1 high wind, 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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 3:05 AM PST, 10 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 305 AM PST THU MAR 25 2004 .SHORT TERM... SHORT WAVE NEAR 40N 140W WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY. VALLEY WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WILL ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 395 AND NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY FOR GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. FARTHER EAST OVER ZONES 1 AND 4...EXPECTING LOWER WIND SPEEDS BUT WILL ISSUE A BLOWING DUST ADVISORY DUE TO THE RECENT DRY CONDITIONS. PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW LEVELS WILL START OUT AT AROUND 6500 FEET OVER THE NORTH TO 8000 FEET OVER MONO COUNTY. ONCE THE FRONT ARRIVES TONIGHT SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP 2000-3000 FEET. COULD SEE SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE RENO AREA ABOVE 5000 FEET LATE TONIGHT. IN THE SIERRA...EXPECTING AROUND 1 INCH OF LIQUID ALONG THE CREST FROM TAHOE NORTHWARD...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS AS YOU TRAVEL EAST AND SOUTH. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REACH ADVISORY LEVELS OVER ZONE 71 AND THE GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA. IN MONO COUNTY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. TROUGH WILL TRACK EAST OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY. COOL CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AS THE COLD POOL PASSES OVERHEAD. RIDGE BUILDS BACK ON SATURDAY FOR DRY AND WARMER WEATHER. BRONG && .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... PROGRESSIVE PATTERN ON SUNDAY WITH A SHORT WAVE RIDGE OVER NV PRODUCING SUNNY SKIES AND WARMING TEMPERATURES. THE RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE NEXT PACIFIC TROUGH APPROACHES THE WEST COAST. THIS TROUGH DOES SOME SERIOUS SPLITTING WITH THE MAIN ENERGY TO THE NORTH IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON...AND A CUTOFF LOW FORMING OFF THE CA COAST. THE GFS IS THE MOST PROGRESSIVE OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS WITH THIS TROUGH ALTHOUGH IT DOES FORM A CUTOFF LOW NEAR THE CA COAST BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE CANADIAN AND UKMET MODELS FORMS THE CUTOFF SOONER AND FARTHER WEST...THE ECMWF IS PERHAPS 12 HOURS SLOWER ON MOVEMENT OF TROUGH. AMPLIFYING RIDGE BETWEEN 150W AND 160W SUPPORT A SLOWER MOVEMENT AND THE CUTOFF SOLUTION. WOULD LIKE TO FOLLOW A SLIGHTLY MODIFIED GFS SOLUTION WHICH BRINGS SLIGHT CHANCE OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW TO NORTHEAST CA AND FAR NORTHWEST NV TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WILL REMOVE PRECIP FROM MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES DURING THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES REBOUND INTO UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WESTERN NV VALLEYS WITH UPPER 50S OR LOWER 60S MOUNTAINS SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THEN COOLING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY UNDER INFLUENCE OF APPROACHING TROUGH. RC && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 3 AND 5. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 2 AND 4. ...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 1 AND 4. ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ZONE 2. CA...WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONES 70...71 AND 73. ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY TODAY ZONE 72. ...SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ZONES 71 AND 72. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 630 AM PST THU MAR 25 2004 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-261500- 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- 630 AM PST THU MAR 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA...AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY A PACIFIC STORM BRINGING GUSTY WINDS AND SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY /WWUS75 KREV NPWREV/ AND SNOW ADVISORY /WWUS45 KREV WSWREV/ FOR THE LATEST ON THIS CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN. .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 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.
59 knot (68 mph) wind gust reported at Galena Fire Station 12 miles SSW of Reno.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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