In my last blog post, I tried to answer the question: How has snowfall at Sandia Peak Ski Area changed over the years? Ultimately, I want to know how climate change is affecting the future of skiing in the Sandias and to develop some sense of what weather patterns are associated with particularly good or …
Category Archives: Meteorology
Sandia Peak Snowfall History
A few months ago I found out my local ski area, Sandia Peak, preemptively chose not to open for the upcoming ski season (2022/2023). It isn’t that unusual for Sandia Peak to stay closed for the season, and they were also closed last season. However, I had thought the decision to stay closed is typically …
South Foothills Weather Station
Overview I built a very unusual weather station on my roof. The measurements are pretty standard: wind, temperature, humidity – but everything else is unique, all the way down to the electronics. You can see a subset of the data, updated every 10 minutes at apps.crceanalytics.com/wxstation. It is far from the easiest or cheapest approach …