Lake Effect Snow through Friday; Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms and Mountain Snow in California

Periods of moderate to heavy lake effect snow will continue through Friday downwind of Lake Erie and Ontario. Several additional inches of accumulating snow are expected. A Pacific storm will bring heavy rain and mountain snow across California, the Southwest and Intermountain West today. Isolated severe thunderstorms and scattered flash flooding is possible across parts of southern California. Read More >

2024 Weather Highlights

Fire Weather

2024 was a less active fire weather season compared to 2023. However, there were still some notable fires across the region. High winds and very low humidity did occur on several days however we avoided prolonged stretches of fire weather for the most part. There were a total of four large wildfires across northern and central NM of which the largest burned roughly 18,000 acres (South Fork Fire). Most of these smaller fires were managed for forest health and impacts were primarily limited to air quality. However, the wildfires around Ruidoso brought devastation to the local community with major property loss and life-threatening flash flooding. A brief "Summary of the 2024 Fire Weather Season" details some of these more significant fires to impact New Mexico.

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Lake Effect Snow through Friday; Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms and Mountain Snow in California

2024 Annual Weather Highlights