High Wind — Northwest Plateau, New Mexico

2022-05-29 · Northwest Plateau, New Mexico

Event narrative

An ASOS station near Farmington measured a peak wind gust of 59 mph.

Wider weather episode

A Pacific Northwest storm system that began to approach the west coast on May 28, 2022, continued its track across the central Rockies on May 29th. As it continued to track to the north of New Mexico, it steered its associated jet across the state. With similar conditions of strong southwesterly winds aloft, hot daytime temperatures, and deep mixing, afternoon surface winds had no trouble strengthening. While these winds were generally below high wind criteria, a couple sites, particularly across western New Mexico, did measure wind gusts near 60 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1018374. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.