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 Apr 1, 8:45 AM PST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 845 AM PST THU APR 1 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN NEVADA TODAY BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE SILVER STATE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN BY THE WEEKEND TO BRING DRY WEATHER AND MILD TEMPERATURES THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...ISSUED HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR RUBY MOUNTAIN ZONE...AS BAND OF SNOW LOOKS TO LINGER ACROSS EASTERN CWA THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH LATE SEASON WARNING CRITERIA IN EFFECT...RUBIES SHOULD EASILY REACH CRITERIA. ALSO REDUCED TEMPS MOST ZONES BEHIND THE FRONT. TEMPS STILL RELATIVELY WARM IN WHITE PINE COUNTY WITH FRONT MOVING THROUGH WHICH SHOULD INHIBIT ANY ACCUMULATIONS TODAY. SAVADEL && .DISCUSSION...FORECAST ISSUE FOR TODAY WILL BE WINDS ACROSS SRN ZONES WITH TIGHT SFC GRADIENT BEHIND COLD FRONT WHICH CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE REGION. GIVEN WINDS SEEN YESTERDAY WILL ERR ON SIDE OF CAUTION AND WILL ISSUE WIND ADVISORY FOR HIGHWAY 50 AND SOUTH PLUS EXTREME ERN ELKO CTY WITH NW GRADIENT OVER THE REGION. CURRENTLY SEEING PRECIP BAND BISECTING ELKO CTY THOUGH NOT SEEING MUCH...IF ANY...QPF YET. REGARDLESS...WILL GO WITH CHC POPS FOR MOST OF ELKO CTY GIVEN CURRENT LLVL CONVERGENCE. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...AS UPPER TROUGH PUSHES INTO WRN NV HAVE SOLID CONV/DIV COUPLET SETUP OVER EAST CENTRAL NV WITH SOLID LIFT AND NEG LIS ACROSS A GOOD PART OF WHITE PINE CTY. WILL GO WITH CHC POPS HERE WITH SCHC FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WITH 16MBAR PLUS GRADIENT ACROSS THE STATE EXPECT TO SEE VERY STRONG NW WINDS AND WILL KEEP WIND ADVISORY OUT UNTIL EARLY EVENING. FRIDAY ON...UPPER TROUGH FORMS CUTOFF LOW AND CONTINUES TO PUSH SSE TOWARDS SRN CA BY LATE FRIDAY WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND LIFT WILL GO WITH CHC POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE CWFA INTO SATURDAY. BULK OF COLD AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL FOLLOW UPPER CUTOFF LOW AND POTENTIAL DOES EXIST FOR MOST OF THE LOWER VALLEYS IN HUMBOLDT CTY TO FLIRT WITH SNOW SHOWERS AS THIS WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY. NO FOOLING. BY SATURDAY MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW UPPER LOW MOVING TOWARDS BAJA WITH MOISTURE...SOME DYNAMICS AND INSTABILITY STILL OVER THE REGION. WILL SEE TEMPS REBOUND THOUGH AM CONCERNED THAT LLVLS MAY WARM UP SO FAST THAT SOME VALLEYS MAY SEE INVERSION SET UP THAT WILL INHIBIT WARMING AS ATMOSPHERE SLOWLY STARTS TO DRY OUT. .LONG TERM...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER WESTERN ARIZONA WITH LOTS OF WRAP AROUND MOISTURE TO BRING CLOUDINESS INTO OUR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN ZONES. A COUPLE OF VORT TROUGHS BINGING SPUN OFF THE LOW KEEPS A SMALL THREAT OF SHOWERS THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE THE LOW BEGINS MOVING EAST. BIGGEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. INTRODUCED SLT CHC POPS TO WHITE PINE AND EASTERN NYE COUNTIES SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THEN CHANCE POPS FOR MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING AS MRF SHOWING A QUARTER INCH QPF OVER OUR EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE LOW THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO SLIDE SOUTH FROM MONTANA NOW SEEMS TO BE PUSHING FURTHER EAST AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE WEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY FOR DRYING AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...HEAVY SNOW WARNING THROUGH 4 AM FRIDAY NVZ034. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM FOR NVZ013...033...035... 037. && FEHRN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 815 AM PST THU APR 1 2004 NVZ013-033-035-037-021200- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 815 AM PST THU APR 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST FOR 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. SEE PRODUCT WWUS75 KLKN... RNONPWLKN...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ034-021200- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- 815 AM PST THU APR 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEVADA. DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT TONIGHT A SLOW MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SLIDE SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA. A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM PST FOR SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY FRIDAY MORNING. SEE PRODUCT WWUS45 KLKN...RNONPWLKN...FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OBSERVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. SEDLOCK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Lamoille #3 snotel site at 7700 feet recorded 8 inches of new snow.
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