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'Unofficial' Wind Gust Of 148 mph Recorded In Colorado’s High Rockies
CBS4 Denver ^
| 18 Feb, 2016
| Justin McHeffey and Chris Spears
Posted on 02/19/2016 9:50:04 AM PST by MtnClimber
DENVER (CBS4) – It's a sign of just how strong the winds blowing over Colorado were as a powerful jet stream passed overhead.
Just after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday the weather station on Monarch Pass recorded a wind gust of 148 mph.
TOPICS: Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: colorado; gust; monarchpass; rockies; wind; winds
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To: MtnClimber
It has been very windy in the Colorado Rockies lately.
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posted on
02/19/2016 9:50:42 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Ack! Undoubtedly caused by Global Warming!
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posted on
02/19/2016 9:51:55 AM PST
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: MileHi
Has it been windy in South Park? It has here on Mt Thorodin.
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posted on
02/19/2016 9:52:34 AM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
Yeesh. That’s probably the best reason not to try flying a 60 mph Piper Cub in the mountains...
To: MtnClimber
high winds in the foothills below Lake Tahoe the last couple of days
striped some metal sheeting off my barn.
Lost all the plastic on a hoop house.
Nice day today.
Prayers I don’t fall off my roof
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posted on
02/19/2016 9:57:17 AM PST
by
jcon40
To: Billthedrill
Going backwards at 88 mph ground speed is not a good idea?
To: 17th Miss Regt
Going backwards at 88 mph ground speed is not a good idea? Naw, the passengers get kind of upset. Then there's that thing about no way to land...well, I mean, you can land, but it involves hitting a vertical surface...
To: 17th Miss Regt
Going backwards at 88 mph ground speed is not a good idea?Why not? It's the airborne version of moonwalking. Just make sure one wingtip is painted white.
To: MtnClimber
Vertical kinks in the jet stream are very, very bad.
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:08:21 AM PST
by
SubMareener
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To: MtnClimber
Been roaring. 285 from Kenosha Pass to Fairplay, closed off and on. Ground blizzards and it will tip semis over too.
Today it is 45 and sunny, no wind so far. Need to get out for a walk.
FReegards
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:08:31 AM PST
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: MtnClimber
“But the Colorado rocky mountain high
I’ve seen it raining fire in the sky
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullabye
Rocky mountain high”
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:17:23 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: MtnClimber
Windy but not close to the 231 mph wind measured on Mt Washington in New Hampshire
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:17:53 AM PST
by
UB355
(Slower traffic keep right)
To: MtnClimber
But all the candidates are in Nevada and South Carolina?
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:17:54 AM PST
by
ThomasThomas
(Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.)
To: MtnClimber
For you frequent and also you white knuckle flyers, that is one of the reasons for those toboggan rides just east and west of Denver. Buckle up!
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:23:43 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: MtnClimber
We also had strong winds in Northern Utah yesterday...not 148 mph though!
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:27:06 AM PST
by
Artcore
To: Lou L
yep , Spring , Summer ,Fall and Winter all caused by Global Warming
To: MtnClimber
Really? I didn’t know that the Pope was visiting the Rocky Mountains.
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:30:05 AM PST
by
Ancesthntr
("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
To: MtnClimber
What’s it take to make it official?
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:43:12 AM PST
by
JimRed
(Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
To: MtnClimber
Easily had 80+mph winds here in palmer divide. Lasted about 2 hours. Tall pines were bent 30 degrees over.
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posted on
02/19/2016 10:44:21 AM PST
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CodeToad
(Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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