High Wind — Guadalupe County, New Mexico

2025-05-18 · Guadalupe County, New Mexico

Event narrative

A public station along the Union Pacific Railroad east of Vaughn measured a brief wind gust of 60 mph.

Wider weather episode

A deep upper level trough moved from the Great Basin into the central Rockies on May 18th. Strong mid to upper level winds at the base of the trough moved over New Mexico during this time. Deep daytime mixing along with the development of a 992 mb surface low over eastern Colorado resulted in gusty southwest to west winds across much of the state. Brief high wind gusts were observed at a few sites across the central and northeast highlands during the early to mid afternoon hours. Southwest to west winds tapered off across the region at around sunset.

Key Words: High Wind Gusts.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245474. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.