Jeesh, It Was Windy!

Bruce takes note of the ABQ wind:

[L]ink gives the low down and high down on strong winds in Duke City yesterday. They were really howling last night around our apartment in the Heights. Highest gust was 88 mph at Tram in Sandias yesterday afternoon, so they wisely shut it down.

However, we did have those incredible 135mph Santa Ana winds that blew off gas station roofs and knocked out power for more than 100,000 is LA and southern Calif. valley areas.

That’s interesting! It was pretty windy here in Sacramento too, as the low pressure system dug into the SW, but the winds here were not nearly as strong as in either S. CA, or it sounds like NM. Apparently Mammoth Mtn. saw winds in excess of 150 mph: so high they couldn’t accurately be measured.

Regarding precipitation, this winter season started promisingly enough in October, but since the beginning of November it's been so dry! La Nina's revenge! That damned equatorial phenomenon just won't quit! The dry weather is beginning to remind me of that dread drought year 1977 again. I hope things start looking up soon!