Wind Advisory 18, NWS Reno, NV

000 
WWUS75 KREV 120630
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...STRONG TO SEVERE WINDS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...

.AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE REGION
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME STRONG
BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND
NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION FROM
FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES FROM RENO-
TAHOE SOUTH INTO MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES.

OUTDOOR PATIO FURNITURE...UNSECURED GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS SHOULD BE SECURED OR MOVED INDOORS BEFORE THE STRONG
WINDS START.

IN THE WARNED AREA...DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY IS
LIKELY WITH WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY
HAZARDOUS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. BE SURE TO EXPECT
SUDDEN...STRONG CROSS WINDS.

CAZ072-NVZ002-121430-
/O.UPG.KREV.HW.A.0008.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE DURING THE EVENING
  HOURS FRIDAY ACROSS THE TAHOE BASIN AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST SHORE OF LAKE
  TAHOE NEAR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...D.L BLISS STATE PARK AND MEEKS
  BAY. OVER THE RIDGES...GUSTS OVER 100 MPH WILL OCCUR.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS AT TIMES FRIDAY
  NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE
  80...HIGHWAYS 50...88...89 AND 267.




$$

NVZ003-121430-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE FRIDAY EVENING IN THE FOOTHILL AREAS...AND BY
  LATE EVENING IN THE LOWER VALLEYS.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
  MORNING. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS TO 100 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND
  PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WASHOE VALLEY AND THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS WEST
  OF RENO AND CARSON CITY.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAY
  50 AND HIGHWAY 395.

$$

CAZ073-NVZ001-121430-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T2100Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM
PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 1 PM
PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE BY FRIDAY EVENING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF  
  MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE FRIDAY  
  NIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. LOCALLY
  STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH
  AS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TOPAZ AND BRIDGEPORT...FROM MAMMOTH
  LAKES TO CROWLEY LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE. RIDGE
  GUSTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL EXCEED 100 MPH.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS FRIDAY NIGHT AND
  SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395...HIGHWAY 6 AND
  HIGHWAY 95. 
 
$$

CAZ070-071-NVZ005-121415-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.081212T2100Z-081213T0900Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 AM PST
SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM FRIDAY TO 1 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY IN THE SURPRISE
  VALLEY...EXTREME NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND NORTHERN LASSEN COUNTY.
  WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY FRIDAY EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER
  OF NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY STRONGER
  GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING
  HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN JANESVILLE AND THE NEVADA STATE LINE.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS FRIDAY
  AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAYS
  395...70...49...AND 89.

$$

NVZ004-121430-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY
1030 PM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM FRIDAY TO 7 AM PST
SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE BY FRIDAY EVENING FROM INTERSTATE 80  
  NORTHWARD...AND BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT IN AREAS SOUTH OF  
  INTERSTATE 80.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY
  STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH
  AS NEAR SILVER SPRINGS AND PYRAMID LAKE.

* AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF PERSHING
  AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT
  TIMES AND LOCALLY TO 1/4 MILE. 

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST FRIDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS
  INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 50 AND ALTERNATE 50...HIGHWAYS
  95 AND ALTERNATE 95.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

000 
WWUS75 KREV 121225
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
425 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG THE 
EASTERN SIERRA...

.AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT
AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND SPREAD TO THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND ALONG
THE EAST SLOPES FROM RENO-TAHOE SOUTHWARD INTO MONO AND MINERAL
COUNTIES.

OUTDOOR PATIO FURNITURE...UNSECURED GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS SHOULD BE SECURED OR MOVED INDOORS BEFORE THE STRONG
WINDS START.

IN THE WARNING AREA...DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES AND PROPERTY
IS LIKELY WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF WINDS EXPECTED. DRIVING WILL
BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. EXPECT
DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS.

CAZ072-NVZ002-003-130000-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...
VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
425 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE TAHOE
  BASIN...RENO FOOTHILLS...AND INTO THE LOWER VALLEYS BY LATE
  EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* FOR TAHOE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST
  SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...D.L BLISS STATE
  PARK...MEEKS BAY. OVER THE RIDGES...GUSTS WELL IN EXCESS OF 100
  MPH WILL OCCUR.

