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High Wind in West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico
High Wind February 26, 2023 · West Slopes Sacramento Mountains Below 7500 Feet, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Mescalero RAWS reported a peak gust of 81 mph. A Mesonet site in High Rolls recorded a gust of 78 mph.
The wider storm
An upper low was moving out of the Las Vegas, NV region and into northern New Mexico. A 100+ knot jet was moving across southern New Mexico. Southwest winds ahead of this system and an associated cold front gusted up to 111 mph at San Augustin Pass.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1077822. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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