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 Jan 30, 2:30 AM PST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 230 AM PST FRI JAN 30 2004 .SHORT TERM... COLD FRONT MOVING QUICKLY THROUGH NW CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING. PRESSURE RISES ALREADY WORKING INTO CRESCENT CITY. VORT MAX NEAR THE CALIFORNIA / OREGON BORDER WILL RACE INTO IDAHO BY THIS AFTERNOON. H7 WINDS INCREASE TO 55KTS OVER LASSEN COUNTY THIS MORNING JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT. STRONGEST SURFACE GRADIENT NOTED WAS ABOUT 11MB FROM MFR TO RNO. FRONT LOSES ITS UPPER SUPPORT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA BUT THERE SHOULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING WITH THE FRONT. MOST GUIDANCE INDICATING WINDS WILL DECREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON...SO WILL WORD WIND ADVISORY ACCORDINGLY AND ALSO ISSUE ONE FOR THE VALLEYS OF LASSEN COUNTY. UPPER DIVERGENCE IN RR QUAD OF THE JET...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND MODEST OROGRAPHICS WILL BRING SNOW TO THE SIERRA MAINLY FROM TAHOE NORTH TODAY. SOME SHOWERS SPILL OVER INTO THE VALLEYS AS VORT MAX BRUSHES NORTHERN NEVADA. EXPECT ONLY PERHAPS 2 TO 4 INCHES IN LASSEN COUNTY ABOVE 5500 FEET AND IN THE TAHOE AREA BY AFTERNOON SO NO ADVISORY IS NEEDED. SURFACE HIGH BUILDS INTO OREGON TONIGHT AND NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL MAKE FOR A COOLER DAY TODAY...AND A COOLER NIGHT TONIGHT. ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER SOUTH AND EAST OF THE RENO AREA TONIGHT. SYSTEM NEAR 150W LIFTS OVER REBUILDING RIDGE AND COMES IN AS A BIT OF AN INSIDE SLIDER SATURDAY. NW FLOW ALOFT AND WEAK CYCLONIC FLOW MAY KICK OFF A FEW SNOW FLURRIES NORTH AND WEST...BUT IN GENERAL EXPECT A DRY AND BRISK DAY SATURDAY WITH SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM ON TRACK TO MOVE IN SUNDAY NIGHT...SPREADING OVERRUNNING CLOUDS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AHEAD OF IT LATE IN THE DAY SUPER BOWL SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING STRONG WINDS WITH IT AS WELL. SG .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... GROUNDHOGS DAY WINTER STORM STILL INDICATED BY MOST MODELS AND 9 OF 12 GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS...BUT EVEN THE OTHER THREE MEMBERS FAVOR PRECIP BUT BRING IN BULK OF MOISTURE ON MON NIGHT INSTEAD. 06Z ETA IS SLOWER WITH THIS SYSTEM BY ABOUT 12 HOURS WITH ONSET DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY INSTEAD OF SUNDAY NIGHT. CONSIDERED A WINTER STORM OUTLOOK BUT WITH UPSTREAM WFOS HOLDING OFF FOR NOW...WE WILL ONLY MENTION STORM POTENTIAL IN THE HWO. THIS STORM MAY STILL BE A SPLITTING SYSTEM BUT TRACK OF THE SOUTHERN SPLIT WOULD STILL FAVOR DECENT MOISTURE FOR OUR REGION. MOISTURE DEPTH AND INSTABILITY WOULD ALLOW FOR GOOD SPILLOVER INTO THE LEE SIDE VALLEYS AND POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING SNOW AS COLD FRONT PASSAGE DROPS SNOW LEVELS TO VALLEY FLOOR IN THE AFTERNOON. THEREFORE LIKELY POPS WILL BE CARRIED INTO THE RENO ZONE AS WELL AS EASTERN CA. WINDY CONDITIONS ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS SYSTEM. GFS ORIGINALLY HINTED AT A SIGNIFICANT STORM AROUND FEB 2 IN THE 13-16 DAY FORECASTS...THEN BACKED OFF FOR A WHILE BEFORE REINSTATING THIS ORIGINAL SCENARIO A FEW DAYS AGO. SNOW SHOULD TAPER OFF ON MONDAY NIGHT WITH ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY TUE AS STORM MOVES AWAY BUT COLD CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT REMAINS OVER WRN NV-ERN CA. ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE MAY BRUSH BY THE REGION ON WED BUT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCES OF PRECIP WILL BE MENTIONED AS TRACK TO THE NORTH WOULD FAVOR MORE WIND THAN RAIN OR SNOW. SHORTWAVE RIDGING ON THURSDAY SHOULD KEEP THE AREA DRY BUT THERE MAY BE INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS AS CANADIAN AND GFS MODELS ATTEMPT TO BRING ANOTHER SYSTEM INTO THE WESTERN US BY FRIDAY. MJD && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 001-002-003 AND 005. CA...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 070-072. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 615 AM PST THU JAN 29 2004 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-301500- GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-MONO COUNTY-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY-SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE- 615 AM PST THU JAN 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA...AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ON FRIDAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE SIERRA FROM LAKE TAHOE NORTHWARD. A STRONGER STORM MAY AFFECT EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS STORM COULD BRING HEAVY SNOW TO THE SIERRA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
66 knot (76 mph) wind gust reported 2 miles south of Washoe City in Washoe Valley.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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