@NMClimate

NM State Climatologist, Director of NM Climate Center & NM CoCoRaHS coordinator. Tweets about NM weather, climate, air quality & environment

 Las Cruces, New Mexico
weather.nmsu.edu
Joined January 2011
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Dave DuBois retweeted
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@WeatherNationSep 29
🚨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
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Dave DuBois retweeted
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@WeatherNationSep 25
🚨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
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One of our #CoCoRaHS observers in Clovis, NM reported 10.10" of rainfall their gauge this morning. That turned out to be the greatest daily rainfall we've seen in the New Mexico CoCoRaHS network since it was started in 2005. #nmwx
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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
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Haboob moving into Las Cruces from the north. #nmwx
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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!
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John Fleck with the Utton Center at UNM will be presenting on "There's Less Water. What do we do?" at the Rio Grande Theater in Las Cruces next week on Feb 12th. This is part of our Cambios speaker series for the spring semester. #water #NMwater
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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
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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

Carbon Mapper Achieves First Tanager-1 Methane Mitigation Success

/PRNewswire/ -- Carbon Mapper released over 300 methane and CO2 plume detections today— its first tranche of emissions data based on observations from the...

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newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-… #heat #health – at Las Cruces, NM

NMSU kinesiology assistant professor examines effects of heat during exercise

WRITER: Amanda Adame, 575-646-2498, [email protected] Southern New Mexico is known for its hot climate, which can detrimentally affect people with physically demanding jobs, such as migrant farm...

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This is coming up next week in Las Cruces. Thanks @cambios and visit cambios.nmsu.edu/ for more information
Cambios@nmsuccess123 Oct 2024
Our next Cambios talk is coming up on Oct. 29 in Las Cruces at the Rio Grande Theater. Dr. Katie Richards will be there to talk about archaeology of climate change.
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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
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Rainfall totals from Saturday Oct 19 from just the ZiaMet network. Our highest totals were at Springer and Raton. #nmwx
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The Southwest Drought Learning Network 2024 Annual Meeting registration is open. Virtual meeting this year from October 22 - 23, 2024, forms.gle/MyTuc92CmWo8m2AN9

Southwest Drought Learning Network 2024 Annual Meeting

October 22 - 23, 2024 This year's annual meeting will be held virtually. You will receive more detailed information and the meeting link prior to the meeting. There is no registration fee to attend...

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#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
Mean temperature rankings (percentiles) across the western U.S. for June–September 2024, compared to historical conditions from 1895–2010. Many temperature records were set in the Southwest, especially in southeast California and western Arizona.

ALT Mean temperature rankings (percentiles) across the western U.S. for June–September 2024, compared to historical conditions from 1895–2010. Many temperature records were set in the Southwest, especially in southeast California and western Arizona.

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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
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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
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