1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 10, 9:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
MOJAVE DESERT/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 930 PM PST WED JAN 10 2001 SYNOPSIS...A MOIST PACIFIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS...WITH PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE VALLEYS. THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...ALTHOUGH SHOWERS WILL STILL BE LIKELY. ON FRIDAY...THE SNOW LEVEL COULD POSSIBLY FALL TO 3000 FEET IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. DISCUSSION...WELL...THIS STORM IS THUS FAR DELIVERING AS PROMISED. REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN SIERRA ALREADY HAD 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW AS OF EARLY THIS EVENING. RAIN AND SNOW HAVE ALSO BEEN AFFECTING THE OWENS VALLEY. THIS MOIST BAND AND PLENTIFUL DYNAMICS SHIFT EASTWARD OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY...AND WILL PROVIDE AND MAJOR RAIN AND SNOW EVENT FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. THE AVN IS THE PREFERRED MODEL THIS EVENING...AND ITS TIMING OF THE MAJOR FEATURES COINCIDES VERY WELL WITH INHERITED FORECAST. THUS... I SEE VERY LITTLE TO CHANGE AT THE MOMENT. I WILL UPDATE SHORTLY TO MAKE SOME TWEAKS TO THE FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...THE FORECAST ITSELF APPEARS TO BE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. THE ONLY QUESTION MARK RIGHT NOW IS WHETHER OR NOT THE WIND ADVISORY IS WARRANTED OVER ESMERALDA AND NYE COUNTIES. THESE WINDS HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT TO VERIFY THUS FAR. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE VERY STRONG WINDS CURRENTLY OVER ADJACENT INYO COUNTY...IT WOULD PROBABLY BE PRUDENT TO LEAVE THE ADVISORY ALONE. WE SHOULD START TO SEE SOME MODERATION OF THE WEATHER FROM THE WEST LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES MOVING EAST. LAPSE RATES WILL BE OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE THAT WE MAY SEE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AS WELL. A MORE SHOWERY REGIME TAKES HOLD FRIDAY AS THE COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN. WE WILL THEN DRY OUT A BIT AND PREP FOR THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM LATE THIS WEEKEND. .LAS...A WINTER STORM WARNING AND WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. A WIND ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FOR A PORTION OF NEVADA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RNOWSWLAS STATEMENT FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy snow produced 16 to 18 inches of new snow over Lee Canyon in southern Nevada.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, January 2001
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