High Wind in Great Salt Lake Desert and Mountains, Utah

Numerous mesonet stations recorded at least one if not a period of downsloping postfrontal winds and gusts in excess of 58 mph, with a peak gust of 68 mph recorded at the I-80 @ mp 1 mesonet station. Other various mesonet stations that included sufficient wind gusts include INTERSTATE 80, WENDOVER PEAK, Wendover Port of Entry, I-80 @ mp 29, and SR-30 @ Curlew.

A grazing shortwave trough north of Utah sent a cold front into the region. Ahead of and along this boundary there was enough moisture to result in isolated to scattered convective development, with much of this activity higher based in nature. As a result, numerous strong to severe wind gusts were recorded or reported. Additionally, a period of strong winds downsloping off of terrain was noted in portions of northwest Utah following the passage of the frontal boundary.