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High Wind in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
High Wind April 9, 2011 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
A mesonet site 10 miles south of Deming reported a peak wind gust of 64 mph. The Deming Airport reported a peak gust of 58 mph.
The wider storm
A strong cutoff low was located over the Great Basin with a 125 knot jet stream rounding the base of this system and moving into Western New Mexico. Some of these strong winds were able to mix down to the surface and produce wind gusts up to
88 mph in the San Andres Mountains.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 299425. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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