High Wind in S Sierra Foothills, California

High Wind December 31, 2018 · S Sierra Foothills, California

68 mph

Measured gust (59 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Cascadel Heights measured a peak gust of 68 mph.

The wider storm

A strong shortwave trough dropped down through the Great Basin during the morning of December 31. With high pressure pushing inland into northern California behind the trough, offshore Mono type winds developed over the higher elevations of the southern Sierra Nevada which down-sloped into the foothills. This resulted in several drought weakened trees being knocked down in the foothills near North Fork and Oakhurst where locally strong wind gusts exceeding 60 mph were reported.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 791316. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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