Crazy Wind - 65-80 Mph tossing semi’s today….

[bigfurmn]

Snow we only got an inch or two but the way it's blowing no way to tell for sure. Was crazy driving for sure.

 

[SmokinEdge]

Those wind speeds are nuts! We have had zero wind here, not even a breeze, but a bit south of all that.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

We had a crazy wind storm hit today….. sustain 65 mph with 80 mph gusts

100 mph winds on the front range and 80 mph winds in Wyoming.

We had gusts of 70 mph plus last night here in North Idaho

They are calling for winds up to 50mph here

We were lucky, we tapped out at 61 mph today

That's crazy wind speeds. We're supposed to be windy here today, but nothing like y'all got. Calling for 35 mph gusts...

 

[homebeerbrewer]

Why did they put the wheels on the side of those trucks? They drive better when they are underneath the truck.

Here in New Hampshire, they are saying 50mph gusts, with 10-20mph sustained winds for today.

 

[gmc2003]

Here in New Hampshire, they are saying 50mph gusts, with 10-20mph sustained winds for today.

Similar here in Vt.

Chris

 

[civilsmoker]

Todays menu is 30-40 with gusts of 55 and joined with rain...... I'm wanting more of this and less of the "THAT"

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"

 

[mneeley490]

This was a couple days ago in PNW. Alpental Ski area near Seattle had gusts of 112 mph.

 

[normanaj]

How about a little trip to Mt. Washington?

 

[gmc2003]

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas"

We just lost our 6" of snow today. The wind/rain/40+* weather killed it.

Chris

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

I had 75 mph gusts with about 64K lbs gross last night in Wyoming. My back box danced quite a bit but I made it up and back with no issues. Many other truckers were not so fortunate. I counted at least 8 trucks on their sides between Vedawoo and Elk Mountain.

I essentially drove through a dry CAT-1 Hurricane.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

How about a little trip to Mt. Washington?

And Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park in 1981 with a 201 mph blast.

Longs Peak Forecasts

 

[Fueling Around]

I had 75 mph gusts with about 64K lbs gross last night in Wyoming. My back box danced quite a bit but I made it up and back with no issues.

You have nerves of steel to pull doubles in high winds

 

[pc farmer]

MileHighSmokerGirl that's awesome you drive big rigs.

 

[pc farmer]

We are getting the high winds and snow now. 50-60 mph and it's 18 degrees

 

[normanaj]

231mph at Mt. Washington. That's some crazy shit.

 

[MileHighSmokerGirl]

You have nerves of steel to pull doubles in high winds

It's all about training. Some days are worse than others but I've only ever once feared for my life and I wasn't driving, but the idiot who was "training me" had 2 months of linehaul experience and had no idea what she was doing.

Long story she went to Wyoming without getting fuel and we got stuck behind another driver in 92 mph winds in a gulley on I-80 at Arlington and our fuel light was on. I threatened to remove her from the seat if she didn't start driving. She asked me "what do I do?" and I told her to find the rumble strip and stay on it. After a brief hesitation and much to my relief, she did so and we got out of there.