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High Wind in Western Chaffee County Between 9000 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

High Wind December 3, 2023 · Western Chaffee County Between 9000 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

77 mph

Measured gust (67 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Surface station measured wind gust.

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 1153668. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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