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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

High Wind March 15, 2018 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

90 mph
Measured gust (78 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

San Augustin Pass recorded a peak gust of 90 mph. Other peak gusts included 64 mph 1 mile southeast of the White Sands Missile Range Main Post, 59 mph at Orogrande and 58 mph 5 miles southeast of San Augustin Pass.

The wider storm

A strong upper low was moving onshore into the Pacific Northwest with an 80-90 knot jet over the Borderland. A surface low was located over eastern Colorado with an associated cold front moving through the region bringing wind gusts up to 90 mph to south central New Mexico.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 745920. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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