VERY BENEFICIAL RAINFALL. THAT’S HOW NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE DESCRIBES THE TWO DAY RAIN EVENT WE’VE JUST HAD IN NEW MEXICO. HE TELLS NEWSRADIO KKOB THIS WASN’T LIKE A MONSOON STORM WHERE THE RAIN COMES DOWN HARD AND FAST AND THEN RUNS OFF.
HE SAYS THIS RAINFALL WAS WIDESPREAD AND FELL GENTLY, UNLIKE MONSOON STORMS THAT FALL HARD AND FAST.
SHOEMAKE SAYS SOME PARTS OF ALBUQUERQUE GOT OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN…RANKING THIS STORM IN THE TOP TEN FOR TWO DAY OCTOBER RAIN EVENTS IN THE CITY’S HISTORY.
