ALBUQUERQUE – A storm dropping snow and forming ice caused hazardous driving conditions across much of New Mexico on Tuesday, resulting in school closures in some areas and delays of openings in others.
Public schools were closed in Santa Fe and in the eastern mountain portion of Albuquerque’s public school district.
Other Albuquerque public schools were on two-hour delay, as were non-essential city employees.
The National Weather Service said bands of moderate to locally heavy snowfall, areas of blowing snow and colder temperatures would continue Tuesday in central and southern areas.
Snowfall Tuesday evening was expected to focus over east-central and southeastern New Mexico, forecasters said.
Up to 10 inches of snow were reported in parts of central New Mexico along and east of the Sandia-Manzano Mountains and higher elevations of northern New Mexico by mid-morning, with up to an additional 6 inches of snow expected in higher terrain south of Interstate 40, the weather service said.
