High Wind in Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

High Wind March 17, 2025 · Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming

83 mph

Measured gust (72 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Wind gusted as high as 83 mph along the Chief Joseph Highway.

The wider storm

An increasing pressure gradient ahead of an advancing winter storm and strong jet streak moving over Wyoming brought high wind to much of central Wyoming. The strongest wind gusts were at Red Canyon along Highway 28 where gusts as high as 107 mph occurred. Wind gusts over 75 mph also occurred in the Lander foothills, the Absarokas and the Green Mountains. Wind gusts over 60 mph were fairly widespread across much of Natrona County as well as portions of northern Johnson County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1247702. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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