: Organ Mountains
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Sunrise
The sun breaks over the Organ Mountains.
Tags: Sunrise
Tuesday, September 26th, 2006
Organ Mountains – East Side
The Organ Mountains are unusually narrow for a mountain range and are bounded on both sides by desert.
Here are several views of the east side of the Organs. Las Cruces is on the opposite (western) side.
The extensive rains of the last month have turned much of the desert green, and have produced explosions of wildflowers. Here’s an east view of the Organs over a huge patch of sunflowers.
Tags: Organ Mountains East View
Friday, September 1st, 2006
More Rain – 8/31/06
Parts of Las Cruces received at least 1.9 inches during the night.
Here you can see a rain storm rolling across the Organ Mountains.
One consequence of rain is dazzling sunsets:
Tags: Rain Las Cruces
