High Wind — Indian Wells Vly, California

2017-06-11 · Indian Wells Vly, California

Event narrative

The Indian Wells Canyon RAWS reported a maximum wind gust of 58 mph.

Wider weather episode

A cold upper low pressure system deepened over the Pacific Northwest on June 10 pushing a strong cold front through Central California on the morning of June 11 resulting in a period of strong winds over the Kern County Mountains and Deserts from the afternoon of June 10 through the evening of June 11. This system also produced widespread rainfall over the area from the afternoon of June 11 through the morning of June 12 as an unseasonably cool and unstable airmass prevailed over the area. Rainfall amounts were generally light (a tenth of an inch or less); however, but snow was observed as low as 6000 feet over the mountains and up to 3 inches of new snow fell over the highest elevations of the Southern Sierra Nevada.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 706851. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.