High Wind — Southern Desert, New Mexico

2010-12-30 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

Event narrative

A peak wind gust of 76 mph was reported at the Dripping Springs RAWS. The National Weather Service Office in Santa Teresa, NM recorded a gust to 59 mph and the Las Cruces Airport(KLRU) reported a gust of 58 mph.

Wider weather episode

A powerful upper low digging out of the Pacific Northwest brought a strong cold front with damaging winds gusts of up to 76 mph to the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 271415. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.