1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 28, 8:30 AM PST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
930 AM PDT WED APR 28 2004
.UPDATE...
SPOTTER REPORTS AT FERNLEY AND SILVER SPRINGS WITH LESS THAN 1/2
MILE VISIBILITY IN BLOWING DUST. BLOWING DUST ALSO RESTRICTING
VISIBILITY IN THE RENO AREA. WIND GUSTY OF 67 MPH AT GARDNERVILLE
BUT SO FAR MOST WINDS IN THE 25 TO 45 MPH RANGE...BELOW WARNING
CRITERIA. WILL ISSUE A BLOWING DUST WARNING FOR THE BASIN AND RANGE
UNTIL 330 PM. SG
.SHORT TERM...
UPPER TROUGH OVER THE PAC NW AND ID-MT FORECAST TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS
THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NRN ZONES EARLY
THIS MORNING AND SWEEP SOUTH INTO SRN MINERAL AND MONO COUNTIES BY
LATE AFTERNOON. 80 TO 100 KT JET AHEAD OF SYSTEM AND STRONG COLD
ADVECTION BEHIND FRONT WILL ALLOW GUSTY TO STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS TO DEVELOP FROM NORTH TO SOUTH TODAY. SUSTAINED WINDS 30 TO 40
MPH AND GUSTS TO 55 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FROM
TAHOE-RENO NORTH AND THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER MINERAL AND MONO
COUNTIES. THEREFORE WIND ADVISORY WAS ISSUED THIS MORNING FOR ALL
ZONES WITH BLOWING DUST ADVISORY ADDED TO ZONE 4...HOWEVER LOCAL
AREAS OF BLOWING DUST REDUCING VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS
REMAINDER OF ZONES IN WRN NV. WINDS WILL DECREASE TONIGHT BUT WILL
STILL REMAIN IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE EVEN IN WRN VALLEYS. KEPT WINDS
ACROSS THE SIERRA UP OVERNIGHT AS COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES AND 80 KT
JET AROUND BACKSIDE OF SYSTEM MOVES SOUTH ALONG THE SIERRA. RIDGE
GUSTS WILL LIKELY BE ABOVE 60 KTS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NORTHEAST FLOW
CONTINUES ON THURSDAY KEEPING TEMPERATURES MODIFIED BEFORE RIDGE
BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BACK
DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN WRN NV
VALLEYS THRU THURSDAY AND HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S NEAR LAKE
LEVEL. AS RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB
5-10 DEGREES ON FRIDAY. BENINATO
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
NEW GFS RUN TONIGHT STILL SHOWING A TRANSITION FROM RIDGE TO TROF
LATE IN THE EXTENDED. THE MODEL IS DIGGING THE TROF FURTHER WEST
THAN PREVIOUS RUNS HOWEVER. THINK THE WEEKEND SHOULD BE DOMINATED
BY THE RIDGE BUT BY MID WEEK THE APPROACHING TROF WILL INCREASE THE
WINDS. TEMPS LIKELY TO REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL UNDER THE RIDGE.
NO PRECIPITATION IS FCST ATTM. FISCHER
&&
.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WIND ADVISORY NVZ002-005 THRU 330 PM PDT AND NVZ001 THRU 830 PM
PDT
BLOWING DUST WARNING NVZ004 THRU 330 PM PDT
CA...WIND ADVISORY CAZ070-072 THRU 330 PM PDT AND CAZ073 THRU 830 PM
PDT
&&The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
53 knot (61 mph) wind gust reported at Washoe Valley NDOT wind sensor 3 miles south of Washoe City.
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