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High Wind in Upper North Platte River Basin, Wyoming
High Wind January 4, 2022 · Upper North Platte River Basin, Wyoming
What the National Weather Service wrote
WYDOT mesonet station Skyline (KSKL) along Wyoming State Highway 230 measured maximum wind gust 12 miles east-southeast of Encampment. Saratoga Airport AWOS station (KSAA) also measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
The wider storm
Widespread high winds across much of southeast and south-central Wyoming resulted in extended road closures for light, high-profile vehicles. Many sensors along Interstate 80 in the North Snowy Range Foothills recorded wind gusts 60 to 80 mph.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 995205. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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