Thursday, November 21, 2013

Big Bad Wolf Arrives for Rush Hour

The strongest wind gusts of the event thusfar are currently buffeting the I-15 corridor from Centerville to Farmington.

Source: MesoWest
From south to north, here are the current gusts, with the peak gust noted if different

  • CENWWS: 73 mph @ 5 PM MST (along Legacy Parkway just west of Community Park, Centerville)
  • CEN: 56 mph @ 5 PM MST (along Legacy Parkway near 2150 N Centerville)
  • UTPR0: 74 mph @ 5:10 PM MST (75 @ 4:30 PM MST) (just north of Lagoon on SR-89)
Addendum @ 645 PM MST:

CENWWS had a gust to 80 mph @ 5:30 PM
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    Newbie here... What or who is "UTPR0"? I live near the location shown above for that wind report. It would be nice to be able to get winds here instead of Hill AFB or KSLC.

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    1. Tim PriceNovember 21, 2013 at 8:02 PM

      On MesoWest it lists UTPR0 as a portable tripod weather station with no historical data, so it could be a temporary installation for this wind event (http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=UTPR0). A very nearby station is a Union Pacific station UP138 (http://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/meso_base.cgi?stn=UP138) which is right next to the Lagoon park. You may want to try out the WunderMap on wunderground.com or poke around mesowest.utah.edu for more local conditions than kslc. Good Luck!

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    2. BradyNovember 21, 2013 at 8:10 PM

      UDOT set up a portable tripod in that location earlier today, I'm guessing that's what it is.
      Picture & UDOT tweet if you're curious: https://twitter.com/codyoppermann/statuses/403629204794642432

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  2. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 8:12 PM

    Thank you!

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