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High Wind in Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

High Wind March 16, 2008 · Southwest Desert Mimbres Basin, New Mexico

58 mph
Measured gust (50 kt)

The wider storm

Only two days after a high wind episode in southern New Mexico, another round of high winds occurred as a result of strong southwesterly flow transferring down to the surface and a deepening surface low to the northeast.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 90389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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