* FOR RENO...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH
  AS WASHOE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO AND CARSON CITY.
  THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 100 MPH.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS AT TIMES
  TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE
  80...HIGHWAYS 50...88...89...267 AND 395.

$$

CAZ073-NVZ001-130000-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T2100Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
425 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MONO
  AND MINERAL COUNTIES. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
  THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 

* LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE
  AREAS SUCH AS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TOPAZ AND BRIDGEPORT...FROM
  MAMMOTH LAKES TO CROWLEY LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER LAKE.
  RIDGE GUSTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL EXCEED 100 MPH.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS TONIGHT AND
  SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 395...HIGHWAY 6 AND
  HIGHWAY 95.

$$

CAZ070-071-NVZ005-130000-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.081212T2100Z-081213T0900Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
425 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM PST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
1 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE BY MID AFTERNOON IN THE SURPRISE VALLEY...
  EXTREME NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND NORTHERN LASSEN COUNTY. WINDS
  WILL INCREASE EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
  NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED
  THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO
  65 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395
  BETWEEN JANESVILLE AND THE NEVADA STATE LINE.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS THIS AFTERNOON
  AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAYS 395...70...49...AND 89.

$$

NVZ004-130000-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY
425 AM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING FROM INTERSTATE 80
  NORTHWARD...AND BY LATE TONIGHT IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
  80.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY
  STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH
  AS SILVER SPRINGS AND PYRAMID LAKE.

* AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF PERSHING AND
  CHURCHILL COUNTIES. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT TIMES
  AND LOCALLY TO 1/4 MILE.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES
  INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 50 AND ALTERNATE 50...HIGHWAYS 95 AND
  ALTERNATE 95.

$$


HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

000 
WWUS75 KREV 122327
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
327 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG THE
EASTERN SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA...

.AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY THROUGH THE REGION
TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG BY EARLY EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA...AND SPREAD TO
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE
STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND...ALONG THE EAST
SLOPES FROM RENO-TAHOE SOUTHWARD INTO MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES.

OUTDOOR PATIO FURNITURE...UNSECURED GARBAGE CANS AND HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS SHOULD BE SECURED OR MOVED INDOORS BEFORE THE STRONG
WINDS START. IN THE WARNING AREAS...DAMAGE TO TREES...POWER LINES
AND PROPERTY IS LIKELY WITH THE MAGNITUDE OF WINDS EXPECTED.
DRIVING WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING.
EXPECT DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS.

CAZ072-NVZ002-003-130730-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...
VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
327 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS THE TAHOE
  BASIN...RENO FOOTHILLS...AND INTO THE LOWER VALLEYS BY LATE
  EVENING...CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.

* STRONG DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
  75 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* FOR TAHOE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST
  SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...D.L BLISS STATE
  PARK...AND MEEKS BAY. OVER THE RIDGES...GUSTS WELL IN EXCESS OF
  100 MPH WILL OCCUR.

* FOR RENO AND CARSON CITY...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN WIND
  PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WASHOE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO AND
  CARSON CITY. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO
  100 MPH.

* IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WIND...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY MIDNIGHT
  IN THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES AT
  LAKE LEVEL AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ABOVE 7000 FEET BY LATE SATURDAY
  MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO 1 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS AT TIMES
  TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ROAD SURFACES ALSO
  BECOMING SLICK IN THE LAKE TAHOE REGION. THIS INCLUDES
  INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 50...88...89...267 AND 395.

$$

CAZ073-NVZ001-130730-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.081213T0300Z-081213T2100Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
327 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
1 PM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MONO
  AND MINERAL COUNTIES. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS
  THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

* LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 90 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE
  AREAS SUCH AS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TOPAZ AND BRIDGEPORT...
  FROM MAMMOTH LAKES TO CROWLEY LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER
  LAKE. RIDGE GUSTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL BE WELL IN EXCESS
  OF 100 MPH.

* LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF
  MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT
  TIMES.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY INTENSE CROSSWINDS AND LOCAL
  BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY
  395...HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 95.

$$

CAZ070-071-NVZ005-130730-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081213T0900Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
327 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
  AND NORTHWEST NEVADA.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 65
  MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS INCLUDING HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN
  JANESVILLE AND THE NEVADA STATE LINE.

