This is from 1:22pm CDT. The record strong low pressure system on the Colorado-Kansas border is moving very slowly to the east. Winds have gusted between 80-92 mph over eastern Colorado (including Denver) with fierce blizzard conditions west and north of the low.
There have been two reports of winds gusting above 100mph, both from Texas,
- Grand Prairie, 109 mph
- Pine Springs, 103 mph
Also,
- 4 mi. S of Glen Haven, CO, 92 mph
- Glacier Park, MT, 94 mph
- Denver, 80 mph
- Amarillo, 80 mph
Obviously, the circulation around this low dominates the nation's weather.
Irony: Very little wind energy is being developed from all of this wind. The winds exceed 26 mph (the upper threshold) in most areas.
Here is a closeup of the above map. The low is on the Kansas-Colorado border.
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