High Wind in Southern Desert, New Mexico

High Wind January 22, 2012 · Southern Desert, New Mexico

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

A peak wind gust of 71 mph was reported in Organ approximately 1 mile southeast of San Augustin Pass.

The wider storm

An upper level trough was digging into New Mexico with a 125+ knot jet streak moving into Western New Mexico. These strong upper level winds combined with a 992mb surface low over Eastern Colorado and a lee trough over Eastern New Mexico to create wind gusts to 71 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 359744. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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