Wind Advisory 12, NWS Elko, NV

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WWUS75 KLKN 142111
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
211 PM PDT MON SEP 14 2015

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...

.AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE STATE...WINDS OUT AHEAD OF THE
SYSTEM WILL BECOME GUSTY.

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/O.CON.KLKN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150915T0300Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
211 PM PDT MON SEP 14 2015

...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 15-30 MPH GUSTING TO 5O MPH.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER NOON TODAY AND 
  SUBSIDE AROUND SUNSET.

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

* IMPACTS...HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES TRAVELING ALONG HIGHWAYS 50 
  ANDPARTS OF HIGHWAY 93 IN CENTRAL NEVADA WILL BE THE MOST 
  AFFECTED BY CROSSWINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAIN PASSES. 

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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218 
WWUS75 KLKN 150236
NPWLKN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
736 PM PDT MON SEP 14 2015


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/O.EXP.KLKN.WI.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-150915T0300Z/
WHITE PINE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...
GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
736 PM PDT MON SEP 14 2015

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.


$$

RLC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
245 AM PDT MON SEP 14 2015

.SYNOPSIS...A COOL WET STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO THE GREAT BASIN REGION FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RADAR IS SHOWING A WEAK LINE
OF SHOWERS DEVELOPING FROM GABBS NORTHWARD TO HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THE
SHORT TERM MODELS DID NOT SEEM TO PICK UP ON THIS LINE...PROBABLY
A MISCUE IN POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF AN ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE
SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH THIS MORNING. THAT BEING SAID...THE
MODELS ARE GENERALLY DOING WELL WITH THE PROPOSED PATTERN CHANGE.
A COUPLE STRONG SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LKN CWFA TODAY
THROUGH TOMORROW BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER. MODELS SEEM TO FOCUS
THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN 50 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE
STRETCHING FROM GABBS THROUGH THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND INTO
NORTHEAST ELKO COUNTY. THIS IS A FAVORABLE AREA FOR STORMS WITH
THE JET STRUCTURE ANTICIPATED OVER THE CWFA.

TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
ALL OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. AS THE MEAN TROUGH APPROACHES
THE CALIFORNIA COAST...THE NOSE OF A SOUTHERN BRANCH JET CORE WILL
MOVE OVER EAST CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GET
PRETTY GUSTY WITH A FAVORABLE SOUTHWEST DIRECTION FOR TERRAIN
ENHANCED FLOW...THUS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHEAST NYE AND
WHITE PINE COUNTIES. GUSTS WILL EXCEED 45 MPH IN A LESSER PORTION
OF NORTHWEST NYE COUNTY SO WILL LEAVE THAT ZONE OUT. PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WILL BE INCREASED ALONG AND...50 MILES EAST AND WEST OF A
LINE BETWEEN GABBS AND WELLS NEVADA.

TUESDAY. THE MEAN SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS PROJECTED TO MOVE THROUGH
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. ANOTHER H7 SHORT WAVE LOBE WILL PASS OVER
THE GREAT BASIN AND THE JET STRUCTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
PARTICULAR TROUGH WILL BE COMPLICATED. PRECIPITATION
CHANCES WILL BE INCREASED ALONG AND 50 MILES EAST OF A LINE
BETWEEN GABBS AND WELLS NEVADA.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. MODELS IN GOOD
AGREEMENT THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH ONLY MINOR DIFFERENCES.

TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN BRINGING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. PW'S WILL BE NEAR .75" OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER IN SPOTS
WHICH IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR MID SEPTEMBER. SOME VALLEY AREAS MAY GET
UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE MOUNTAINS.
SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO 7,500 TO 9,000 FEET ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA.
SOME OF THE HIGH TERRAIN MAY GET AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FEEL MORE FALL-LIKE AS HIGHS WILL BE IN THE
60S IN MOST VALLEYS. WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY BUT NOT EXPECTING
WIND ADVISORIES.

THURSDAY...A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL SKIRT NORTHERN NEVADA WITH SOME
CLOUD COVER AND A FEW SHOWERS MAINLY OVER NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND
THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN NEVADA. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM A FEW
DEGREES BUT WILL CONTINUE TO BE 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE AREA WITH A
WEAK TROUGHING ACROSS THE WEST. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE THE ONLY
SENSIBLE WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO WARM AS HEIGHTS RISE
AND WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION...CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BUT WILL STAY VFR DURING THE DAY
WITH -SHRA AND TS POSSIBLE AT ALL TAF SITES WITH CHANCES AT 30 TO 40
PERCENT. GUSTY WINDS S-SW TODAY ESPECIALLY AT KELY AND KTPH WHERE
GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 KNOTS A GOOD BET.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO ALL FIRE ZONES TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. WETTING
RAINS ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
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