1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 24, 1:00 PM PST, 1 hour earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PDT THU MAY 24 2001 SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A COOLING TREND BY SUNDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. SHORT TERM...RIDGE OVER THE REGION CONTINUES SLOWLY EAST THROUGH SATURDAY AS A SHORTWAVE SLOWLY APPROACHES THE CALIFORNIA COAST. ETA/NGM SHOW A WEAK VORT MAX EJECTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THIS SYSTEM AND ACROSS NEVADA ON SATURDAY, THE AVN MUCH LESS PRONOUNCED. 700- 500 MB LAYER RH MARGINAL IN THE SHORT TERM WITH THE 12Z ELKO SOUNDING PRECIPATAL WATER AT 0.45 INCHES. INVERTED V SOUNDING INDICATING HIGH BASED CONVECTION WITH DRY MICRO-BURST POTENTIAL. 700-500MB LAYER THETA E FORECAST SHOWS BULLSEYE AND RIDGE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA, AND ALONG THE SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON. CUMULUS DEVELOPING NICELY IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON, EXPECT ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE DYING OUT WITH LOSS OF HEATING. THETA E BULLSEYE/RIDGE SHIFT A LITTLE EAST FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EXPECT MAINLY ISOLATED DIURNAL CONVECTION CWFA WIDE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 700MB TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE HARDER TO REACH. WILL CONTINUE VERY WARM FORECAST FOR SATURDAY BUT ONLY MENTION RECORD THREAT IN ELY. COULD COME WITHIN 5 DEGREES IN OTHER AREAS. DIURNAL 10 TO 20 POPS SHOULD DO IT ACROSS THE CWFA IN THE SHORT TERM WITH THE HIGHER POPS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE FORECAST THETA E RIDGE. FWC/FAN/MAV GUIDANCE ALL PRETTY CLOSE THIS RUN. WILL WATCH RADAR TRENDS AT ISSUE TIME AND ADJUST ZONES ACCORDINGLY...TAPERING OFF PRECIP BY SUNSET. LONGER TERM...NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE DROPS SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY AS A WEAKER SOUTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. MRF/NOGAPS SIMILAR CLOSING OFF NORTHERN SYSTEM AND SLOWLY MOVING IT EAST INTO THE 4 CORNERS AREA BY THURSDAY. WILL BROAD BRUSH SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SLIGHT CHANCE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER SUNDAY AND MONDAY. CAN DRY THURSDAY OUT IF EXTENDED MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK RIDGING AND NUMERICAL GUIDANCE DROPS BELOW CLIMO. LATEST RUN HAS POPS ABOVE CLIMO THURSDAY. NOT REAL CONFIDENT IN WHERE EXACTLY THE UPPER LOW WILL BE IN DAY 7. COOLING TREND BY SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR SLIGHT BELOW NORMAL IN THE EXTENDED...WITH MEMORIAL DAY THE COOLEST. .EKO...NONE. LEWIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Argenta RAWS station reported a thunderstorm wind gust to 60 mph.
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