Under the gaze of the imposing Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado, the 50-acre Parker-Fitzgerald Cuchara Mountain Park is the story of so many American ski areas. Once abandoned, the surrounding community has now come together to change the script. apne.ws/ESsMqgF

really high 2023 snow amounts for the western US nsidc.org/breaking-snow-… National Snow and Ice Data Center

Sandia RD recreation sites as well as trails west of Highway 14 to the Sandia Crest are seeing excessive runoff from snow melt in the Sandia Mountains. For rec site status on: fs.usda.gov/recmain/cibola… Photo: Cienega Spring Trail on April 15, 2023. FS photo by Chasity Barnes.

NEW FIRE START: Upper Bear Canyon within Sandia Wilderness on the Cibola National Forest. Start Date: June 7 Approx. Start Time: 1730 Size: .5 acres Possible lightning strike. Forest Service resources responding. Full suppression strategy. Smoke may be visible from ABQ.

New Fire Start on the Sandia RD: 10K Fire Reported start date / time: June 12, 2023 / 1:40 p.m. Cause: Unknown at this time Resources on scene: Firefighters from the Cibola NF, Bernalillo County and ABQ Fire responding. Updates: nmfireinfo.com

#nmwx Twitter, can anyone point me to articles discussing how the Albuquerque radar beam is blocked by the Sandia mountains?

2023 North American Monsoon (NAM) Outlook for central & northern NM. El Niño is forecast to play a major role in this year's monsoon w/ more W winds bringing dry air in from Great Basin more frequently than avg & much more than last year. weather.gov/media/abq/Brie… #nmwx #nmfire

Here is the NWS Albuquerque 2023 Monsoon Outlook - Things are looking dry (thanks El Nino). Maybe some hope for August. Could be a good winter though... weather.gov/media/abq/Brie… #nmwx

🧵Since it is becoming hard to track, here is a thread of the simply astounding weather records planet Earth has started shattering in recent weeks: 1. Dramatic flood events have begun striking various countries around the world simultaneously this week. x.com/Rishusharma26/…

New record warm low temp of 76F set at ABQ Sunport this morning. Was ABQ's 20th morning low >= 70F in 2023, continuing this century's trend of warming low temps (see graph). Atmosphere is trying to radiatively cool at night, but human-caused greenhouse gases trap the heat. #NMWx

Here's a thread in pictures about the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC which is making headlines this week. I've studied this topic since 1991 and will show key data and models & some video. Let's go: observed temperature trend since 1901 from nature.com/articles/nclim… 🧵1/x

New monster post: my own current perspective on the recent debates around techno-optimism, AI risks, and ways to avoid extreme centralization in the 21st century. vitalik.eth.limo/general/2023/1…

Lord Huron hits the western highways this May, leading up to their annual shindig at Red Rocks on May 29th. Sign up now for access to the fan presale kicking off tomorrow at 10am MST; public onsale takes place Friday at 10am MST. Find more info at lordhuron.com/tour