Alert archive / Arizona / Snow Advisories in 2006
Snow Advisory 2, NWS Las Vegas, NV
NWS Las Vegas, NV issued this snow advisory at Jan 2, 2006, 5:14 AM MST for Mohave County, Arizona. It took effect at Jan 2, 2006, 7:00 PM MST. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 2, 2006, 5:14 AM MST (12:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 2, 2006, 7:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2006, 9:25 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Las Vegas, NV
County Mohave County, AZ
The radar
The Las Vegas radar (KESX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1790 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 385 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS45 KVEF 021214 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 414 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 .A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING TOWARDS THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ABUNDANT MOISTURE INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND ACROSS PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. IN ADDITION...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...WHICH COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO. NVZ015-022015- /O.EXB.KVEF.WS.W.0001.060102T1800Z-060103T0600Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 414 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW HAS BEGUN TO FALL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AROUND 6000 FEET THIS MORNING THEN FALL TO NEAR 5000 FEET BY LATE EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM PIOCHE NORTHWARD TO THE COUNTY LINE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SOUTH OF PIOCHE ABOVE 5500 FEET. IN ADDITION...OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. THE HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT ALONG US 93...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF PIOCHE. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING $$ CAZ027-NVZ014-022015- /O.EXA.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 414 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... INTENSE SNOWFALL HAS BEGUN TO FALL OVER ESMERALDA COUNTY THIS MORNING. AT 300 AM...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SNOW WAS BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE IN GOLDFIELD. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING OVER ESMERALDA...EASTERN INYO...AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES ABOVE 5000 FEET. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. SNOWFALL RATES OF AROUND 3 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR ABOVE 5000 FEET BEFORE LATE EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ NVZ018-019-022015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 414 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL WILL BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGHOUT THE MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY OCCUR OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. ALONG WITH THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ CAZ026-022015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY 414 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS NEAR AND ABOVE 4000 FEET. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY...AND ACROSS PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY UNTIL AROUND 10 PM TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY. AT 130 AM MONDAY MORNING...OFFICIALS IN INYO COUNTY REPORTED THAT 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL HAD ACCUMULATED IN BISHOP. SNOWFALL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED THIS MORNING IN INDEPENDENCE. AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 16 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW LEVEL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR 4000 FEET THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO BETWEEN 16 AND 24 INCHES TODAY OVER PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY. AS OF 9 PM SUNDAY NIGHT...REPORTS FROM ASPENDELL INDICATED THAT AROUND 8 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN NEAR 8500 FEET. EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS LIKELY OCCURRED ABOVE 7000 FEET DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL TWO FEET OF SNOWFALL IS FORECAST TO OCCUR TODAY AND THIS EVENING. THIS ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BRING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 7000 FEET TO AROUND 4 FEET. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY NEAR THE SIERRA CREST. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR HOME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE SIERRA YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO. TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ AZZ001-022015- /O.NEW.KVEF.SN.Y.0002.060103T0200Z-060103T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON 514 AM MST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AROUND 6500 FEET IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY FALL TO NEAR 5500 FEET BY LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ DAVIS
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS45 KVEF 021810 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1010 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 CAZ027-NVZ014-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 1010 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. A TOTAL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WAS REPORTED IN DYER AT 930 AM THIS MORNING. THE NYE COUNTY SHERIFF IN GOLDFIELD REPORTED THAT AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW HAD MELTED AS THE FALLING SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN BY 9 AM THIS MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AROUND THE 5000 FOOT LEVEL WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES AFTER 1 PM PST. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ NVZ015-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 1010 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ACROSS NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AROUND 7000 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN FALL TO 5500 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN OCCUR INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM PIOCHE NORTHWARD TO THE WHITE PINE COUNTY LINE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF PIOCHE BY LATE EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL ALONG US 93 NORTH OF PIOCHE VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING $$ NVZ018-019-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 1010 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVIES SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 9 PM THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ CAZ026-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY 1010 AM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 4000 FEET. AT 930 AM THIS MORNING...OFFICIALS IN INYO COUNTY REPORTED THAT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN IN BISHOP. ASPENDELL HAD RECEIVED 36 INCHES OF NEW SNOW BY 9 AM THIS MORNING. SNOW HAD CHANGED TO RAIN IN INDEPENDENCE AND THE SOUTHER PART OF THE OWENS VALLEY. SOME RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX WITH SNOW IN BISHOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE OWENS VALLEY NORTH OF INDEPENDENCE AND BETWEEN 1 AND 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 7000 FEET. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR HOME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE SIERRA YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO. TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ AZZ001-030100- /O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0002.060103T0200Z-060103T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON 1110 AM MST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AROUND 6500 FEET IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY FALL TO NEAR 5500 FEET BY LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ JGA
000 WWUS45 KVEF 022103 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 103 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 CAZ027-NVZ014-030015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 103 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. A TOTAL OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WAS REPORTED IN DYER AT 930 AM THIS MORNING. THE NYE COUNTY SHERIFF IN GOLDFIELD REPORTED THAT AROUND AN INCH OF NEW SNOW HAD MELTED AS THE FALLING SNOW CHANGED TO RAIN BY 9 AM THIS MORNING. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AROUND THE 5000 FOOT LEVEL WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SNOW INTENSITY INCREASES. SNOWFALL RATES OF 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ NVZ015-030015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 103 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ACROSS NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AROUND 7000 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON THEN FALL TO 5500 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN OCCUR INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM PIOCHE NORTHWARD TO THE WHITE PINE COUNTY LINE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF PIOCHE BY LATE EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL ALONG US 93 NORTH OF PIOCHE VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING $$ NVZ018-019-030015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 103 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ABOVE 7000 FEET THEN THE SNOW LEVEL WILL DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND 9 PM THIS EVENING WITH SNOWFALL RATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 20 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ CAZ026-030015- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY 103 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. SNOW HAD CHANGED TO RAIN BY NOON WITHIN THE OWENS VALLEY AND RAIN... POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE RAPID SNOW MELT IN SOME AREAS AND A SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE OWENS VALLEY UNTIL 630 PM THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET. AS OF 1250 PM...ASPENDELL HAD RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 48 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM. THE STEADY SNOW WILL TURN TO SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET. IF YOU LEAVE THE SAFETY OF YOUR HOME TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE SIERRA YOU ARE PUTTING YOUR LIFE AT RISK. IN ADDITION TO PERIODS OF EXTREMELY HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES TO NEAR ZERO. TRAVEL THROUGH THE AFFECTED AREA IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ AZZ001-030015- /O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0002.060103T0200Z-060103T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON 203 PM MST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 AM MST TUESDAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AROUND 6500 FEET IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...THEN QUICKLY FALL TO NEAR 5500 FEET BY LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$
000 WWUS45 KVEF 022358 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 358 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 CAZ027-NVZ014-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER 358 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5500. SNOW LEVELS HAD LIFTED ABOVE 6500 FEET THIS AFTERNOON AND SNOWFALL HAD TAPERED OFF. HOWEVER...INTENSE SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ALONG WITH AND RAPIDLY LOWERING SNOW LEVELS AS THE CENTER OF A PACIFIC STORM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCE TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ NVZ015-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO... ALAMO...RACHEL 358 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER LINCOLN COUNTY AS A STRONG WINTER STORM MOVES FROM CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ACROSS NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY BEGIN AROUND 7000 FEET THEN FALL TO 5500 LATE THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL THEN OCCUR INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 5 AND 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM PIOCHE NORTHWARD TO THE WHITE PINE COUNTY LINE. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF PIOCHE BY LATE EVENING ABOVE 5500 FEET. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND WILL MAKE TRAVEL ALONG US 93 NORTH OF PIOCHE VERY DIFFICULT AS VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING $$ NVZ018-019-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 358 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING. SNOW OVER THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND SHEEP RANGE WILL CONTINUE OFF AND ON THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW LEVELS AROUND 7000 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP TO AROUND 5000 FEET EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ABOVE 5000 FEET BY LATE THIS EVENING. ALONG WITH THE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR IS OCCURRING. $$ CAZ026-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY 358 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL...HEAVY AT TIMES...IN THE MOUNTAINS ABOVE 5000 FEET THIS EVENING. AS OF 330 PM...ASPENDELL HAD RECEIVED OVER 48 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ABOVE 5000 FEET. RAIN MAY TURN BACK TO SNOW IN PARTS OF THE OWENS VALLEY THIS EVENING BUT ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE GENERALLY LESS THAN 2 INCHES. $$ AZZ001-030600- /O.CON.KVEF.SN.Y.0002.060103T0200Z-060103T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON 458 PM MST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET... A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST TUESDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OVER NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY. SNOW LEVELS WILL INITIALLY START OUT AROUND 7500 FEET EARLY IN THE EVENING ...THEN QUICKLY FALL TO NEAR 5500 FEET BY LATE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. A SNOW ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP... BUT ONLY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MINOR INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS TRAVEL DELAYS. NO SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. $$ JGA
000 WWUS45 KVEF 030425 WSWVEF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 825 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 CAZ026-027-NVZ014-015-018-019-030530- /O.CAN.KVEF.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060103T0600Z/ OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE... OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY...FURNACE CREEK...STOVEPIPE WELLS... SHOSHONE...TECOPA...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD...SILVER PEAK...DYER... CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO...RACHEL... THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON 825 PM PST MON JAN 2 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WAS PRODUCING RAIN AND SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA WAS WEAKENING THIS EVENING AND WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE QUICKLY EAST ACROSS NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS REMAINED FAIRLY HIGH ACROSS NEVADA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SO THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW DURING THIS TIME. THE SOUTHERN SIERRA HOWEVER RECEIVED OVER 4 FEET OF SNOW WITH 56 INCHES REPORTED AT ASPENDELL AT 8500 FEET. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME HIGH ELEVATION SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA OVERNIGHT BUT THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE. $$ AZZ001-030530- /O.CAN.KVEF.SN.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-060103T1200Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... WESTERN GRAND CANYON 925 PM MST MON JAN 2 2006 ...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW ADVISORY. A BAND OF PRECIPITATION OVER MOHAVE COUNTY THIS EVENING WILL BE MOVING EAST OF THE AREA BY 10 PM. TEMPERATURES HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING ALL EVENING EVEN ABOVE 7000 FEET SO HEAVY SNOWFALL HAS NOT DEVELOPED. SNOW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS THE MAIN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA BUT THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW WILL BE NORTH OF MOHAVE COUNTY. LOCALIZED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS NEAR THE UTAH BORDER. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this snow advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before this snow advisory went out at Jan 1, 10:00 PM MST, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:00 PM MST, 7 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
900 PM PST SUN JAN 1 2006
.SYNOPSIS...A MOIST PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL SPREAD MOISTURE ACROSS
THE REGION TONIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL
OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH MONDAY. RAIN AND SNOW
WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT
FOLLOWED BY A SHORT BREAK BEFORE MORE INTENSE RAIN AND SNOW SWEEP
ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS
WILL ALSO DEVELOP ON MONDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.
&&
.UPDATE...SATELLITE/RADAR SHOWING DECREASING ACTIVITY OVER THE
SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE CWA FROM SAN BERNARDINO TO KLAS AS WEAK
OVERRUNNING/WARM AIR ADVECTION SHIFTING TO THE NORTH...BUT PER
SATELLITE AND MODEL TRENDS DECREASE WILL BE SHORT LIVED. SOUTHERN
END OF MAIN MOISTURE PLUME HAS DROPPED TO JUST NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN
SIERRA WITH A SLOW PROGRESSION SOUTH EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS VORT MAX
ANALYZED/DEPICTED ON SAT PIC PUSHING TOWARDS 130W BEGINS TO TURN
FLOW SLIGHTLY MORE NORTH/SOUTH AND DEEPENS TROUGH AS IT PUSHES INTO
SOUTHERN CA EARLY MONDAY. SYSTEM TO SHIFT EAST DURING THE DAY MONDAY
WITH GOOD MOISTURE/DYNAMICS BEFORE EXITING THE AREA BY EARLY
TUESDAY. CURRENT WARNINGS/ADVISORIES ON TRACK ATTM AND WITH OVERALL
FORECAST ALSO ON TRACK...THUS NO UPDATES PLANNED.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION...315 PM PST SHORT TERM...THE EXTENSIVE MOISTURE
PLUME OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA HAS A SOUTHERN BRANCH WHICH
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION TONIGHT. THE
12Z/18Z GFS INDICATES THIS COULD BRING SOME AREAS OF LIGHT
PRECIPITATION TO MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION OVER NIGHT
FOLLOWED BY SOME BRIEF DRYING BEHIND IT. THIS MAY PRODUCE SOME 3-6
INCHES IN THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...SO WILL UPGRADE
THE WATCH TO A WARNING STARTING AROUND 1 AM. HOWEVER...THE MAIN
PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION WILL OCCUR
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BRUNT OF THE MOISTURE REMAINS
FOCUSED ON THE SOUTHERN SIERRA OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING THEN
SHIFTS SOUTHEAST OVER THE REST OF THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. PRECIP AMOUNTS LOOK IMPRESSIVE OVER THE SIERRA. IN
ADDITION...THE 12Z/18Z ETA FORECAST SOUNDING FOR BISHOP SHOW A
TEMPERATURE PROFILE FAVORABLE FOR SNOW AFTER 06Z TONIGHT...AND
CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY MONDAY. TEMPS HAVE NOT MADE IT OUT OF THE
30S AT BISHOP TODAY AND SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION ON THE VALLEY FLOOR
IS A GOOD POSSIBILITY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. WILL ISSUE A SNOW
ADVISORY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE WINTER STORM
WARNING. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS AGREE THAT THE PERIOD BETWEEN 21Z
MONDAY AND 08Z TUESDAY WILL BE THE BEST TIME FOR SIGNIFICANT RAIN
AND SNOW OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION AND LINCOLN COUNTY.