* IN ADDITION TO THE STRONG WIND...SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE
  EVENING NORTH OF AN EAGLE LAKE TO GERLACH LINE...THEN SPREAD
  SOUTH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION OVERNIGHT. SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY
  HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WEST OF HIGHWAY 395 AND IN THE FOOTHILLS
  WEST OF THE SURPRISE VALLEY. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO 2 MILES OR
  LESS AT TIMES.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS THROUGH LATE
  TONIGHT...WITH SOME ROAD SURFACES ALSO BECOMING SLICK DUE TO
  SNOW. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAYS 395...70...49...AND 89.

$$

NVZ004-130730-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.081213T0300Z-081213T1500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY
327 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING FROM INTERSTATE 80
  NORTHWARD...AND BY LATE TONIGHT IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH
  ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
  LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE
  AREAS SUCH AS SILVER SPRINGS AND PYRAMID LAKE.

* AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF PERSHING
  AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT
  TIMES AND LOCALLY TO 1/4 MILE.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF
  BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES
  INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 50 AND ALTERNATE 50...HIGHWAYS 95 AND
  ALTERNATE 95.

$$
MJD/CS

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

000 
WWUS75 KREV 130722
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1122 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG THE EASTERN
SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA...

.AN INTENSE COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT NEAR AND SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA
AND ALONG THE EAST SLOPES FROM RENO-TAHOE SOUTHWARD INTO MONO AND
MINERAL COUNTIES.

DRIVING WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING
WITH DANGEROUS CROSS WINDS.

CAZ070-071-NVZ005-130830-
/O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081213T0900Z/
SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-
EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE...
FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE...
EMPIRE...GERLACH
1122 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

AT 1130 PM PDT...THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED TO A SUSANVILLE TO
GERLACH LINE. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE SWITCHING TO NORTHWEST BEHIND
THE FRONT. WINDS WILL CONTINUE BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT AT SPEEDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY IS
CANCELED. 

$$

CAZ072-NVZ002-003-131500-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...
VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
1122 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TAHOE BASIN...RENO AND
  CARSON CITY AREAS OVERNIGHT.

* STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.

* FOR TAHOE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST
  SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...D.L BLISS STATE
  PARK...AND MEEKS BAY. OVER THE RIDGES...GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH WILL
  OCCUR.

* FOR RENO AND CARSON CITY...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN WIND
  PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WASHOE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS WEST OF RENO AND
  CARSON CITY. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO
  75 MPH.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AT TIMES TONIGHT
  AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ROAD SURFACES ALSO BECOMING
  SLICK IN THE LAKE TAHOE REGION. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE
  80...HIGHWAYS 50...88...89...267 AND 395.

$$

CAZ073-NVZ001-131530-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081213T2100Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
1122 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING IN HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MONO AND
  MINERAL COUNTIES. WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE
  REMAINDER OF THE REGION.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

* LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE
  AREAS SUCH AS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TOPAZ AND BRIDGEPORT...
  FROM MAMMOTH LAKES TO CROWLEY LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER
  LAKE. RIDGE GUSTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL BE IN EXCESS OF
  100 MPH.

* LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF MINERAL
  AND LYON COUNTIES. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT TIMES.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND LOCAL BLOWING
  DUST TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY
  395...HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 95.

$$

NVZ004-131500-
/O.CON.KREV.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081213T1500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY
1122 PM PST FRI DEC 12 2008

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST SATURDAY. 

* WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING FROM INTERSTATE 80  
NORTHWARD...AND BY LATE TONIGHT IN AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

* SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
  EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. LOCALLY
  STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH
  AS SILVER SPRINGS AND PYRAMID LAKE.

* AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF PERSHING 
  AND CHURCHILL COUNTIES. VISIBILITY WILL DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT  
  TIMES AND LOCALLY TO 1/4 MILE.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND AREAS OF  
  BLOWING DUST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS INCLUDES  
  INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS 50 AND ALTERNATE 50...HIGHWAYS 95 AND  
  ALTERNATE 95.

$$


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000 
WWUS75 KREV 131146
NPWREV

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
346 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008

...STRONG WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY ALONG THE EASTERN
SIERRA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA...

