High Wind in Palo Verde Valley, California

High Wind January 8, 2025 · Palo Verde Valley, California

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A 62 mph wind gust was measured at Blythe Airport.

The wider storm

A strong upper-level low pressure migrated southward from the Great Basin Region through the Lower Colorado River Valley during 7th and then tracked into the northern Baja Peninsula on the 8th. The tight pressure gradient present, especially along the western periphery of the low, led to strong northerly winds across portions of southeast CA with peak wind gusts ranging between 40-65 mph. The strong winds caused several semi-trucks to flip over along I-10 between Desert Center and Indio.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1231475. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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