Overnight snowfall totals:Caughlin Ranch area in SW Reno (5050 ft.) 4 inches7 NW Reno (5360 ft.) 4 inches
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Overnight snowfall totals:Caughlin Ranch area in SW Reno (5050 ft.) 4 inches7 NW Reno (5360 ft.) 4 inches
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 Apr 18, 5:25 PM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 625 PM PDT MON APR 18 2005 .UPDATE... COLD AND UNSTABLE TROUGH CONTINUES TO WORK SOUTHWARD INTO THE GREAT BASIN THIS EVENING WITH IMPRESSIVE SHORTWAVE WORKING SOUTHWARD ALONG WESTERN PERIPHERY TROUGH INTO WESTERN NEVADA AND THE EASTERN SIERRA. STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AHEAD OF THIS SHORTWAVE WAS COMBINING WITH THE STEEPENING LAPSE RATES AND STRONG LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE(AS NOTED IN THE 01Z SURFACE ANALYSIS) TO ENHANCE A MESOSCALE BAND OF VERTICAL LIFT FROM THE NORTHERN SIERRA AROUND TRUCKEE EASTWARD ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR. SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE DETERIORATING ROAD CONDITIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS NEAR VIRGINIA CITY AND POOR VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW ABOVE 5000 FEET. BAND WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY UNTIL MID EVENING WHEN 700MB CYCLONIC AXIS IS PROGGED TO HELP PUSH FOCUS OF ACTIVITY SOUTHWARD ALONG THE UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE EASTERN SIERRA. HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR NEAR LOCATION OF CURRENT STATIONARY BAND WITH WIDESPREAD BUT LIGHTER AMOUNTS FURTHER SOUTH ONCE BAND BEGINS TO PUSH SOUTHWARD. HOHMANN .SHORT TERM...EARLIER DISCUSSION UPPER LOW OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL CONTINUE EAST THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. VORT MAX MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON KICKED OFF SCATTERED SHOWERS FROM THE TAHOE BASIN SOUTHEAST INTO CHURCHILL COUNTY. COLD AIR ALOFT WILL KEEP THE AIR MASS FAIRLY UNSTABLE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE GFS PROGS LIFTED INDICES OF LESS THAN ZERO OVER THE TAHOE BASIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ETA IS JUST AS UNSTABLE BUT HAS ZERO LIFTED INDICES FARTHER SOUTH OVER MINERAL COUNTY. THE COMBINATION OF THE VORT MAX MOVING THROUGH TONIGHT...AND THE COLD AIR ALOFT...WILL KEEP SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER THE KREV CWFA. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT WITH A COUPLE OF INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE TAHOE BASIN AND UP TO AN INCH IN THE WESTERN FOOTHILLS OF THE RENO AREA NORTH TO LASSEN COUNTY. THE SYSTEM MOVES TO THE EASTERN GREAT BASIN ON WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY. THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO FILL AND MOVES NORTH TO IDAHO ON THURSDAY. A FLAT RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS WITH ZONAL FLOW OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND TO NEAR NORMAL LEVELS BY THURSDAY. OHARA .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... STILL LOOKING RATHER BENIGN UNTIL THE LOW PROGGED TO BE OVER CENTRAL NEVADA SHIFTS NORTH THEN WEST UNTIL BLENDING WITH THE LOW APPROACHING FROM THE SW OFF THE PACIFIC. THE GFS AS WELL AS THE EURO ARE STARTING TO AGREE THAT THE NEW COMBINED LOW SETS UP OFF SHORE THUS PUTTING THE CWA INTO A MORE FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT REGION OF THE JET. CANT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF ACTIVE CONVECTION INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO OVER THE SIERRA ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON THEN SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LOOK TO PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK AS THE OFFSHORE LOW SLOWLY PUSHES NORTHWEST AS PER THE GFS. CLOUD COVER APPEARS TO BE ON THE INCREASE WITH THE BLENDING OF THE TWO SYSTEMS THUS HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO SKY COVER GRIDS AND HAVE TRENDED TEMPERATURES DOWN SLIGHTLY AS DAYTIME HEATING WILL BECOME LIMITED. JBONK && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...SNOW ADVISORY NVZ002-003 UNTIL 1AM PDT TUESDAY. .CA...SNOW ADVISORY CAZ071-072 UNTIL 1AM PDT TUESDAY. &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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