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High Wind in Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

High Wind December 3, 2023 · Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

81 mph

Measured gust (70 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Measured by mesonet.

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 1153669. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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