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High Wind in Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado
High Wind December 2, 2023 · Southern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 7500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
Surface station 3CO4 4 S Weston.
The wider storm
A prolonged period with a long wave trough developed over Colorado at the beginning of December. At the beginning of the events and enhanced jet streak oriented from the SW to the NE formed over southern Colorado, which produced High Wind Warning Criteria winds. The lower elevations did not see much for snow, at most 5 inches, but the mountains produced magnitudes of around 1 foot and more.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1153663. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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