That Was Some Wind, Hey?

August 30, 2005

    Enough for the bashing around with the wind, huh?
    A low pressure system moving throughout he Pacific Northwest and Northern Nevada yesterday brought strong winds to Mammoth and to the areas nearby.
    Wind gusts in the Town of Mammoth yesterday afternoon topped out at 30 miles an hour at Howard Sheckter's weather station at noon, and by 2:15 the wind was all the way down to 28.
     By nightfall, the winds were gradually decreasing, but not by much.
    According to the National Weather Service, the 30 mph winds were to continue  until 10 o'clock, and to add confusion to everything else, the wind was to shift from southwest to northerly as a weather system moves from the state from north to south.
    This combination of gusty wind, shifting wind and low humidity, combined with a lot of dried out brush, means that hazardous fire conditions exist and the state put out a red flag warning to be on the lookout for fires.