Wind Advisory 9, NWS Elko, NV

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WWUS75 KLKN 262117
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
217 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2008

NVZ033-270600-
/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080327T0600Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST WENDOVER
217 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINED OVER 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
AROUND 45 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WINDS WILL START TO
DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDNIGHT PDT. 

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

$$

000 
WWUS75 KLKN 270543
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1043 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2008


NVZ033-270645-
/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080327T0600Z/
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST WENDOVER
1043 PM PDT WED MAR 26 2008

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THIS EVENING BUT WILL
REMAIN BREEZY THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT AND ON THURSDAY.

$$

CEC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
220 PM PDT TUE MAR 25 2008

.SYNOPSIS...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AS WINDS PICK UP FOR THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEK AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS NORTHERN
NEVADA. PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT AND SHOULD REMAIN IN NORTHERN
NEVADA. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ON BY THE END OF THE WEEK. ANOTHER
SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE SILVER STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. &&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE
MAIN CONCERN IN THE SHORT TERM AS ZONAL FLOW REMAINS ACROSS THE
REGION.  THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIDELY SCATTERED TO SCATTERED RAIN
AND SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA FROM TIME TO
TIME AS SOME WEAK DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE FAST FLOW AND UPPER
JET MOVES INTO FAR NORTHERN NV. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIP MAKING IT
SOUTH OF I-80 WILL BE WED NIGHT AS THE BEST PUSH OF COLDER AIR MOVES
IN FROM THE NORTH. WINDS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL REMAIN BREEZY TO
WINDY ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA. FAVORABLE FLOW FOR EXTREME EASTERN
ELKO COUNTY TO REACH AT LEAST WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WED AFTN AND
EVENING. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY FROM 18Z WED TO 06Z THU FOR THIS
AREA. ELSEWHERE WILL GO WITH 20-30MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WILL HAVE
TO WATCH THE LEE OF THE RUBIES GOING INTO WED NIGHT AS 50KT CORE OF
WINDS MOVES OVER THEM AND COULD SEE SOME STRONG GUSTS IN THE RUBY AND
CLOVER VALLEY AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLING OFF AS WELL WITH
HIGHS WED ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY NORTHERN CWA AND ANOTHER
10 DEGREES COOLER FOR THU. THE FAR SOUTH WILL NOT COOL OFF UNTIL THU
WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE DOWN THERE NOT UNTIL WED NIGHT. JMG

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE
PAC NW FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BRING THE THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS TO ELKO
AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ONE TO THREE
INCHES OVER THE JARBIDGE MOUNTAINS...WITH GENERALLY LESS THAN AN
INCH OF SNOW OVER THE REST OF NORTHERN NEVADA. SPLITTING FLOW OVER
THE GREAT BASIN WILL EXPAND THE THREAT OF SNOW SHOWERS INTO CENTRAL
NEVADA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. QPF AMOUNTS ARE VERY LOW OVER THE
WEEKEND...WITH ANY AREAS THAT DO GET A SNOW SHOWER...EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE LESS THAN AN INCH OF NEW SNOW. AT THIS TIME...THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO BE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY...AND DRY. ROOD &&

.AVIATION...A FEW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF THE KWMC AND KEKO
TERMINALS...WITH MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THESE SHOWERS.
OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. &&

LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND ADVISORY FOR NVZ033 FROM 18Z
WED TO 06Z THU.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
323 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2008

NVZ013-030>037-251100-
EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-
NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
323 PM PDT MON MAR 24 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

SOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN NEVADA AS A LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. SNOW LEVELS
WILL BE FALLING TO AROUND 6000 FEET THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SIX...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

TUESDAY...AS THE PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER...SOME
LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS
CONTINUING NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO AROUND
5500 FEET.

WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN MOVING THROUGH THE STATE AND
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL SPREAD SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. STRONG WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE FRONT THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA
AND SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. AS THE COLD
FRONT MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT WINDS
ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50
MPH...SOME AREAS IN THE LEE OF THE RUBIES COULD EXPERIENCE WIND
GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

PERIODS OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF
THE WEEK. ANOTHER STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY TIMED FOR
SATURDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

JMG