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High Wind in West Side Mountains North of Highway 198, California
High Wind February 21, 2023 · West Side Mountains North of Highway 198, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Panoche Road RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 58 mph.
The wider storm
A cold upper trough pushed into central California between the afternoon of February 21 and the early morning of February 22. A cold front associated with this trough produced strong winds throughout much of the area. Several stations in the wind prone areas of the West Side Hills and in the Mountains and Deserts of Kern County measured gusts exceeding 60 mph with a few low impact indicator stations reporting gusts above 80 mph. There were also several reports of downed trees in the San Joaquin Valley.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1071341. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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