High Wind in De Baca County, New Mexico

An upper level disturbance moved southeast across the central and southern Rocky Mountains into the high plains on May 6th bringing rain and snow showers across north-central and northeast NM. A backdoor front associated with the system surged south across eastern NM during the evening hours resulting in gusty north winds across this part of the state. A ZiaMet station east of Fort Sumner observed high wind gusts up to 61 mph during this time. Winds tapered off overnight as the front pushed south of the state.