High Wind in Lake Isabella, California

High Wind May 1, 2021 · Lake Isabella, California

61 mph

Measured gust (53 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Bear Peak RAWS measured a peak wind gust of 61 mph.

The wider storm

A cold front dropped southward through the area on May 1 producing strong wind gusts across the Kern County deserts as well as across the Lake Isabella and Tehachapi areas between the afternoon of May 1 and the early morning of May 2 as a strong onshore pressure gradient developed. Several stations measured gusts exceeding 45 mph while a few low impact indicator sites measured gusts exceeding 60 mph. The winds decreased during the day on May 2 as gradients relaxed.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 947130. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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