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 9, 4:30 AM PST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
430 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005
.SHORT TERM...
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE WESTERN VALLEYS THIS
MORNING HAS CAUSED MAJOR TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES AND VISIBILITIES TO
ZERO. SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SHORTWAVE WEST OF 130W AND
SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SIERRA. SNOW
RATES ARE UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IN MAMMOTH AT THIS TIME AND EXPECT
THIS HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE FROM TAHOE AREA SOUTH THROUGH TODAY.
THIS FEATURE NOT DEPICTED ON GFS. WILL INCREASE SNOW AMOUNTS FOR
TAHOE BASIN AND MONO COUNTY. ALSO ADDED WARNING FOR MINERAL COUNTY
AS HIGHER ELEVATIONS COULD SEE WARNING CRITERIA SNOW WITH THIS
FEATURE TODAY. OTHERWISE HAVE LEFT WARNINGS IN PLACE ALL AREAS
THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AFTER WAVE IN SOUTHERN BRANCH MOVES THROUGH
TONIGHT SHOULD SEE A DECREASE IN SNOW AMOUNTS FOR LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY BEFORE FINAL PUSH MOVES ACROSS AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
TUESDAY. TROUGH AXIS MOVES THROUGH AREA BY LATE TUESDAY WITH
DECREASING SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. CLEARING TUESDAY NIGHT
WILL HERALD THE START OF VERY COLD MORNING LOWS THROUGH THE REST OF
THE WEEK WITH AREAS OF FREEZING FOG IN THE VALLEYS. HOLLINGSWORTH
.LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...
UPPER RIDGING IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC WILL BRING A DRY NORTHWEST FLOW
TO THE REGION. RECENT HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL KEEP VALLEY TEMPERATURES
COLD...WELL BELOW GUIDANCE. INCREASING DAYTIME RADIATION WILL ALLOW
FOR SOME SLOW SNOWMELT...LEADING TO FOG DEVELOPMENT. JAH
&&
.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...WINTER STORM WARNING NVZ002-003-005 THRU 4 AM TUESDAY.
WINTER STORM WARNING NVZ001 THRU 10 PM THIS EVENING.
.CA...WINTER STORM WARNING CAZ070>073 THRU 4 AM TUESDAY.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 642 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-101500- GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA-LASSEN- EASTERN PLUMAS-EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-MONO-NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA- WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- 642 AM PST SUN JAN 9 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA...AND NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR EASTERN CALIFORNIA AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA. SIERRA ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY WILL LIKELY BE HIGHER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS A SURGE OF SUB-TROPICAL MOISTURE HAS PUSHED FURTHER NORTH THAN EXPECTED. THIS MOISTURE SURGE SHOULD SUBSIDE TONIGHT WITH STEADY SNOW TURNING TO SNOW SHOWERS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS45 KREV WSWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STEADY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP MONDAY EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE SKYWARN NETWORK HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND WILL BE MONITORED REMOTELY BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RENO. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SNOWFALL RATES ACCORDING TO ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 73 kt (84 mph) wind gust reported by a trained weather spotter 2 miles NNE of Incline Village.
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