High Wind in C & S Weld County, Colorado

Wind gusts reach 50 to 60 mph behind a cold front. The strongest measured gust was 58 mph two miles north of Mead.

Strong cold raced south across eastern Colorado during the early morning hours of March 15th bringing wind gusts up to 65 mph across northern Colorado. Snow also developed behind the front. Most of the snowfall was light (less than 4 inches), however the northerly upslope flow across the northern slopes of the Palmer Divide dropped 4 to 10 inches of snow.