Strong wind gusts around Carson City kept public works, tree services, cable and NV Energy crews busy Friday afternoon.
High wind speeds around Carson City: CarsonWeather.com reports a gust of 51 mph at 1:45 p.m; Carson City Airport, 31 mph; Carson Valley DRI sensor north of Gardnerville, 61 mph; 89 mph at Washoe Valley's Nevada Department of Transportation site. On I-580 at Galena Bridge a gust was reported at 84 mph; and the highest gust thus far was 135 mph at Slide Mountain.
As of 4 p.m. there were two power outages in Carson City affecting 36 customers, five outages in Douglas County with 101 without power, and 26 outages in Washoe county with nearly 300 without power.
As the precipitation begins to come into the Carson City area the winds should start diminishing, according to a National Weather Service forecaster.