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 Nov 21, 2:00 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 200 PM PST FRI NOV 21 2003 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS NEVADA TONIGHT WILL BRING SNOW SHOWERS AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE COLD...BUT DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW TO NORTHEAST NEVADA BY TUESDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK DUE TO MOIST NORTHWEST FLOW. && .SHORT TERM...CONVECTION SPREADING SOUTH AS EXPECTED AS UPPER TROF AND JET SUPPORTS SHIFTS OVER E CENTRAL NV. BOTH ETA AND AVN INDICATE BEST DYNAMICS SHIFTING S OF CWA BEFORE 06Z. THIS SEEMS A TAD FAST SO HAVE KEPT LIKELY POPS OVER SRN ZONES TONIGHT. OVERNIGHT SNOW SHOWERS DROPPED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY. WILL WATCH DEVELOPMENT CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE SNOW ADVISORY AS SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH. AMS DRIES FAIRLY RAPIDLY SAT NIGHT AS TROF AXIS SHIFTS EAST. FRESH SNOW PACK SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO PLUMMET TO NEAR ZERO BY SUN MORNING. WOULD GO LOWER IF NOT FOR INDICATE MID LEVEL MOIST IN NLY FLOW ALOFT. NEXT S/WV TROF APPROACHING NW NV MON AFT...SWINGING ACROSS CWA MON NIGHT. AVN SHOWS DECENT CON/DIV COUPLET OVER NW NV 18Z MON...SHIFTING SE ACROSS CWA MON NIGHT. EXPECT ENOUGH UVV AND COLD AIR...700 TEMPS NEAR -10 DEGC...FOR SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. WILL KEEP CHC WORDING FOR NOW IN ZFP. .LONG TERM...MEDIUM RANGE MODELS HANDLING THE PROGRESSION OF THE TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN TUESDAY SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY...WITH UKMET HOLDING BACK SOME SIGNIFICANT VORT ENERGY UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. GFS AND ECMWF ARE FASTER...YET THE GFS ENSEMBLES SHOW A GOOD NUMBER OF MEMBERS SLOWER. KEPT MID CHANCE POPS FOR SNOW SHOWERS EAST AND BUMPED POPS UP SLIGHTLY WEST TO HIGH ISOLATED. 12Z GFS RUN DEPICTS FLATTER RIDGING TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WITH DECENT CHANCE OF VORT DISTURBANCES CROSSING THE NORTHERN CWA. SLIGHT CHANCES FOR NORTHERN CWA LOOK REASONABLE FOR THESE PERIODS. REMOVED POPS FOR CENTRAL NV WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WITH SHORTWAVE RIDGING AHEAD OF THE NEXT TROUGH IN THE EASTERN PAC. THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY TIMING FOR THIS TROUGH LOOKS EXCELLENT ON GFS ENSEMBLE GRAPHICS...SO HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS NORTHERN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT AND CWA-WIDE FRIDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && EYSSAUTIER/SMITH
NVZ013-030>037-221500- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 500 AM PST FRI NOV 21 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE...A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS NEVADA TODAY...BRINGING MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THE LOW WILL DEPART BY SATURDAY NIGHT... WITH SNOW SHOWERS ENDING. A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CROSS NORTHERN NEVADA NEXT WEEK...WITH MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER ON TAP. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ALLEN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Great Basin National Park reported 8 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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