DESPITE THE RECENT WARM WEATHER, NEW MEXICO’S SNOW PACK IS STILL IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. THAT ACCORDING TO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT WHO SAYS MARCH TEMPERATURES WERE WELL ABOVE NORMAL, BUT IN THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH AND START OF APRIL SEVERAL SYSTEMS CAME THROUGH THAT ADDED TO THE SNOW PACK .
IN FACT, FONTENOT SAYS THE SNOW PACK IN THE RIO CHAMA BASIN IS 143-PERCENT OF NORMAL…AND IN THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS, IT’S 95 PERCENT.
IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO, THOUGH, FONTENOT SAYS THE SNOW PACK IS VIRTUALLY GONE.
