High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind October 28, 2009 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

72 mph

Measured gust (63 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A gust of 73 mph was measured 2 miles southeast of San Augustin Pass.

The wider storm

An unseasonably cold upper low moved across the southern Rockies producing heavy snow in the Sacramento Mountains. In addition, strong winds aloft mixed down to the surface resulting in wind gusts to greater than 70 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 199684. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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