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High Wind in Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona
High Wind March 22, 2016 · Chuska Mountains and Defiance Plateau, Arizona
62 mph
Measured gust (54 kt)
What the National Weather Service wrote
The Window Rock ASOS reported a peak wind gust of 62 MPH at 410 PM MST. Sustained winds of 40 MPH and/or gust of 58 MPH were reported for about an hour and a half around that time.
The wider storm
A strong trough of low pressure brought high winds and areas of blowing dust to portions of northern Arizona.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 620877. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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