.AN INTENSE COLD FRONT IS NOW MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING MAINLY SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY 50. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE SIERRA AND
ALONG THE EAST SLOPES FROM RENO-TAHOE SOUTHWARD INTO MONO AND
MINERAL COUNTIES.

DRIVING WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING WITH DANGEROUS
CROSS WINDS.

NVZ004-131300-
/O.CAN.KREV.WI.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-081213T1500Z/
WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FERNLEY...FALLON...LOVELOCK...
SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY
346 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

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

WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO DECREASE WITH SNOW DEVELOPING AS THE COLD
FRONT PASSES...SO THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

$$

CAZ072-NVZ002-003-131500-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081213T1500Z/
GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...
TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE...GLENBROOK...INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...
VERDI...GARDNERVILLE
346 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS
MORNING...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM PST THIS
MORNING. 

* SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TAHOE BASIN...RENO AND
  CARSON CITY AREAS THIS MORNING.

* STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH
  WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH SUNRISE.

* FOR TAHOE...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE SOUTHWEST
  SHORE OF LAKE TAHOE NEAR SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...D.L BLISS STATE
  PARK...AND MEEKS BAY. OVER THE RIDGES...GUSTS NEAR 100 MPH WILL
  OCCUR.

* FOR RENO AND CARSON CITY...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN
  WIND PRONE AREAS SUCH AS WASHOE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS WEST OF
  RENO AND CARSON CITY. THESE AREAS WILL SEE LOCALLY STRONGER
  GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AT TIMES EARLY
  SATURDAY MORNING...WITH ROAD SURFACES ALSO BECOMING SLICK IN THE
  LAKE TAHOE REGION. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80...HIGHWAYS
  50...88...89...267 AND 395.

$$

CAZ073-NVZ001-132100-
/O.CON.KREV.HW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-081213T2100Z/
MONO-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...
MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE...YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...
SCHURZ
346 AM PST SAT DEC 13 2008

...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

* STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES THIS
  MORNING WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING AROUND 10 AM.

* STRONG...DAMAGING SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 45 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  TO 65 MPH ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY.

* LOCALLY STRONGER GUSTS UP TO 75 MPH ARE LIKELY IN WIND PRONE
  AREAS SUCH AS NEAR HIGHWAY 395 BETWEEN TOPAZ AND BRIDGEPORT...
  FROM MAMMOTH LAKES TO CROWLEY LAKE...AND HIGHWAY 95 NEAR WALKER
  LAKE. RIDGE GUSTS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST WILL BE IN EXCESS OF
  100 MPH.

* LOCAL AREAS OF BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO OCCUR ACROSS PARTS OF
  MINERAL AND LYON COUNTIES. VISIBILITY MAY DROP TO NEAR 1 MILE AT
  TIMES.

* TRAVELERS WILL BE IMPACTED BY STRONG CROSSWINDS AND LOCAL
  BLOWING DUST THROUGH THE MORNING. THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY
  395...HIGHWAY 6 AND HIGHWAY 95.

$$
JORDAN

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
201 AM PST THU DEC 11 2008

...HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...
...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK...

.SHORT TERM...

LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE A MAJOR CHANGE IN THE
WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE REGION THIS WEEKEND. THE GEFS SHOWED
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS WERE VERY TIGHT DURING THIS TIME FRAME WITH
MINIMAL SPREAD. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY APPEARS TO BE EXACT TIMING OF
FROPA FRIDAY NIGHT/EARLY SATURDAY AS THE ECMWF CAME IN SLIGHTLY
FASTER. DO NOT SEE ANY REASON TO DEVIATE FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST
IN REGARD TO STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE FRONT ALTHOUGH SOME MINOR
MODIFICATIONS WERE MADE TO THE ONSET OF GUSTY WINDS AND
PRECIPITATION FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE MADE
TO WIND SPEEDS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

