Just the wind and cold temps now!

My wind turbine has been cranking out the megawatts lately thanks to our daily winds! I still don’t understand why our POA has an issue with my wind turbine. Partially manipulated photo by Mark Langford

4-13-22 9:15am update…

The low today at Stevens Field has been 19 degrees. My thermometer in “Little Siberia”, about a mile north of Hatcher Lake dropped to 8 degrees, which would have tied for a record low for the day if it had been at the airport.

I recorded only 0.06 inches of rain-snow combo at our home from this storm, about a mile north of Hatcher Lake. Below are some COCORAHS reports from yesterday morning through this morning. Wolf Creek reported a storm total of only 3 inches.

Over the next couple of days, the main weather headline will be windy and cold! Even with some sunshine, most of us will not see temps over the upper 30’s for highs today. Our winds have been bringing in lots of dust over the past several days. Yesterday’s precipitation created a very dirty deck on both sides of our home and our southern facing windows looked like someone had flung mud on them. Look for another colder than normal night ahead for Thursday morning, then a gradual warming trend along with less wind by Friday. By this weekend, we should be back to highs in the 60’s with only our normal 10-15mph winds. High pressure will now dominate our pattern for at least 6-10 days.

My next post will be on Friday unless something meteorologically bizarre occurs!

Screenshot 2022 04 13 085813 1 — Not so impressive storm totals from COCORAHS reporters.

Screenshot 2022 04 12 162549 1 — The trough has moved to our east but there will still be a lot of wind around for the next couple of days as the upper-level low to our north slowly moves east. We could see wind gusts exceed 30 mph this afternoon.

Screenshot 2022 04 12 162012 — Our odds for any precipitation over the next 10 days looking very low.

Screenshot 2022 04 12 162059 — After this week we will move towards above normal temps for the next 10 days.

Screenshot 2022 04 13 075813 — Even though we are not in a Red Flag Warning, areas to our east, and almost all of New Mexico is. Be careful out there!

Screenshot 2022 04 13 075700 — A reminder that with these dry winds, fires can get out of control fast. While our immediate area is relatively safe from wildfires right now because of recent snow melt and some rain, New Mexico is currently dealing with several fires.

My forecast…

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-Mark Langford

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Pagosa Springs historical data for April 13th.

Average High	Record High / Year	Average Low	Record Low / Year
58	74/ 1988	23	8/ 1980

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Mark Langford

I consider myself a "weather journalist" who has been studying and following meteorology since taking an earth science class in eighth grade. Later, when I became a professional commercial photographer, I learned that my continued studies in meteorology helped me plan outdoor photo assignments. I'm now a semi-retired photographer who teaches photo workshops, goes storm chasing and of course enjoys photographing great landscapes and clouds in our area. My fine art photography can be seen here: https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-mark-langford

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