High Wind — Simcoe Highlands, Washington

2021-01-12 to 2021-01-13 · Simcoe Highlands, Washington

Event narrative

A non-tstm wind gust of 74mph was measured 8 miles SSE of Goldendale, WA at 2:27am PST on Jan. 13th. A non-tstm wind gust of 59 mph was measured 12 miles E of Bingen, WA at 1:30am PST on Jan. 13th.

Wider weather episode

A potent cold front moving under a low level jet early Wednesday morning produced strong southwest wind gusts of 55 to 65 mph across Oregon and Washington during the early morning hours of January 13th, 2020.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 935023. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.