THE NAM AND LOCAL 8KM WRF CONTINUED TO SHOW INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR
STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING AHEAD OF AND ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. 30AGL NAM12 WINDS WERE 50+KT ALONG THE EASTERN
SIERRA FROM I-80 SOUTHWARD THROUGH MONO COUNTY WITH 80+KT AT THE
RIDGES. CROSS SECTIONS FROM THE WRF SHOWED WELL DEVELOPED STANDING
WAVE ACROSS NORTHERN MONO COUNTY BETWEEN 06Z-12Z SATURDAY. THIS IS
ABOUT THE TIME 150KT JET AND TROPOPAUSE FOLD NOSE INTO THE REGION
ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF FRONT. THERE CONTINUES TO BE SOME TIMING
ISSUES AND WHETHER OR NOT ALL FEATURES WILL COME INTO LINE FOR A
MORE EXTREME WIND EVENT. HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING FOR HIGH
WINDS AT SOME POINT ALONG THE SIERRA FRONT OVERNIGHT FRIDAY AND INTO
MONO COUNTY SATURDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH ALONG
THE HIGHWAY 395 CORRIDOR FROM RENO SOUTHWARD TO MAMMOTH LAKES IS
LOOKING MORE LIKELY. RIGHT NOW THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAMES ARE
MIDNIGHT TO 6AM FOR THE CARSON CITY-RENO AREA AND FROM SUNRISE TO
NOON IN MONO COUNTY. IN ADDITION...LIMITED AND SHALLOW MOISTURE AND
PRECIPITATION ON THE WINDWARD SIDE SUPPORT STRONG WINDS GETTING INTO
THE TAHOE BASIN ABOUT THE SAME TIME FRAME AS THE RENO AREA. WIND
SPEEDS WERE INCREASED OVER THE ENTIRE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING ESPECIALLY OVER RIDGES WHERE WIND GUSTS WILL APPROACH 150
MPH.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN AREAS SOMETIME FRIDAY EVENING
AND THEN SURGE ACROSS THE I-80 CORRIDOR AROUND MIDNIGHT AND INTO
MONO AND MINERAL COUNTY SATURDAY MORNING. VERY TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA AND THERMAL GRADIENT BEHIND THE FRONT
SUGGEST VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THE
FRONT WORKS SOUTHWARD. THE VERY DRY ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS SUPPORT
WIDESPREAD BLOWING DUST OVER THE BASIN AND RANGE. AN ADVISORY OR
WARNING MAY BE NEEDED AT SOME POINT FOR THESE AREAS.

THE NAM CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING ALONG THE
FRONT AS IT WORKED SOUTHWARD TO ABOUT HIGHWAY 50 AND THEN MOST OF
THE FORCING SHIFTS EAST INTO CENTRAL NEVADA. BOTH THE NAM/GFS BRING
BAND OF QPF TO ABOUT HIGHWAY 50. STRONG WINDS AND SHADOWING WILL
ALSO LIMIT SHOWERS/QPF ALONG THE LEE OF THE SIERRA WHERE WATCHES ARE
IN EFFECT. AS A RESULT POPS WERE CUT BACK OVER SOUTHERN AREAS WITH
THE HIGHEST POPS NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND ALONG THE CREST OF THE
SIERRA NORTHWARD INTO LASSEN COUNTY. EVEN THESE AREAS WILL ONLY
RECEIVE LIMITED AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION WITH 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW
POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY MORNING IN THE UPPER ELEVATIONS OF THE TAHOE
BASIN. LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL LIKELY GET LITTLE ACCUMULATION WITH
THIS FIRST WAVE ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED
SATURDAY AS MUCH COLDER AIR ALOFT AND INSTABILITY INCREASE WITH
ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER LOW. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY WILL BE STEADY OR
FALLING MOST AREAS WITH TEMPERATURES NOT GETTING OUT OF THE 30S AND
40S. HOHMANN

.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...

MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AGREE ON A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE AREA WITH ENERGY
SLOWLY DROPPING SOUTH WITHIN THE TROUGH.  ECMWF HAS SLOWED ITS
SOLUTION SINCE YESTERDAY...BUT STILL MAINTAINS A FAVORABLE
PRECIPITATION PATTERN FOR THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE
PERIOD. GFS SOLUTION STILL VERY SIMILAR TO ITS SOLUTIONS OVER THE
LAST 2-3 DAYS.

