High Wind in Tehachapi Area, California

The Bird Springs Pass RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 72 mph.

An upper low pressure system which dropped southward through the Great Basin on April 5 interacted with a strengthening ridge off the California coast producing a strong pressure gradient over the Kern County Mountains and Deserts. This resulted in a period of strong wind gusts between the early morning of April 5 and the early morning of April 6 when the winds diminished after the ridge built inland resuting in lowering pressure gradients. The strongest gusts occurred during the afternoon of April 5 when several stations measured gusts exceeding 40 mph. Several low impact indicator sites reported gusts exceeding 55 mph.