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 Nov 2, 4:30 AM PST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
430 AM PST WED NOV 02 2005
.SHORT TERM...
FIRST IN A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEASTERN
CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
FRONTAL BAND OF RAIN SOON TO ENTER NORTHWESTERN LASSEN COUNTY AND
WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS
SHOULD REACH TAHOE BY AFTERNOON AND RENO BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW
LEVELS WILL DROP RAPIDLY BEHIND THE FRONT...AND APPEARS THERE WILL
BE ENOUGH MOISTURE IN CAZ071 TO WARRANT A SNOW ADVISORY FOR THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE 06Z MESOETA IS SHOWING INCREASED
FRONTOGENESIS AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH TAHOE AND SOUTHWARD THROUGH
THE SOUTHERN SIERRA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WITH THE INCREASED
QPF FIELDS...THIS WOULD DEFINITELY WARRANT AT LEAST A SNOW ADVISORY
IN THIS REGION. I DID NOT JUMP ON THIS NEW SCENARIO...WITH THE 06Z
GFS NOT IN AGREEMENT...BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING FOR THE
MORNING SHIFT TO LOOK AT WITH 12Z RUNS.
THE SECOND ISSUE FOR TODAY IS THE CURRENT STRONG WINDS. WINDS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND
BY AFTERNOON SOME GUSTS LOOK TO POSSIBLY REACH HIGH WIND CRITERIA IN
THE USUAL WIND PRONE AREAS OF NVZ003...SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS
UPGRADED. A WIND ADVISORY WAS ADDED TO MONO COUNTY AND BLOWING DUST
ADVISORIES WERE ISSUED FOR EASTERN COUNTIES. I THINK THE POSSIBILITY
FOR HIGH WINDS EXIST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON IN PERSHING AND CHURCHILL
COUNTIES AND MAY HAVE TO BE REEVALUATED FOR THE AFTERNOON PACKAGE.
WIND HEADLINES IN NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
HIGHS SHOULD BE REACHED EARLY IN THE DAY TODAY. SHORT RANGE
TEMPERATURE GRIDS STILL LOOK GOOD AND FEW CHANGES WERE MADE. BY LATE
TONIGHT THE WAVE SHOULD BE EAST OF THE CWA...WITH JUST A FEW
LEFTOVER SHOWERS. AFTER A VERY SHORT BREAK...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL
APPROACH NORTHWESTERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY...MOVING THROUGH THE CWA
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL RETURN AND WAA
SHOULD PROVIDE RAIN AND SNOW...CONCENTRATED IN MANY OF THE SAME
AREAS AS TODAY. MODEL QPF IS INDICATING EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS THAN
THAT OF TODAYS SYSTEM...WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLY REACHING
WARNING LEVELS IN LASSEN/PLUMAS (USING BEGINNING OF THE WINTER SEASON
CRITERIA)...WHICH COULD ALSO REQUIRE HEADLINES SOUTH THROUGH TAHOE.
IT ALSO LOOKS LIKE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS WHEN SNOW LEVELS ARE LOWEST. HOWEVER...WITH MODEL
QPFS DROPPING QUITE A BIT AS EVENTS HAVE GOTTEN CLOSER TO PERIOD 1
RECENTLY...AND WITH SO MANY HEADLINES CURRENTLY OUT...HEADLINES FOR
THURSDAY WERE DELAYED FOR NOW.
BULK OF PRECIPITATION FOR FRIDAY SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE CWA.
VALLEY HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S THROUGH THE SHORT
TERM PERIOD AND LOW TEMPERATURES WILL NOT BOTTOM OUT WITH THIS
CONTINUED UNSETTLED PATTERN. SHULZ
.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
CONFIDENCE IS MUCH LOWER THIS MORNING AS MEDIUM RANGE SOLUTIONS SHOW
MORE VARIATION THAN THE RUNS 24 HOURS AGO. THE ECMWF AND UKMET ARE
MORE AMPLIFIED AND KEEP ENERGY OFF THE WEST COAST FOR EARLY NEXT
WEEK. THE GFS/CANADIAN ARE MORE PROGRESSIVE AND BRING A TROUGH ONTO
THE WEST COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE CONSENSUS WAS TO STICK WITH THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST DUE TO SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY. THUS THIS FORECAST
MAINTAINED A GENERALLY DRY FORECAST EXCEPT FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
PRECIPITATION ACROSS FAR NORTHERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES WERE KEPT
CLOSE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...TOTALLY DISREGARDING THE BIG
COOLDOWN ADVERTISED IN THE GFS MOS GUIDANCE NEXT TUESDAY. HOHMANN
&&
.AVIATION...
ALL TAF AND TWEB ROUTES IN NEVADA AND ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA WILL
EXPERIENCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TODAY AND THIS EVENING AS A STRONG
COLD FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD IN RESPONSE TO APPROACHING TROUGH AND
DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL NEVADA. WIDESPREAD
SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OF 25KTS ARE LIKELY WITH FREQUENT GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40KT. BLOWING DUST WILL CREATE AREAS OF VISIBILITIES TO
IFR CONDITIONS OVER THE BASIN AND RANGE OF WESTERN NEVADA AFTER 21Z.
IN ADDITION RAIN AND SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND CEILINGS TO
MVFR OVER MOST MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN OF THE SIERRA AND NORTHEAST
CALIFORNIA AFTER 22Z WITH MOST HIGHER TERRAIN OBSCURED. HOHMANN
&&
.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.NV...HIGH WIND WARNING 9 AM UNTIL 6 PM PST TODAY ZONE 005.
BLOWING DUST ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM PST TODAY
ZONES 001-004.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST TODAY ZONE 002.
.CA...SNOW ADVISORY NOON UNTIL 11 PM PST TODAY ZONE 071.
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM PST TODAY ZONES 072.
WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY ZONE 073.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 702 AM PST WED NOV 2 2005 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-031515- SURPRISE VALLEY CALIFORNIA-LASSEN-EASTERN PLUMAS- EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES-GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA-MONO- MINERAL AND SOUTHERN LYON COUNTIES-GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY- MINDEN AREA-WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE INCLUDING PYRAMID LAKE- NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY- 702 AM PST WED NOV 2 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL CALIFORNIA...NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA...NORTHWEST NEVADA...WEST CENTRAL NEVADA AND WESTERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THEN MOVE INTO THE SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE DEVELOPING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL ALSO DROP DRAMATICALLY BEHIND THE FRONT. PLEASE REFER TO THE FOLLOWING PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING TODAYS WEATHER: -HIGH WIND WARNING /WWUS75 KREV RNONPWREV/ ISSUED FOR THE GREATER RENO-CARSON CITY-MINDEN AREA AND MONO COUNTY -BLOWING DUST ADVISORY /WWUS75 KREV RNONPWREV/ ISSUED FOR PERSHING, CHURCHILL, LYON, AND MINERAL COUNTIES -WIND ADVISORY /WWUS75 KREV RNONPWREV/ ISSUED FOR THE GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA -SNOW ADVISORY /WWUS45 KREV RNOWSWREV/ ISSUED FOR AREAS ABOVE 5000 FEET IN LASSEN, EASTERN PLUMAS, AND EASTERN SIERRA COUNTIES .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND POSSIBLY INTO NEXT WEEK. MONITOR THE LATEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN NETWORK ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ALL SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EVENTS AND WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ACCORDING TO ESTABLISHED CRITERIA. JBONK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 52 kt (60 mph) wind gust reported by an off duty NWS employee in Cold Springs north of Reno.
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