Weather
Taos ski resort in New Mexico is in the cross hairs of El Nino for a big big winter. Taos is the only ski resort in the USA that has above average snowfall and below average temperatures forecast this winter.
It just might be starting already. NOAA has snow forecast for Taos all week this week with up to 7″ of accumulation.
Snow levels are forecast to be around 9,500-feet.
Taos even has a Special Weather Statement and a Hazaradous Weather Statement issued right now.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT for TAOS, NM:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 437 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015 EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- ...ACCUMULATING SNOW ON THE WAY FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... A STORM SYSTEM MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY WILL BRING THE FIRST NOTABLE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. SHOWERS AND STORMS IMPACTING THE REGION WILL GRADUALLY TURN TO SNOW ABOVE 11000 FEET THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ARE LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. THOSE PLANNING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ABOVE RESORT LEVEL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ARE ADVISED TO STAY TUNED TO THE LATEST FORECASTS.
