1 heavy snow, 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 Jan 21, 2:00 PM PST, 4 hours earlier.
NORTHERN GREAT BASIN FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
200 PM PST MON JAN 21 2002
SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO NEVADA TONIGHT
AND EARLY TUESDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE UNSETTLED
WEATHER TO THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH
PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE GREAT BASIN LATE IN THE WEEK BEFORE A
THIRD PACIFIC STORM MOVES INTO THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION...HAVE HAD A WARM START TO HOLIDAY AS SOME LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE REGION HAVE REACHED 50 DEG PLUS. THIS WILL GIVE WAY TO
NEXT STORM SYSTEM WHICH SAT IMAGERY SHOWING MOVING INTO PAC NW ATTM.
UPPER TROUGH HAS DEEPENED AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAVE SEEN SLOWER
PROGRESSION WITH MOST OF ACTIVITY ACROSS CWFA TO OCCUR TONIGHT.
ASSOC COLD FRONT HAS NOW PUSHED INTO NW NV AND LOCAL RADARS SHOWING
PRECIP BEGINNING TO ENTER NV. STILL HAVE LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS IN NW
ELKO COUNTY AND NE HUMBOLDT COUNTY AS FIRST JET MAX LIFTS OUT AND
REGION IS STILL GETTING OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT. TONIGHTS SYSTEM
DYNAMICALLY DRIVEN WITH GOOD INSTABILITY SO WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THE
MOST OUT OF LIMITED MOISTURE...ESPECIALLY ALONG NRN NV BORDER WHERE
LI VALUES ARE NEAR ZERO. LLVL WINDS FAVORABLE FOR OROGRAPHIC LIFT IN
NRN MTNS AND MODELS HANDLE THIS WELL WITH QPF FORECAST. NEXT JET MAX
WILL ROUND BASE OF TROUGH TONIGHT PLACING CWFA IN FAVORABLE LF QUAD
AIDING DYNAMICS. WITH QPF VALUES IN MTNS NEAR HALF AN INCH WILL
CONTINUE CURRENT WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ACROSS NORTHERN AND MTN
ZONES FOR TONIGHT. WILL GO WITH HIGH POPS IN VALLEYS BUT DO NOT
EXPECT QPF VALUES TO REACH ANY CRITERIA.
SECOND SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH GREAT BASIN TUES NIGHT IN NW FLOW
WHICH FAVORS MORE SNOW IN ZONES 31 AND 34. WEAK MOISTURE INFLUX WILL
CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY SO WILL CONTINUE WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
POPS ACROSS NRN CWFA. AREAS WITH OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT WILL GET A
FEW MORE INCHES ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BEFORE CWFA DRIES OUT.
SHORTWAVE RIDGE IN EASTERN PACIFIC FLATTENS AND MOVES INTO THE
WEEKEND BEFORE NEXT TROUGH FORMS IN EASTERN PACIFIC FRIDAY NIGHT.
MODELS DIFFER ON TIMING BUT AM LEANING TOWARDS FASTER SOLUTIONS AS I
REALLY DO NOT SEE ANYTHING THAT WOULD HINDER PATTERN PROGRESSION.
WITH MOISTURE MORE READILY AVAILABLE FOR THIS NEXT SYSTEM THIS
WEEKEND WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS NRN
CWFA AND SLIGHT ELSEWHERE.
.EKO...WINTER STORM WARNING ZONE 31 TONIGHT.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ZONES 30 AND 34.
FEHRNThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Wild Horse and Mountain City reported 6 inches of new snow.
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