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High Wind in Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

High Wind December 26, 2021 · Northern Sangre De Cristo Mountains Between 8500 & 11000 Ft, Colorado

60 mph

Measured gust (52 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Westcliffe.

The wider storm

A very active pattern continued across southern Colorado during this period, with multiple upper level disturbances moving across the region. This supported another long period of damaging winds and heavy snow. Highest wind gusts were in the 70 to 90 mph range, with a 101 mph wind gust observed near Monarch Pass. The heavy snow was not too widespread, though Wolf Creek Pass did observe a storm total snow of 40 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 997500. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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