{"id":3265,"date":"2017-02-13T09:49:24","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/?p=3265"},"modified":"2017-02-13T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:23:29","slug":"albuquerque-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/albuquerque-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><h4>Albuquerque Winter<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Albuquerque Winter&#8221; may make some people laugh. Although we do see flashes of it here in town, they usually are neither long nor severe. The State of New Mexico depends on mountain snowpack for water.<\/p>\n<p>The end of last week and Saturday saw spring-like temperatures, and sunny, brilliant days. Sunday morning&#8217;s wind hinted at change to come. Compare Sunday&#8217;s sunrise to that of Saturday&#8217;s (in the prior post). In addition to the clouds blowing along in the sky, note the cloud bank rolling over the top of the Sandias.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3263\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Untitled1.gif\" alt=\"Albuquerque Winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3263\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Stormy and Windy Sunrise in Albuquerque<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the sun set Sunday night, the winds increased, and rain fell briefly. Within a matter of minutes, the rain turned to snow. Thankfully, the winds died down. I awoke this morning to a beautiful, soft snow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3264\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9472-2.jpg\" alt=\"Albuquerque Winter\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9472-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Susan-Brandt-Graham-9472-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Birch Tree with Snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The snow is already melting, and the streets are clear. However, more snow is due tonight into tomorrow. We do need the moisture, and if it does not last too long, it will just be part of a typical Albuquerque winter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like fcbkbttn_large_button\"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/albuquerque-winter\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"large\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/albuquerque-winter\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albuquerque Winter &#8220;Albuquerque Winter&#8221; may make some people laugh. Although we do see flashes of it here in town, they usually are neither long nor severe. The State of New Mexico depends on mountain snowpack for water. The end of last week and Saturday saw spring-like temperatures, and sunny, brilliant days. Sunday morning&#8217;s wind hinted &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/susanbgraham.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/albuquerque-winter\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Albuquerque Winter&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,64,163,20,192,50,63,1,213],"tags":[320,321,52,69,215],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-albuquerque","category-birch-trees","category-clouds","category-new-mexico","category-seasons","category-snow","category-trees","category-uncategorized","category-winter","tag-albuquerque","tag-new-mexico","tag-snow-2","tag-trees-2","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Albuquerque Winter - Susan Brandt Graham Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Albuquerque Winter, a little snow and wind following several days of spring-like weather. 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