ALSO...A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS GOOD OVER LINCOLN AND
NORTHEAST CLARK MONDAY EVENING AS THE SHORTWAVE AND ASSOCIATED FRONT
MOVE THROUGH. INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE REGION TOMORROW
MAY MEET ADVISORY LEVELS IN SOME AREAS. WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO WATCH
HOW THINGS DEVELOP. &&
.LONG TERM...TRANQUIL CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED. RIDGE
WILL BE ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE CONUS. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY TIME FRAME.
SOME GUIDANCE IS A BIT TOO HIGH ON TEMPERATURES IN VALLEY AREAS DUE
TO COLD AIR UNDER INVERSIONS. MODELS ARE SHOWING A TROUGH FLATTENING
THE RIDGE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND AND FAR
NORTHERN NEVADA WILL SEE THE EFFECTS OF THIS WHILE MY FORECAST AREA
WILL SEE PRACTICALLY NONE. MADE ONLY MINOR TEMPERATURE TWEAKS TO
PREVIOUS FORECAST AND OTHER VERY MINOR CHANGES ELSEWHERE. &&
.AVIATION...RAIN / CEILINGS AND WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY AVIATION
CONCERNS FOR MONDAY. KLAS COULD SEE SOME MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION
THIS EVENING BUT THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL BEGIN EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON
AND LAST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. CEILINGS ARE LOOKING TO BE
DOWN AROUND 2000 FEET AGL N THE LATE AFTERNOON ONWARDS. MONDAY NIGHT
COULD SEE THEM DROP FURTHER AND THE SURFACE WINDS COULD BE GUSTING
UP TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTH AS WELL THEN.
&&
.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...WINTER WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM UNTIL 10 PM MONDAY
FOR ZONES 18 AND 19.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR ZONE 26 ABOVE
6000 FEET. SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM TONIGHT THROUGH
4 PM MONDAY FOR THE OWENS VALLEY.
&&
JENSEN/ADAIR/JACQUES
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGASHazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 5:50 AM MST, 23 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 450 AM PST SUN JAN 1 2006 CAZ026-021300- OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- 450 AM PST SUN JAN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA NEVADA RANGE BEGINNING THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TONIGHT THROUGH 10 PM MONDAY FOR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 18 TO 28 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET...AS WELL AS WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROCEDURES. NVZ018-019-021300- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 450 AM PST SUN JAN 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT INCREASING CLOUDS TODAY WILL LEAD TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS TONIGHT AS A WINTER STORM MOVES IN FROM THE PACIFIC. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF 10 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOWFALL ABOVE 7500 FEET...ALONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROCEDURES. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ027>029-NVZ014>017-020>022-021300- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY- UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 450 AM PST SUN JAN 1 2006 /550 AM MST SUN JAN 1 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...SOUTHWEST CALIFORNIA...SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A WINTER STORM MOVES IN FROM THE PACIFIC...CHANCES FOR RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW WILL INCREASE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT WIDESPREAD RAIN AND HIGHER ELEVATION SNOW...AS WELL AS STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ON MONDAY AS THE WINTER STORM MOVES THROUGH. FOR TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROCEDURES. MORGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Las Vegas, NV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 4:48 AM MST | Wind Advisory | VEF | Mohave | 17 hr |
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