First day of the 2024 National Soil Moisture workshop in Logan, UT. Included field demonstrations and tours of Campbell and Apogee facilities. #soil

The combined effects of wildfire smoke and ozone taking a toll on our air quality this afternoon. Only green AQI monitors are PM10 only sites. Smoke looks to cover the entire US and most of Canada. fire.airnow.gov #airquality #nmwx

One of our newest ZiaMet stations north of Luna, NM is in progress. We're calling this site "The Spurs." Current data is streaming on our website. weather.nmsu.edu/ziamet/station… #nmwx

A few of our ZiaMet crew spent the day talking weather and climate at the Pueblo of Isleta Environmental Fair.

#HeatSafety #Heat

Spending the day at the 2024 Navajo Nation Plant & Animal Summit in Twin Arrows, AZ. Will brief the group on ZiaMet this afternoon. Also good to see NN VP Montoya pay a visit to the group.

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

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.

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… NOAA

#Aurora is visible but faint from Las Cruces, NM tonight. View is from Jornada Road. #Auroraborealis

The Southwest Drought Learning Network 2024 Annual Meeting registration is open. Virtual meeting this year from October 22 - 23, 2024, forms.gle/MyTuc92CmWo8m2…

Rainfall totals from Saturday Oct 19 from just the ZiaMet network. Our highest totals were at Springer and Raton. #nmwx

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

This is coming up next week in Las Cruces. Thanks cambios and visit cambios.nmsu.edu for more information

newsroom.nmsu.edu/news/nmsu-kine… #heat #health

💥 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

Our newest ZiaMet station located near Sandia Crest is now online. weather.nmsu.edu/ziamet/station… #nmwx

Spent the morning at Tse’Yi’Gai High School in Pueblo Pintado today. Great group of students and very interested in weather.

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

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!