Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Las Vegas, NV

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WWUS45 KVEF 032335
WSWVEF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
335 PM PST FRI MAR 3 2006

...MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE SIERRAS...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH OVERNIGHT AND MAY BRING A FEW MORE
BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS TO THE AREA...BUT MOST OF THE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL HAS ENDED FOR THE DAY. SKIES WILL CLEAR LATE TONIGHT INTO
THE WEEKEND.

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/O.EXP.KVEF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-060304T0000Z/
OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BISHOP...ASPENDELL...LONE PINE...
OLANCHA...MT WHITNEY
335 PM PST FRI MAR 3 2006

...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON...

SPOTTERS IN ASPENDELL REPORTED THAT SNOW HAD ENDED THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT NOT BEFORE DROPPING 13 INCHES SINCE LAST NIGHT.
THERE WILL LIKELY BE ONE MORE BAND OF SNOW MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 7
AND 9 PM PST THIS EVENING...HOWEVER MOST OF THE SNOW HAS ENDED. AS
A RESULT...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 4
PM PST.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
330 AM PST FRI MAR 3 2006

.SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS APPROACHING THE CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA COAST AND IS BRINGING SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
THE SIERRA AND SOME BREEZY WINDS THERE. CLOUDS WILL OVER SPREAD THE
ENTIRE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF ESMERALDA...INYO AND NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTIES. GUSTY
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER MOST LOCATIONS AS WELL. THE
WEEKEND WILL SEE A DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER AND WARMER TEMPERATURES.
&&

.SHORT TERM...FETCH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FROM A SHORTWAVE THAT
MOVED INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK
SOUTHEAST TODAY. RADAR AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATING LIGHT
RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY WITH MOISTURE BUILDING
UP ON THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. SO FAR NO MOISTURE
HAS MADE IT OVER THE CREST...BUT THAT SHOULD CHANGE WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW HOURS. STILL LACKING ANY DEEP MOISTURE AND THIS SHOULD MAINLY BE
A WESTERN SLOPES EVENT...BUT WILL STILL CALL FOR A FEW INCHES OF
SNOW ON OUR SIDE. WILL KEEP SNOW TOTALS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.
SOME PRECIPITATION STARTING TO WORK THROUGH KERN COUNTY AND MAY
BRUSH NORTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED
POPS INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY THERE. HAVE ALSO ADDED POPS
BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS AS IT LOOKS
LIKE ENOUGH ENERGY AND MOISTURE WILL MAKE FOR GOOD OROGRAPHIC
CONDITIONS. ONLY LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW THOUGH.
WINDS WILL BE THE BIG STORY OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA WHERE WINDY
CONDITIONS SHOULD BE SEEN OVER MOST AREAS BY THIS AFTERNOON. BOTH
THE GFS/NAM SHOWING AN INCREASE IN SURFACE AND THERMAL GRADIENTS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR AFTER NOON
AND DROP OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING. NEXT IN A
SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS APPROACHES THE COAST LATE SATURDAY
WITH CLOUDS SPREADING OVER MUCH OF THE CWA BY SUNDAY. NOT LOOKING
FOR A LOT OF MOISTURE INITIALLY WITH ONLY THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES
SEEING A CHANCE SUNDAY NIGHT.
&&

.LONG TERM...TROUGH PUSHING ONSHORE ON MONDAY TO SPLIT WITH THE MAIN
DYNAMICS BEING TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. HOWEVER SOUTHERN BRANCH TO
PUSH ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA LATE MONDAY/TUESDAY.
BRIEF BREAK LOOKED FOR ON WEDNESDAY WITH NEXT VERY STRONG LOW
DROPPING SOUTH ALONG THE WEST COAST AND INTO THE CWA LATE
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY
DOES NOT PUT A HIGH CONFIDENCE LEVEL IN THE LONG TERM BEYOND
WEDNESDAY...HOWEVER MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH LOW FORMING AND
SHIFTING INTO THE GREAT BASIN IN SOME FORM THE LATER PART OF NEXT
WEEK. PER CURRENT GFS...CLOSED 523 LOW TO BE OVER NORTHEAST NEVADA
BY 00Z FRIDAY WHILE EURO AS A 530 LOW SOUTH OF KLAS. ORIENTATION OF
GFS PUTS STRONG ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AT 00Z
WEDNESDAY AND WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED AS GOOD WIND EVENT FOR THE
EAST SLOPES MAY BE SEEN. UNDER THE UNSETTLED CONDITIONS OF NEXT
WEEK...KEEPING POPS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH FOR MONDAY AND SPREADING
SOUTH ON TUESDAY WITH FIRST SHORT WAVE EXITING AREA ON WEDNESDAY.
FOR NOW WILL BROADBRUSH THE SYSTEM ON THURSDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE/
CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA. SHORT WAVES/CLOUDS TO TREND TEMPS A
LITTLE BELOW NORMAL TO START NEXT WEEK...HOWEVER UNDER THE
POTENTIALLY STRONG NORTH FLOW BY THURSDAY OF NEXT WEEK...TEMPS
LIKELY WILL BE BELOW CUR MOS AND HAVE LOWERED A FEW DEGREES BELOW
GUIDANCE...RESULTING IN TEMPS POTENTIALLY 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.
&&

.AVIATION...TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
COAST TO PUSH EAST TODAY/TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR
INCREASE SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS THE ROUTES TODAY WITH GUSTS TO 30KTS
OR GREATER MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. CEILINGS ACROSS THE AREA WILL
LOWER FROM WEST TO EAST AND GENERALLY REMAIN ABOVE 6K FT AGL. SHOWER
ACTIVITY TO GENERALLY REMAIN OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BEATTY
CORRIDOR UNTIL 00Z AND THEN SLIDE FURTHER SOUTH TO THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS...MORMON MESA...PEACH SPRINGS CORRIDORS THROUGH 06Z BEFORE
SHIFTING EAST.

TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEE
TAFS FOR KLAS...KVGT...KDRA...KBIH...KDAG...KEED.

AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS.
&&

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...NONE.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...NONE.

&&

GORELOW/JENSEN

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
912 AM PST FRI MAR 03 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY SNOW       ASPENDELL               37.23N 118.58W
03/03/2006  M0.0 INCH        INYO               CA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            9.4 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 1900 3/2. WATER CONTENT .88.
            WIND WEST 5-8 KTS. TEMPERATURE 21 DEG. PRESENT WX -SN.

&&

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