It was not a good night for sleeping along the Colorado Front Range. Strong, gusty winds rattled the windows and raked the trees, finally abating at dawn. Of course, the temperature dropped in concert, bottoming out at 32 degrees F.
The winds were racing behind a cold front that plunged southward through our region late yesterday afternoon and has already reached South Texas. In addition, the strong winds were funneling between a high pressure dome over northwest Wyoming and a low pressure center over Minnesota.
A high wind warning was in place for the Front Range urban corridor and I suspect some damage was inflicted by the gusty winds. Though I have not yet surveyed the farm, I'm sure dead limbs litter the pastures and "lawns," a beneficial effect of the overnight turbulence.
