Brace for wind — like category 1 and 2 hurricane-force winds.Meteorologists were calling for wind gusts of up to 70 mph during the height of the storm, and reaching “bombogenesis” status doesn’t change that much. Winds reached a high of 94 … The latest breaking news, delivered straight to your email!Access all of our premium content, get unlimited digital access and more! Even though he has four wheel drive, his truck got stuck at the pumps and he was trying to dig out to get home as the blizzard swirled around him. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)Greg Giannini needed to get gas for his generator, because the lights were flickering at his home and he was afraid he was going to lose power. A storm’s intensity is measured in pressure, with lower-pressure storms packing more punch. Your notification has been saved. Today's Weather Maker dissipating over the ArkLaTex (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)Sprouts employee Brandon Brown makes it to his car as he leaves the grocery store on North Gate Blvd.. At that time, the store was still open while a massive blizzard was moving through on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

(Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)Stranded semis are parked on a closed northbound lane of I-25 just south of Woodmen Rd.
Additional accumulations expected today. on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

Today's Weather Maker developing in Central Colorado yesterday
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Today's Weather Maker dissipating over the ArkLaTex The Denver International Airport was reporting wind gusts up to 80 mph, which might be among the strongest gusts recorded at the airport since it was established in 1996, Schumacher said in a tweet.“Nearly all of the other gusts above 60 mph at DIA are from summer thunderstorms,” Schumacher said.From a quick check of ASOS archives, that *might* be the strongest gust ever recorded at the Denver airport since it was established in 1996. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. I can't find evidence of a lower pressure (by either method) in Colorado in the past records (though we'll keep perusing the data) Later in the day, Schumacher reported even lower pressure in Lamar, which measured at 970.4 millibars.Experts are still working to determine exactly how far pressure has dropped since the start of the storm and whether the state has set a record for low-pressure storms, but Skelly says preliminary information indicates “we did achieve bombogenesis.”Initial readings taken over La Junta at 10 p.m. Tuesday showed the storm at 995.4 millibars.