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High Wind in Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

High Wind November 29, 2019 · Southern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico

76 mph
Measured gust (66 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

San Augustin Pass recorded a peak gust of 76 mph. Other gusts included 72 mph five miles northeast of San Augustin Pass, 65 mph five miles east-northeast of the White Sands Missile Range Main Post and 62 mph one mile southeast of White Sands Missile Range Main Post.

The wider storm

A large upper low was centered over northern Nevada with a 150 knot jet streak moving through southern New Mexico. A surface low was over western Colorado with an associated cold front moving through the region. Strong southwest winds ahead of the front and west-northwest winds behind the front gusted up to 76 mph.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 864334. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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