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It seems like the desert southwest ( at least the Ruidoso area ) and the PNW have swapped weather patterns. The Ruidoso area has been mired in a month long mostly cloudy/party cloudy pattern, with an occasional blue sky, sunny, wind free day to keep everybody from going completely nuts. Sunshine has become a scarce commodity. I'm beginning to believe that 'sunny New Mexico' is just another myth to drum up tourist dollars!
Summers in Ruidoso are absolutely delightful, but November thru mid March really sucks.
For those of you who lived in Ruidoso over the years, is this obscene amount of cloud cover, along with the unrelenting wind, par for the course at this time of the year??? Totally unexpected on my behalf.
Looking at temperature averages, winter in Ruidoso looks quite mild, but when the howling wind and the lack of sunshine is factored in, it's actually pretty darn unpleasant to be outdoors much of the time after Halloween.
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Do you not know apparently this weekend 3 asteroids passing earth at a very large distance will have possibility of causing atmospheric air burst. Now sure what is meant by them. On my hunt for CV news someone posted a link to chinese twitter message that shows extreme winds in China no province was named.
I do not remember where/which site....think one of the reddit/r/ perhaps.
About the asteroids see https://www.ibtimes.com/nasa-spots-4...eekend-2943375
See www.godlikeproductions.com I only read there sometimes not a member.
You must filter a bit, not all is true, but things are there sometimes before the news.
Daily Mail UK also did news on this. Somehow with CV news this got less news.
There is also comet Atlas. See glp too and DM allthough tabloid they say things.
Went to look again glp as many new threads see this https://www.godlikeproductions.com/f...age4269422/pg1
Sometime ago also on glp say "look up" when persons talks how it happen.
Someone keeps posting, Angela knows her molecules she has PHD chemistry and PHD physics. Finally A youtube video the comments are interesting scroll down a bit, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6gQkVqpgIo
I used to post vids to Pinterest ...later i want view again video deleted. Bit odd. I looked up your profile. Ruidoso means noisy. I looked up the town looks nice.
Last month I was looking at NM history, images. Maybe they want everyone indoors.
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The reason the mountainous area in New Mexico like Ruidoso are green is that they receive more precipitation than desert areas. To have precipitation you need clouds. It shouldn't be unexpected to find more clouds in Ruidoso than nearby Alamogordo for instance. Ruidoso averages 20 in. of rain and 28 in. snow per year which is high for New Mexico.
I am aware of that. The greater precipitation total is one of many reasons I moved to Ruidoso from my home of 13 years in Grand Junction Colorado where annual precip is less than 10 inches. GJ also has much hotter summers, and colder winter temperatures than Ruidoso.
With so much cloud cover there has been only minimal precipitation nonetheless. Seems like alot of grayness with no tangible benefit. The relentless wind makes it even drier.
June - July - August - September are the wettest months in Ruidoso, and also much sunnier than this winter has been.
Still wondering if an actual long term Ruidoso resident would tell me wether or not the cloudiness this winter is the norm or just an occasional aberration.
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Still wondering if an actual long term Ruidoso resident would tell me wether or not the cloudiness this winter is the norm or just an occasional aberration.
This winter was closer to the long-term "norm" than most winters of the recent past. There are winters when the snow base reaches twice the depth of this past winter.
I am aware of that. The greater precipitation total is one of many reasons I moved to Ruidoso from my home of 13 years in Grand Junction Colorado where annual precip is less than 10 inches. GJ also has much hotter summers, and colder winter temperatures than Ruidoso.
With so much cloud cover there has been only minimal precipitation nonetheless. Seems like alot of grayness with no tangible benefit. The relentless wind makes it even drier.
June - July - August - September are the wettest months in Ruidoso, and also much sunnier than this winter has been.
Still wondering if an actual long term Ruidoso resident would tell me wether or not the cloudiness this winter is the norm or just an occasional aberration.
You say that Grand Junction has colder winters than Ruidoso? I would have never suspected this. Ruidoso is almost same elevation as Santa Fe. Grand Junction is much lower elevation.
You say that Grand Junction has colder winters than Ruidoso? I would have never suspected this. Ruidoso is almost same elevation as Santa Fe. Grand Junction is much lower elevation.
How ya be Mike?
Yep, Colorado's western slope is a lot different than Colorado's front range (Denver, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs.) The Fall in GJ is quite pleasant but come early December comes the cold. The temps from early December to early February the highs are 25-35 and the lows are usually in the 10 degree range. It finally warms up to 40 around Valentines Day.
I envy ya Cosmic, regarding Ruidoso. A beautiful place, haven't been down there in a few years. I wouldn't mind living there!
You say that Grand Junction has colder winters than Ruidoso? I would have never suspected this. Ruidoso is almost same elevation as Santa Fe. Grand Junction is much lower elevation.
Latitude has a similar effect on temperature as elevation. Generally, the farther north or south from the equator you go, the colder the temperatures will be. Local terrain features play a role, as well.
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