Use the MyRadar app. Turn on the wind layer. Forget-25 to I-90, there's heavy snow AND a hard broadside wind through Wyoming.
Best bet is west on I-70, then north on US-191 and US-6 to catch I-15 in Provo. I ran that way when I-80 was shut down with that big pile up a few years ago. Besides which the wind dies off quickly after you crest the Rockies (as shown on MyRadar) on I-70. The wind is howling all the way to Utah on I-80, and it's a head wind.
Normally I would avoid the big pulls over I-70. But running light it's the best route right now.
High winds - I-80 vs I-70?
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Tool for you... multiple layers, can zoom, etc. Windy as forecasted
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My radar is pretty awesome. Winds died down by Glenwood spring just as predicted, and now it's bright and sunny here at the utah border. Meanwhile up in wyo it's blowing so hard that the wind is turning blue on myradar.
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Maybe consider going I25 N through WY, MT, ID and into WA
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Had a pretty big winter event yesterday here in MT, it's over now.
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What? no cabbage?
As far as the big pass on 90 up there, be careful and wary of what DOT has to say about that in real time online. It can go bad in a hurry.
It would be something if all truckers somehow peer to peer this radar wind stuff. If say 200,000 trucks decided to bypass WY yesterday and go through 70 with you...Lepton1 Thanks this. -
Cabbage is pretty much a given on his route. Alternatives are much worse. Current conditions look good for Cabbage and Snoqualmie, which is the shortest route.
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