Spotter report of wind gust to 76 mph in Reno.
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Spotter report of wind gust to 76 mph in Reno.
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 7, 3:00 PM PST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
WESTERN NEVADA AND EASTERN CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
300 PM PST THU FEB 7 2002
VERY STRONG BUT FAST MOVING COLD FRONT/TROUGH BEARING DOWN ON THIS
REGION TONIGHT. AVN MODEL HAD BEST HANDLE ON SURFACE WAVE
DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEM OVERALL AND USED FOR FORECAST. WARM FRONT
MOVING THROUGH WESTERN NV THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG COLD FRONT JUST
MOVING ONSHORE EXTREME NW CALIFORNIA. 100+KT JET MAX MOVING THROUGH
BOTTOM OF TROUGH AS WELL JUST OFFSHORE NRN CALIFORNIA. TROUGH WILL
STOP DIGGING WITH PASSAGE OF THIS JET MAX AND WILL ACCELERATE
EASTWARD THIS EVENING. JET MAX FORECAST TO BE OVER LASSEN COUNTY AT
06Z AND THIS APPROACHING JET MAX IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG SURFACE
GRADIENT SHOULD HELP GENERATE STRONG PREFRONTAL WINDS NE
CALIFORNIA... NORTHERN SIERRA AND FAR WESTERN NEVADA. COLD FRONT
SHOULD BRING PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW...MAINLY NE CALIFORNIA...FROM
ABOUT 6PM TO MIDNIGHT...WITH WINDS DECREASING AS HEAVIER PRECIP
MOVES IN FROM THE WEST. THUS EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO BE
LOCALIZED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
SNOWFALL TO DECREASE TO SNOW SHOWERS RAPIDLY BEHIND FRONT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. BUILDING RIDGE SHOULD BRING CLEARING AND WARMER WEATHER
FOR WEEKEND.
EXTENDED...QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AND
THEREFORE RELATIVELY LOW CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO TIMING ANY
SYSTEMS INTO REGION FOR MON-THUR. PER COORD WITH SURROUNDING
OFFICES AND TO AVOID CHANGING FCST WITH EACH MODEL RUN...WILL KEEP
GOING EXTENDED AS IS AND BROADBRUSH A CHANCE OF PCPN FOR THUR PERIOD
MAINLY N. THIS IN LINE WITH HPC DISCUSSION THAT INDCS TREND TOWARD
A FLATTER PATTERN FOR ERN PAC/WRN CONUS REGION THAN INDICATED BY
MRF...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN FASTER FLOW.
.REV...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ071 ABOVE 5000 FEET TIL MIDNIGHT.
...SNOW ADVISORY CAZ072 AND NV002 ABOVE 7000 FEET TONIGHT
...HIGH WIND WARNING CAZ070>072 NVZ002>003-005 TONIGHTThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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