WITH THE ENERGY SITTING NEAR THE WASHINGTON/OREGON COASTLINE AND THE
JET OVER THE CENTRAL SIERRA...PATTERN SUGGESTS A PROLONGED SNOW
EVENT.  EXCELLENT INSTABILITY FROM SFC-500 MB...A SATURATED
ATMOSPHERE...AND DIFFLUENCE ALOFT...MEANS PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE
JUST AS FAVORABLE FOR WESTERN NEVADA AS THEY ARE FOR THE SIERRA.

QPF VALUES IN THE MODELS ARE LOW...BUT THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED WITH
THE COLD AIR IN PLACE.  SNOW RATIOS WILL BE HIGH...ON THE ORDER OF
20-30 TO 1 FOR THE SIERRA PEAKS AND 15 TO 1 FOR AREAS DOWN TO 6000
FEET INCLUDING THE TAHOE BASIN.  SO EVEN LIQUID AMOUNTS AS LOW AS
0.50 INCH WOULD BRING SIGNIFICANT POWDERY ACCUMULATIONS TO THE
SIERRA.  A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ON WESTERN NEVADA VALLEY FLOORS IS
ALSO POSSIBLE...WITH MODEL QPF IN THE 0.10 TO 0.30 RANGE.

A SIDE NOTE ABOUT THE INSTABILITY...GFS HAS MAINTAINED NEGATIVE
LIFTED INDICES...STEEP LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AND 100-300 J/KG OF
CAPE IN ITS BUFR SOUNDINGS OVER WESTERN NEVADA THE LAST FEW RUNS.
THOUGH NOT IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST AT THIS TIME...THUNDER-SNOW IS A
POSSIBILITY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

BY WEDNESDAY THE MODELS DIVERGE ON THE POSITION OF A CUT OFF LOW AND
THE BASE OF THE TROUGH OVER THE REGION.  THE GFS DIGS THE TROUGH TO
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS THE COLD CORE OVER THE
GREAT BASIN.  WHICH EVER YOU BUY INTO THE TROUGH AND ITS MOIST COLD
POOL IS STILL LIKELY TO BE OVER SOME PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA.
THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST.
BRONG
&&

.AVIATION...

VFR CONDITIONS WITH NO CONCERNS THROUGH THURSDAY.  HAZY CONDITIONS
WILL CONTINUE IN THE VALLEYS THROUGH THURSDAY...HOWEVER VISIBILITY
BELOW 5 MILES IS UNLIKELY.

STRONG WINDS EXPECTED OVER THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA FRIDAY
NIGHT AND SATURDAY ALONG A COLD FRONT.  WINDS OF 100 KTS OR MORE ARE
LIKELY OVER THE SIERRA WITH 35-50 KT WINDS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...AND
STRONG DOWNSLOPE GUSTS OF 55-65 KTS IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA.
MODERATE TO SEVERE TURBULENCE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MOST FLIGHT LEVELS.

THE FRONT WILL ALSO TRIGGER LIGHT SHOWERS WITH FREEZING LEVELS
RAPIDLY DROPPING FRIDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE ANTICIPATED
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.  BRONG
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
THE EXTENDED DRY PERIOD...MILD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS
DEVELOPING FRIDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT MAY
CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.

THERE ARE GROWING INDICATIONS THAT A SHORT LIVED BUT VERY INTENSE
WIND EVENT COULD SURFACE FRIDAY NIGHT AND RESULT IN DOWNED POWER
LINES ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA...MAINLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 395
CORRIDOR FROM THE CARSON CITY-RENO-MINDEN AREA SOUTHWARD TO MAMMOTH
LAKES. THESE STRONG WINDS AND SPARKS COULD PRODUCE SHORT BUT FAST
FIRE RUNS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND FIRE OFFICIALS SHOULD STAY
INFORMED OF THIS POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. BRONG

&&

.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR NVZ001.

     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
     FOR NVZ002-003.

CA...HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR CAZ073.

     HIGH WIND WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
     FOR CAZ072.

&&

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