High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind April 9, 2011 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

75 mph

Measured gust (65 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The SAMS station at San Augustin Pass reported a peak gust of 75 mph. A mesonet station in South Las Cruces 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 299427. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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