A Short Windstorm!

[mishalak]

Some sort of front just passed my apartment. The wind was very fierce, like blustery day fierce. I dashed outside to rescue my Christmas cactus because I was afraid it would be blown over. Dust filled the air and the phone lines hung sideways against the backdrop of a pale pink/orange sky. I think this was just the momentary thing of the wind front of an air mass passing here. I wonder if that means that the dry weather will change.

Comments

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've seen the same but it's still a little exciting ;the sky color was unusual - sunset or ???

Weather Underground sez

Expires 5:13 AM EDT on June 08, 2004


Statement as of 9:13 PM MDT on June 07, 2004


... High Wind Warning issued for southeast portions of the Denver
Metro area until 10 PM MDT...

A burst of high wind from a decaying rain shower will move through
the eastern portions of Aurora and the Buckley Air Force base area
between now and 10 PM. A wind gust estimated up to 70 mph was
reported in southeast Aurora at 908 PM.

If you live in the warned area... move indoors and stay away from
windows.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/CO/040.html


However the current wind map shows relative calm there, adjacent states are windy so it that may have been a front moving through.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/WindSpeed.html

[mishalak.livejournal.com]

Sunset and I think perhaps it was some sort of decaying rainstorm downdraft. That would make sense with how strong it was.

And yes it was near sunset, we often get orangy/pink skies here in Colorado at sunset when there are clouds.

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I asked because once I was traveling somewhere rural, I think it was SE Oregon, when a storm front came through. In the 20 minutes or so before the rain hit, in the strong winds and scudding clouds, the sky was pink. We talked it over and decided it was from dust kicked up by the winds, and the contrast against the blue-grey of the clouds.

Puget Sound area gets a lot of pink clouds, but that's partially because the surrounding mountains and hills create a large basin that traps the air pollution from the +5 million people living here.