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High Wind in Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming
High Wind March 17, 2014 · Upper Green River Basin, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
A mesonet sensor at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge recorded wind gusts to 59 mph with sustained speeds as high as 43 mph.
The wider storm
A strong cold front swept south across Wyoming on St. Patrick's today inducing high wind both ahead of and behind the front. The highest gust was 110 mph at a station west of Clark ahead of the cold front. Southwest and central Wyoming experienced gusty west-southwest wind in excess of 60 mph in advance of the cold front. Portions of the Big Horn Basin and Johnson County saw post-frontal northerly wind ranging from 60 to 70 mph. Snowfall behind the front combined with the gusty north wind to cause road closures in northern Wyoming.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 509080. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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