Why did we see so much snow to start November in New Mexico?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A storm system is moving out of New Mexico after dropping nowhere near as much as snow as we saw to start the month of November.

Why did we see so much snow with that storm system?

Meteorologist Brandon Richards explains in the video above.

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