THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO ARE GETTING SOME BADLY NEEDED SNOW. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST TODD SHOEMAKE SAYS THOSE AREAS ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 11:00 WEDNESDAY MORNING. HE SAYS THAT'S MOSTLY FOR THE MOUNTAINOUS AREAS ABOVE 8-THOUSAND FEET.
SHOEMAKE SAYS SOME OF THE SKI RESORTS COULD GET BETWEEN 12 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM. AND ALBUQUERQUE COULD EVEN GET A LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE SYSTEM EXITS THE STATE. THAT'LL BE FOLLOWED BY DRIER, WARMER CONDITIONS, WITH ALBUQUERQUE GETTING INTO THE 50'S BY THE WEEKEND.
THE WINTER STORM HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON ALBUQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON TUESDAY. STREETS WERE MOSTLY WET AND ONLY THE MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOR THE DAY, AND STUDENTS AT THE DISTRICT'S TOHAJALEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WERE TOLD THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ATTEND CLASES, DESPITE THEIR SCHOOLS STILL BEING OPEN.
