Our recent wind event has resulted in a new peak wind gust for 2010 at the Neon Desert Weather Station. Shortly after 2am this morning the anemometer reached 42mph. Overall, it has been extremely windy the past 24 hours with sustained winds generally in the 25mph range with frequent gusts into the mid and upper 30's.
The strong winds are expected to last through Thursday night.
Update: As of 5:10pm PDT a new peak wind gust of 44mph from the SSW has been reached.
As stated above, these strong winds are expected to continue with the strongest winds ending between 9pm and midnight tonight. Areas of blowing dust with areas of greatly reduced visibility will occur, especially in open desert areas. As a cold front, currently positioned just to the NW of Clark county, moves through this evening winds will shift to the NW and usher in much cooler air.