Wind Gusts Top 150 MPH In Sierra

SQUAW VALLEY (CBS13) – Wind gusts up in the Sierra are reaching crazy speeds.

According to the National Weather Service, gusts at the 8,700 feet mark reached 159 miles per hour at 9 a.m.

Gusts are still topping over 120 mph as of 10 a.m.

Double WOW! Squaw Valley wind gust 159 MPH at 9AM #ABitWindy pic.twitter.com/m1bwkCKDch
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) January 8, 2017

Even San Francisco is dealing with tropical force kind of winds in this storm.

Valley winds blowing 20-40 mph - in #SanFrancisco tropical storm force winds gusting to 61 mph! #cawx #castorm pic.twitter.com/vvUK4u4fZk
— Laura Skirde (@LauraSkirde) January 8, 2017