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High Wind in Upper North Platte River Basin, Wyoming

High Wind December 24, 2021 – December 25, 2021 · Upper North Platte River Basin, Wyoming

68 mph
Measured gust (59 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

WYDOT mesonet station Skyline (KSKL) along WY230 measured maximum wind gust 12 miles east-southeast of Encampment at 2:36 AM MST on the 25th.

The wider storm

Brief period of high winds returned to southeast Wyoming wind-prone areas on Christmas Eve. Additionally, areas of snowfall provided a white Christmas for Cheyenne and Laramie. A few spots around the city of Laramie received 6 inches of snowfall early in the morning on the 25th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 991716. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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