Dave DuBois retweeted
🚨DAM FAILURE 🚨
The McLeod Dam near Garfield, New Mexico, is facing potential failure after being overtopped. Immediate evacuations are underway, while a #FlashFloodEmergency remains in effect north of Las Cruces. More rain is expected through late week, adding to the ongoing flood threat. #NMwx
Dave DuBois retweeted
🚨LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING 🚨
Earlier this evening, relentless tropical moisture unleashed heavy rain across Lincoln County, NM, just northeast of Ruidoso, triggering a flash flood emergency. Flood alerts remain in effect through Friday. #NMwx
Another haboob moved through Las Cruces tonight. Visibility down to about 2 or 3 miles. Can see the boundary from the radar reflectivity. Air has the "smell" of dust. #nmwx
We will be hosting Sarena Ulibarri in Las Cruces to hear about storytelling for climate hope on Sept. 24 at the Rio Grande Theater. Cambios.nmsu.edu
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Join NMED and EMNRD in Tucumcari this Thursday to provide input on the state's Climate Action Plan — a crucial tool in meeting New Mexico's climate pollution reduction targets and ensuring a healthy and secure future for all New Mexicans.
To RSVP, go to surveymonkey.com/r/RVJLMQJ!
Spent the morning at Tse’Yi’Gai High School in Pueblo Pintado today. Great group of students and very interested in weather. – at University Park, NM
Our newest ZiaMet station located near Sandia Crest is now online. weather.nmsu.edu/ziamet/stat… #nmwx
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💥 Big news: Using Tanager-1 observations from @Planet, we detected a large methane plume in the Permian Basin ~7,000 kg/hr.
After we flagged the emissions, the operator mitigated them, & follow-up data confirmed the fix. Accessible data drive action! ⬇️ prn.to/4eOvbrH
This is coming up next week in Las Cruces. Thanks @cambios and visit cambios.nmsu.edu/ for more information
A better view of the rainfall across NM this weekend. These are rainfall totals (inches) from Friday to Sunday (Oct 18-20) from ZiaMet. Our highest amount was 6.24" at Springer. #nmwx
Rainfall totals from Saturday Oct 19 from just the ZiaMet network. Our highest totals were at Springer and Raton. #nmwx
The Southwest Drought Learning Network 2024 Annual Meeting registration is open. Virtual meeting this year from October 22 - 23, 2024, forms.gle/MyTuc92CmWo8m2AN9
#Aurora is visible but faint from Las Cruces, NM tonight. View is from Jornada Road. #Auroraborealis – at Las Cruces, NM
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Intermountain West 2024 Water Year and Monsoon Summary and Drought Status Update
Water Year 2024 brought record-breaking temps (Summer 2024 temps on map below) and varied precip to the region, leading to a mix of drought degradation and improvement
drought.gov/drought-status-u… @NOAA
We're teaming up with USDA SW Climate Hub on a climate and CoCoRaHS session at the Tohatchi ranch and farm workshop. Coming up on Aug. 27 at the Tohatchi Chapter. – at New Mexico, USA
Our ZiaMet crew was hard at work installing sensors at our new location at the Navajo Nation Fish & Wildlife fish pond south of Kirtland. High of 93F in that area today. #nmwx – at Farmington, NM



















