High wind gust to 56 kts at the Mt. Rose Summit recorded by a remote sensor.
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High wind gust to 56 kts at the Mt. Rose Summit recorded by a remote sensor.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 31 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
845 AM PST TUE FEB 6 2001
SURFACE WIND SPEEDS PICKING UP ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. PRESSURE
GRADIENT FROM RENO-MEDFORD ON THE INCREASE THE PAST 3 HOURS AND NOW
AROUND 15MB. APPEARS SURFACE FRONT OVER NORTHWEST NEVADA BASED ON
SURFACE WIND. ALSO GETTING REPORTS OF MODERATE WIND SPEEDS OVER MONO
COUNTY WITH WIND SPEEDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH. ONLY RUC AVAILABLE
THIS MORNING BUT IT IS SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS MM5 WITH KEEPING WIND
SPEEDS GOING ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA THROUGH AROUND 00Z AND A LITTLE
LONGER FURTHER SOUTH. WIND GUIDANCE FOR WEST CENTRAL NEVADA NOT AS
STRONG AND NORMALLY THEY DO NOT HAVE AS STRONG OF WIND. SIGMA LEVEL
WIND SPEEDS 25-35KTS EVEN INTO MONO COUNTY THROUGH THE EVENING. 06Z
MESO-ETA HAD 50-60KT 700 MB FLOW OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 03Z. WILL GO
WITH A HIGH WIND WARNING BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS WITH NO NEW MODEL
DAzTA FOR 1/3/73 AND AN ADVISORY FOR 4. NO OTHER CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
DP
.REV...HIGH WIND WARNING TIL 6 PM NVZ001-003-CAZ073.
WIND ADVISORY TIL 6 PM NVZ004.The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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