Wind Advisory 10, NWS Elko, NV

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
229 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008


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NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE
229 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS CANCELLED THE WIND
ADVISORY. 

A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH ELKO COUNTY THIS MORNING WILL BRING
BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS BUT ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY
LEVELS. WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED
BEHIND THE FRONT. 

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CEC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
313 PM PDT FRI MAR 28 2008

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVING OVER NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO THE
SILVER STATE...WITH BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS...AND A FEW CHANCES OF
SNOW AND RAIN SHOWERS. SMALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN
THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE A BIT BELOW NORMAL INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH LOWS ABOVE NORMAL. &&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. PRIMARY FORECAST CHALLENGES
FOR THE SHORT TERM ARE WINDS TONIGHT...AND PRECIP CHANCES THRU THE
WEEKEND...BOTH MAINLY NORTH.

BROAD 500H TROF IS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN U.S. THIS AFTERNOON. TWO
PRONOUNCED SHORT WAVES WILL MOVE THRU THE TROF...CLIPPING NORTHERN
NEVADA...OVER THE WEEKEND. THE FIRST WILL BE TONIGHT AND THE SECOND
SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALTO THE NAM IS A BIT FASTER THAN
THE GFS AND EC ON THIS SECOND SHORT WAVE.

SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTH LATE TONIGHT...BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
ACCOMPANYING THE FIRST SHORT WAVE. PRECIP WILL BE MAINLY SNOW
SHOWERS...WITH VALLEY ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT...MAINLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT...OF UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...WITH
1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE JARBIDGE MOUNTAINS AND UP TO AN INCH IN
THE RUBIES...WITH FLURRIES LINGERING SATURDAY MAINLY IN CENTRAL
NEVADA.

WINDS WILL BE STRONG THIS EVENING ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS 40KT
700MB WINDS CLIP THE NW CORNER OF THE STATE WITH THE APPROACHING
SHORT WAVE. SHOULD REMAIN JUST BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL
COVER WITH NOWS TO INDICATE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOR DRIVING. LATER
THIS EVENING WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP ACROSS ELKO COUNTY. THE
COMBINATION OF THE HIGH WESTERLY WINDS ALOFT...ALONG WITH AN
INVERSION BETWEEN 600MB AND 700MB...WILL PROMOTE STRONG DOWNSLOPE
WINDS...ESPECIALLY IN RUBY VALLEY. THEREFORE...A WIND ADVISORY IS
BEING ISSUED FOR ELKO COUNTY...MAINLY FOR LEE-SIDE WINDS IN VALLEYS
DOWNWIND OF MOUNTAIN RIDGES.

A SECOND SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE THRU THE STATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AHEAD OF THIS WAVE LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT IN CENTRAL NEVADA...WITH MIX OF SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW
SHOWERS EXCEPT ALL SNOW AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS POSSIBLE. SMALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CENTRAL NEVADA
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CLEARING WEATHER WILL MOVE IN SUNDAY NIGHT
AND MONDAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. REA

.LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. BROAD TROUGH ACROSS THE
NORTHERN U.S. ALONG WITH A CUT-OFF LOW CENTERED AROUND 700 MILES OFF
THE CENTRAL CA COAST TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEVADA SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING HOWEVER...THE JET TO THE NORTH OF NEVADA SHOULD CLIP ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA...AND THE CUT-OFF LOW THAT WAS OFF CENTRAL
CALIFORNIA MONDAY NIGHT...SHOULD BEGIN TO SPREAD MOISTURE INTO
CENTRAL NEVADA. NOT EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF QPF WITH AS THE
SPLITTING SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE REGION. MODEL SOLUTIONS DIVERGING
SIGNIFICANTLY BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LEANED THE FORECAST FOR THE LATTER
PART OF NEXT WEEK TOWARD A MIX OF THE GFS AND CLIMATOLOGY...WITH
SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA THURSDAY...POPS
BELOW 10% ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FRIDAY...WITH POPS INCREASING BACK
UP TO SLIGHT CHANCE CATEGORY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA FRIDAY NIGHT. ROOD
&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED TO BROKEN MID-LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CEILINGS LOWERING DOWN TO
2500-4000 FEET AGL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA...WITH LIGHT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE.
BIGGEST CONCERN IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS HOWEVER...WILL BE FOR GUSTY
WINDS...MAINLY ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEVADA LATE
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
STRONGEST JUST TO THE EAST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS. ROOD
&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR ALL ZONES OF
ELKO COUNTY 7 PM TO 7 AM FOR LEE-SIDE VALLEYS INCLUDING RUBY VALLEY.