@Butrflynet,
Yep! Navigation is a little tedious but it looks like the best information out there. So, 550 looks good but there are little warning triangles all around. Probably in the Jemez Mountains.
Roger, stay off the roads until all the idiots out there get done trying to prove to themselves they know how to drive in snow and ice. We have about 3 inches accumulation on the Westside with double that higher up and west of the mesa. Many off and on ramps, as well as surface streets, are closed due to accidents.
Storm causes more than 100 closures
By KRQE Staff
Published: February 27, 2015, 7:03 am Updated: February 27, 2015, 7:05 am
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – As New Mexicans are waking up Friday, they are facing snow on the ground and snow-packed roads.
There have been several crashes and parts of the interstate have been shut down. On westbound I-40, roads are snow-packed and drivers are having a hard time making out lines. Drivers should be aware of others around them, take it slow and acknowledge road and slick and icy.
Schools and city offices around the state are closed or delayed Friday morning. This includes Rio Rancho and APS East Mountains schools which are closed. APS and Belen schools are on a two-hour delay, and buses are running behind schedule.
Police shut down the I-40 interstate at Atrisco Vista before 11 p.m. Thursday because the visibility is so bad it was hard to even make out the lights of police cars that were set up to shut down the freeway. It opened around 4 a.m. The roads were completely snow-packed and extremely icy.
That’s is more than likely the reason for some crashes in that area including a jack-knifed semi on I-40 near the Atrisco Vista exit. APD and BCSO worked together on the closure that sent a line of semis off the interstate and onto side streets.
Drivers are encouraged to give themselves plenty of time to get to their destinations, avoid sudden stops, slow down and avoid bridges and overpasses.
In the last 48 hours, Angel Fire has collected more than 21 inches of snow..
@roger,
Another good page for you to check...
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/nm.php?x=1
@Butrflynet,
Yes, but it's not always idiots with something to prove. Back in the '80s, I left Farmington in a light drizzle. Before I even got to the 44 store, my car suddenly lost traction and spun through 1 1/4 turn. I was left on the shoulder, facing the highway. Since it was exactly as easy to go right as it was to go left, I made the left turn and slunk home.
I had brand new all weather tires at the time, and hadn't touched the brakes or changed throttle positions. When the trip involves more luck than skill, it's time to contemplate the comforts of home.
@roger,
Yer right, Roger. That kind of spin-out can happen to the best and most careful driver in the world. I once had a similar mishap in a four-wheel-drive Jeep Wagoneer, all four wheels engaged, transmission in lowest gear, foot off brake, trying to coast down a relatively steep incline on a snow-covered one-lane gravel road in New Hampshire.
Quicker'n you can say, "Oh, ****!" the whole rig spun around 180 degrees, knocking out a headlight against an inconveniently near sappling. Four-wheel drive. Experienced driver. Sheet of ice under the thin snow cover.
@roger,
roger wrote: all weather tires
never a good idea unless you live somewhere that has no weather
mud tires, rain tires, snow tires
use what's appropriate for where you live
all weather tires aren't for weather
@Lustig Andrei,
I had time for ****! ****! ****! I was at rest for the final two shits.
@ehBeth,
Un huh. Run on my dry pavement New Mexican tires 50 weeks and change out to the studded snow tires the other two weeks, which are not consecutive.
My daughter drives around Denver all year in what weather presents itself. I didn't realize it was that bad in Colorado this week. Today she spun out and stopped in a ditch. Two men stopped and helped her get back on the road.
If it keeps snowing all night at the current rate, we may get another 3 inches on top of the 3 inches we got last night and today.
The weeds are going to LOVE all this water when it melts.
will be very happy to usher out the month of February.
it snowed on 20 of the 28 days, and it only went above freezing six times...
Snowmaggedon, Albuquerque style:
This was yesterday before they finally gave up and closed all the freeway on and off ramps in the area:
This is what we woke up to today, two day total about 6 inches.
And this is how we deal with snow:
Our front yard this morning. The Sandias look like they've been frosted with icing.
@Butrflynet,
Butrflynet wrote:
Snowmaggedon, Albuquerque style:
This was yesterday before they finally gave up and closed all the freeway on and off ramps in the area:
I think I just heard someone snicker. How on earth they manage to snicker with a Bahston accent is beyond me.
You guys think we in Hawaii have nothing to worry about re: snow? Here's the latest from the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park office:
Quote:Effective 09:20 am, February 28, 2015, the Mauna Loa Summit has been closed for backcountry use due to a winter storm that is forecasted to drop temperatures to the low 20s and bring up to 3 inches of snow for areas above 12,000 feet. The closure will be reassessed tomorrow at 9 am.
@Lustig Andrei,
That's a problem? Lots of states don't even have 12,000'.
