LAST YEAR, NEW MEXICO HAD ONE OF ITS DRIEST WINTERS EVER. BUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIST ROYCE FONTENOT SAYS THINGS HAVE TURNED AROUND THIS WINTER. HE SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS COMING THROUGH IN LATE DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY.
FONTENOT SAYS MOST RIVER BASINS IN NEW MEXICO ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR SNOW PACK. BUT HE SAYS WE’LL NEED SNOWFALL TOTALS WELL ABOVE NORMAL THE REST OF THE WINTER TO CHIP AWAY AT THE ONGOING DROUGHT.
