1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 9:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 930 PM PST FRI OCT 31 2003 .DISCUSSION...UPR LOW NOW SEEN SPINNING INTO NCNTRL CALIF ATTM W/ MAIN VORT ENERGY CROSSING THE SIERRAS AND DIFFLUENT FLOW OVER MUCH OF CNTRL NV. 00Z ETA AND GFS NOW IN GOOD AGREEMENT TO BRING A WEAKENING H7 CIRCULATION ACROSS CNTRL NV TONIGHT WITH MAIN BAND OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND PRECIP CONCENTRATED FROM NRN NYE INTO SRN EUREKA AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. H7 SPEED CONVERGENCE COUPLES WITH H5 DIFFLUENCE AND REAR ENTRANCE OF UPR JET SPEED DIV FOR GOOD FORCING IN THIS REGION FOR SEVERAL HRS TONIGHT AND ADVERTISED QPF OF .20 ON THE GFS TO .40 ON THE MESOETA THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON LOOK REASONABLE...AT LEAST ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SO HAVE UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS FOR SLIGHTLY HIGHER QPF AND SNOWFALL AND HAVE CONVERTED SNOW ADVISORIES TO HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS...WHICH WITH 1ST EVENT OF THE SEASON CRITERIA IS ONLY 4 INCHES. WITH MAIN FORCING ALONG HWY 50 CORRIDOR HAVE LOWERED POPS/COVERAGE ACROSS THE NORTH AND HAVE LOWERED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE RUBY MTNS AND DOWNGRADED WSW TO A SNOW ADVISORY. EVENT WINDS DOWN QUICKLY SATURDAY WITH PRECIP LINGERING LONGEST ECNTRL AS UPR LOW CONTINUES TO SHEAR/LIFT OUT ACROSS THE STATE W/ ERN ZONES REMAINING EAST OF THE SHEAR AXIS AND S/WV RIDGE ENTERING NW NV BY SAT AFTERNOON. .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAVY SNOW WARNING ZONES 13-35-37 FOR TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 34 TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. && HOENISCH
NVZ013-030>037-011500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 530 AM PST FRI OCT 31 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE... LOW PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BRING STEADY SNOW TO EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY FOR TONIGHT... REFER TO AWIPS ID RNOWSWLKN...OR WMO HEADER SNOW WWUS45 KLKN FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA SATURDAY...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. A WINTER STORM WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...REFER TO AWIPS ID RNOWSWLKN...OR WMO HEADER .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. SMITH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The first winter storm of the season which began on the evening of October 31 around 8 pm pst brought heavy snow to White Pine County. Reports include; 6 inches at Ruth, 4 inches at both Ely and Lund.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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