1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 22, 2:15 PM PST, 12 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 215 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN DURING THE WEEK KEEPING THE WEATHER UNSETTLED. CLEARING SKIES WITH WARMER WEATHER WILL RETURN BRIEFLY FOR THE WEEKEND BEFORE ANOTHER PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARDS THE GREAT BASIN MONDAY. && .SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW ALONG THE NRN CA COAST WITH SFC COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NW CORNER OF NEVADA AT THIS TIME. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG BOUNDRY SETTING UP ACROSS CENTRAL NV NEWD INTO SRN ELKO COUNTY TONIGHT ALONG STRONG 700MB THERMAL GRADIENT. OMEGA VALUES OF 7-9 UBAR/S ARE INDICATED ALONG WITH A GOOD DIV/CON COUPLET. BOUNDRY SLOWS DOWN AS IT MOVES INTO CENTRAL NV AND MODELS REFLECT THIS WITH QPF VALUES OF AROUND 1/2 INCH. BOUNDRY DOES NOT EXIT WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL LATE WED MORNING. WILL CONTINUE WITH WINTER STORM WARNING IN THE RUBY MOUNTAINS FOR TONIGHT. WILL DELAY THE START TIME OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT AS LATEST MODELS RUNS SHOW THERMAL BOUNDRY SLOWING DOWN. WILL EXTEND END TIME TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. HAVE UPGRADED SNOW ADVISORY FOR SRN LANDER/SRN EUREKA COUNTIES TO A WINTER STORM WARNING AS BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOWING NEARLY 1/2 INCH OF QPF IN THIS AREA. HAVE ALSO ADDED NRN NYE COUNTY INTO THE SNOW ADVISORY AS SRN END OF HIGHER QPF MOVES ACROSS THE NRN MTNS. FOR WED WENT WITH NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH AS UPPER TROUGH AXIS CROSSES THE AREA THEN BROADBRUSHED A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS COLD UPPER LOW OVER THE PAC NW KEEPS THE GREAT BASIN UNDER A COLD MOIST CYCLONIC FLOW. CEC .LONG TERM...RIDGING RETURNS TO THE WEST COAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. RESIDUAL MOISTURE FROM DEPARTING LOW IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE CWFA FOR FRIDAY EVENING. THEN RIDGE MOVES INLAND SATURDAY. NEXT STRONGER S/WV PUSHES INTO THE PACNW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. GFS SHOWING TRAILING EDGE OF MOISTURE MOVING ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES. INCREASED POPS TO LOW END CHANCE SUNDAY EVENING AND MONDAY AS RIDGE FLATTENS AND S/WV PROGRESSES SOUTH. WAVE PUSHES INTO SOUTHERN ZONES MONDAY NIGHT WITH DRYING IN THE NORTH. COULD SEE BREEZY WINDS MONDAY AFTERNOON AS GFS SHOWING 700MB WINDS 35 TO 40KTS COVERING MOST OF THE CWFA BY MONDAY EVENING. WEAK RIDGING RETURNS TUESDAY FOR DRY SPELL THROUGH THE REST OF THE EXTENDED. CLAYCOMB && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING NVZ034-037 TONIGHT ABOVE 6000 FEET. WINTER STORM WARNING NVZ035 FROM 10 PM TONIGHT TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY ABOVE 6000 FEET. SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT ABOVE 6000 FEET NVZ013-032-033. && FOR MORE WEATHER INFORMATION GO TO WEATHER.GOV/ELKO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 322 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005 NVZ013-030>037-231300- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 322 PM PST TUE MAR 22 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH NEVADA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL MAINLY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND SNOW ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA FOR TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT WWUS45 KLKN OR RNOWSWLKN FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORM SYSTEMS WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS EACH DAY. HOWEVER SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. CEC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A winter storm brought 19 inches of snow to the Dorsey Basin Snotel site in the East Humboldt range and 15 inches to Lamoille Canyon #3 Snotel.
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