High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

A peak gust of 89 mph was reported at the San Augustin Pass RAWS. Other peak gusts across the area included 75 mph at Salinas Peak, 58 mph at the National Weather Service office in Santa Teresa and 61 mph at the White Sands Missile Range Main Post.

A deep upper low was diving down the west coast while a surface low rapidly deepened over the Texas and Oklahoma panhandle area. A tight pressure gradient setup across the region with strong southwest winds ahead of the upper low.