High Wind in California, December 1, 2005

Name: High Wind in California, December 1, 2005
Start: 2005-12-01T10:30
End: 2005-12-01T11:15
Location: California

December 1, 2005 · NWS VEF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 1, 9:50 AM PST, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 9:50 AM PST, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
950 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005

.SYNOPSIS...A STRONG UPPER LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO AREAS
OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SIERRA
WILL SEE THEIR FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON BY FRIDAY
MORNING. SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT.
&&

.UPDATE...CURRENT MODEL AND SATELLITE TRENDS DO NOT SUPPORT ANY
CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WORKING INTO LINCOLN COUNTY TODAY SO UPDATED
FORECAST TO REMOVE MENTION. OTHERWISE FORECAST IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE.
MODELS AND CALIFORNIA/NEVADA RIVER FORECAST CENTER CONTINUE TO
SUPPORT THE LIKELYHOOD OF HEAVY SNOW OVER THE SIERRA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND STRONG WINDS REPORTED THIS MORNING AT
ASPENDELL. WILL CONTINUE THE WINTER STORM WARNING.

.PREV DISCUSSION...320 AM PST THU DEC 1 2005...
.SHORT TERM...A FEW SHOWERS BEGINNING TO SHOW UP OVER THE CENTRAL
SIERRA AS PLUME OF DEEP MOISTURE PUSHES INTO CALIFORNIA. MOISTURE
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TODAY WITH RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY TO BEGIN
OVER THE SOUTHERN SIERRA AFTER NOON. ALL MODELS ARE IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING AND QPF AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM. ONE
CONCERN IS THE AMOUNT OF SUBSIDENCE THE MODELS ARE SHOWING JUST OVER
THE CREST. THIS LOOKS LIKE A CLASSIC RAINSHADOW EVENT...BUT STILL
FEEL THAT THE MOISTURE IS DEEP ENOUGH TO WORK FAR ENOUGH EAST TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN
SIERRA. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A
WARNING WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND 11000 FEET AND ABOVE AND
LESSER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FEET. THIS WILL DEFINITELY BE
A WESTERN SIERRA SLOPE EVENT. MOISTURE WILL HAVE A HARD TIME
REACHING THE BISHOP AREA AND HAVE DECREASED POPS THERE TO SLIGHT
CHANCE. AS THIS SYSTEM SLOWLY SHIFTS SOUTH TONIGHT AND
FRIDAY...MOISTURE SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO SPREAD EAST. MOST OF THE
MOISTURE WILL BE BLOCKED BY THE SIERRA AND MOST AREAS OVER SOUTHERN
NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA WILL ONLY SEE LIGHT AMOUNTS. EVEN THE
SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS WILL HAVE A HARD TIME SQUEEZING OUT DECENT
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. EXPECT THINGS TO DRY OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY
FRIDAY NIGHT WITH ANY PRECIPITATION CHANCES CONFINED TO THE FAR
EASTERN ZONES ON SATURDAY.
&&

.LONG TERM...THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A DRY
PATTERN OVER THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY BETWEEN AN EASTERN
PACIFIC RIDGE AND A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN U.S.
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH THE INTERMOUNTAIN REGION LATE
SATURDAY AND BRINGS THE TAIL END OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH
SOUTHERN NEVADA. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE SOME NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY BUT MAINLY DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. FOR
NOW WIND SPEEDS DO NOT LOOK STRONG ENOUGH TO MERIT MUCH OF A
HIGHLIGHT. MODEST COOLING SUNDAY WILL SLOWLY REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL
READINGS EARLY IN THE WEEK.
&&

.AVIATION...TAF ADEQUATELY COVERS ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED
AT KLAS.

.VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...NONE.
.AZ...NONE.
.CA...WINTER STORM WARNING ABOVE 7500 FEET ZONE 26 THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
&&

HARRISON/GORELOW/ADAIR

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS

Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, W Inyo

When: December 1, 10:30 AM PST to 11:15 AM PST
Where: W Inyo forecast zone
Measured: 78 kt (90 mph) measured gust
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

High winds in the eastern slopes of the southern Sierra and the Owens Valley. A spotter reported zero visibility in blowing sand and rocks, Caltrans reported wind dislodging rocks the size of basketballs along Highway 168, the Owens Valley RAWS reported a gust to 90 mph, and shingles, siding, and one roof were stripped away in Mustang Mesa, as well as one horse corral being destroyed.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in California in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in California, December 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5481818.