THE JUST-CONCLUDED WINTER SEASON IN NEW MEXICO WAS THE THIRD DRIEST ON RECORD. THAT FROM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST KERRY JONES, WHO TELLS 770 KKOB ALBUQUERQUE WENT THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY WITHOUT ANY PRECIPITATION AT ALL: HE SAYS THE LAST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENED WAS IN 2009. HE THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT OTHER JANUARYS ON RECORD WHEN NO PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED.
JONES SAYS THE MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK ISN'T BAD FOR RIVER BASINS THAT HAVE THEIR HEADWATERS IN COLORADO. BUT MUCH OF THAT SNOWPACK COULD BE LOST AS NEW MEXICO ENTERS ITS DRIEST, WINDIEST PERIOD OF THE YEAR.
