High Wind in Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County, Wyoming

WYDOT site at Bordeaux, along Interstate 25, measured at peak gust of 86 MPH with sustained winds of 75 MPH late in the afternoon on March 14th.

This was the second part of the prolonged wind event which started on March 11th and the 12th. There was a twelve-hour lull in the strong winds outside of the wind prone areas of southeast Wyoming, but winds quickly increased by late morning on March 14th. Although winds weren't quite as strong, nor as widespread, compared March 12th, peak wind gusts between 70 to 85 MPH were observed along with travel impacts.