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High Wind in Converse County Lower Elevations, Wyoming
High Wind January 4, 2026 · Converse County Lower Elevations, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
Frequent gust of 60 to 65 MPH were recorded across Converse County early in the morning. A maximum gust of 75 MPH from a CWOP site at 5 WSW Douglas was recorded at 3:45 AM MST on 1/4.
The wider storm
A shortwave moving across the Rockies lead to strong winds aloft combined with strong subsidence over portions of southeast Wyoming. As a result, strong winds affected the usual southeast Wyoming wind prones and wind prone adjacent areas along the Interstate 25 corridor.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1301076. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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