Wind Advisory 20, NWS Elko, NV

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
205 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014

...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TODAY...

.THE FIRST STRONG PACIFIC TROUGH OF THE FALL SEASON WILL ARRIVE
ON THE WEST COAST TODAY. THE INCREASED PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ACROSS CENTRAL
NEVADA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING..

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WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
205 PM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. GUSTS TO 
  AROUND 55 MPH ON PASSES AND SUMMITS. 

* TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL 
  DIMINISH BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR MOST VALLEYS AFTER 
  SUNSET.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER... 
  CURRANT SUMMIT...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN 
  NATIONAL PARK.

* IMPACTS...STRONG CROSSWINDS ARE EXPECTED ON WEST TO EAST 
  ORIENTED HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING U.S. HIGHWAYS 6 AND 50. TRAVEL 
  WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. 
  SUDDEN GUSTS MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

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RLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
328 PM PDT THU SEP 25 2014

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN
PRODUCING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY...BECOMING MUCH COOLER
THIS WEEKEND WITH CONTINUED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND MOUNTAIN
SNOW ABOVE 8000 FEET. COOL FALL WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
NEXT WEEK WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH
WEDNESDAY.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. CUMULUS HAVE DEVELOPED
ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA BUT A CAP NEAR 500MB IS KEEPING
THUNDERSTORMS AT BAY...BUT A COUPLE STORMS COULD BREAK THROUGH
THE CAP SO KEPT MENTION OF THUNDER THROUGH THIS EVENING. FRIDAY
AFTERNOON LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA PUTTING
THE CWA IN A DIFFLUENT AREA WITH FAVORABLE RIGHT EXIT REGION OF 95
KNOT JET STREAK SO SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE MAINLY
ACROSS ELKO...EUREKA...WHITE PINE AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTIES WHERE
BEST CAPE AND LIFT WILL DEVELOP. KEPT ISOLD THUNDER IN OTHER
AREAS DUE TO STRONG DYNAMICS BUT MAINLY SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS LANDER AND HUMBOLDT COUNTY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE WITH CAPE 100-500 J/KG AND 30-35 KNOT OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR
ACROSS MAINLY ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY
STRONG ACROSS NORTHEAST NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES BUT DUE TO
CLOUD COVER AND WEAKENING PRESSURE GRADIENT WINDS SHOULD STAY
BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. SATURDAY MODELS COMING INTO BETTER
AGREEMENT WITH PROGRESSION OF LOW...HOWEVER EC STILL SLIGHTLY
FURTHER NORTH WITH TRACK SO STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON AREAS OF
HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION. ONLY MADE MINOR CHANGES BASED ON THIS
UNCERTAINTY. ADDITIONALLY...BOTH GFS AND EC SHOW A DRY SLOT
WORKING INTO PORTIONS OF NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTY ON SATURDAY
WITH THE EC PUSHING DRIER AIR AS FAR NORTH AS ELKO COUNTY...SO
THIS COULD AFFECT MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION TOTALS. IT DOES LOOK
LIKE HIGHEST QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE ACROSS EASTERN ZONES AND NORTHERN
ELKO AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAINLY BE ACROSS
CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE BEST DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY IS
FORECAST...HOWEVER ELKO COUNTY STILL IN FAVORABLE DIFFLUENT AREA
FOR ISOLATED THUNDER TO DEVELOP. SNOW LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO DROP
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY TO AROUND 9500 FEET...SO THE
MOUNTAIN TOPS WILL SEE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.

LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. COOL AND WET
CONDITIONS CONTINUE ON SUNDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW REMAINS OVER
THE GREAT BASIN. MAY SEE SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT AS WEAK CAPE
PERSISTS IN THESE AREAS. LOW OPENS AND EJECTS OFF TO THE EAST ON
MONDAY WITH WRAP-AROUND SHOWERS CONFINED MAINLY TO ELKO AND WHITE
PINE COUNTIES. MODEL AGREEMENT FADES BY TUESDAY WITH THE ECMWF
HANGING ONTO SOME SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER NORTHERN AND EAST-CENTRAL
NEVADA INTO WEDNESDAY...WHILE THE GFS IS TRENDING DRIER. BOTH MODELS
BUILD A RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST MID TO LATTER PORTION OF NEXT WEEK
WITH COOL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW INTO THE CWA. LOWS WEDNESDAY MORNING
WILL BE IN THE MID 30S FOR MOST VALLEY AREAS...LIKELY LOWERING INTO
THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO DRIER AIR AND
CONTINUED NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO RETURN TO
CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMS FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS
GENERALLY 30-35 AND AFTERNOON HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S.

AVIATION...STRONG JET STREAM OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THE
NEXT COUPLE DAYS RESULTING IN GUSTY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WINDS.
FRIDAYS WINDS WILL BE A LITTLE LIGHTER THAN TODAY...STRONGEST ACROSS
EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA. THREAT OF SHOWERS RETURNS TO THE REGION
FRIDAY...WITH BEST CHANCES BEING OVER EASTERN NEVADA. IN PARTICULAR
KELY WHERE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE INTO THE
EVENING HOURS.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...STRONG WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING BUT STILL
BREEZY ACROSS SOME PARTS OF CENTRAL NEVADA THROUGH THE NIGHT.
FRIDAY BREEZY ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA AS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES
TOWARDS THE GREAT BASIN...BUT HIGHER RH'S WILL BE THE RULE AS
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY COOLER WITH WET WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF THE
AREA. COOL TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK
WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH MID- WEEK.

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE
COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT
RANGE...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...
WHITE PINE COUNTY.

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90/96/96/90

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1247 AM PDT FRI SEP 26 2014

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

0842 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 31 N MIDAS              41.70N 116.82W
09/25/2014  M0 MPH           ELKO               NV   MESONET

            ANTELOPE LAKE RAWS PEAK WIND GUST 67 MPH.

1111 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SSW MANHATTAN         38.47N 117.10W
09/25/2014  M0 MPH           NYE                NV   MESONET

            QUIMA PEAK RAWS PEAK WIND GUST 59 MPH.

0832 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 25 S CURRANT            38.38N 115.48W
09/25/2014  M0 MPH           NYE                NV   MESONET

            TIMBER MOUNTAIN RAWS PEAK WIND GUST 59 MPH.

0230 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 14 SE WARM SPRINGS      38.17N 116.43W
09/25/2014  M0 MPH           NYE                NV   MESONET

            WARM SPRINGS SUMMIT CEMP PEAK WIND GUST 62 MPH.

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