High Wind — Tulare Cty Mtns, California

2018-10-06 · Tulare Cty Mtns, California

Event narrative

The Bear Peak RAWS reported a peak wind gust of 58 mph.

Wider weather episode

An upper level low pressure system pushed into the Pacific Northwest on October 5 then dropped southeast into the Great Basin on October 6 providing the Kern County Mountains and Deserts with a period of strong winds during the afternoon and evening hours as a cold front associated with this system pushed through central California. Several reporting stations had wind gusts exceeding 45 mph, and a few low impact indicator sites had gusts around 60 mph. In addition, scattered showers brought some precipitation to the mountains and Kern County Deserts with the several locations in the Southern Sierra Nevada picking up a few tenths of an inch of rainfall while the Kern County Mountains and Deserts generally picked up a few hundredths of an inch of rainfall. Breezy conditions prevailed on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley during the morning of October 7 where several stations measured gusts around 40 mph. The winds diminished by the afternoon of October 7 as the low moved into the Desert Southwest region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 779470. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.