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High Wind in Kern River Valley, California
High Wind May 28, 2022 · Kern River Valley, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Southern California Edison Station at Paradise Cove measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph.
The wider storm
A strong onshore pressure gradient as a result of interaction between a strong upper trough in the Great basin and an offshore ridge produced a period a gusty wind across much of the mountains and deserts of Kern County between the morning of May 28 and the evening of May 29. Several stations measured gusts exceeding 50 mph and a few low impact indicator sites reported gusts above 70 mph.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1017339. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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