THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS ALL THE RECENT SNOW IN NEW MEXICO HAS BROUGHT MOUNTAIN SNOWPACK TOTALS IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TO NEAR NORMAL. IN FACT, METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THE SANGRE DE CRISTOS ARE NOW ABOVE AVERAGE FOR SNOWPACK. STILL, DROUGHT PERSISTS IN SOME PARTS OF THE STATE. SHOEMAKE SAYS THE WINTER HAS BEEN GOOD SO FAR IN NEW MEXICO IN TERMS OF SNOWFALL…AND IT’S HOPED THAT TREND WILL CONTINUE