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 Nov 29, 6:00 AM PST, 4 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 600 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2005 .SYNOPSIS...SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE TAPERING OFF ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA BEGINNING THIS MORNING. AS SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA... EXPECT MAINLY DAYTIME RAIN SHOWERS BELOW 5500 FEET AND SNOW SHOWERS ABOVE 5500 FEET. NEVADA WILL GET A BREAK FROM PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY...WITH SEVERAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION LATER IN THE WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...GFS MODEL SHOWING A SPLIT UPPER LEVEL JET OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST...WITH THE STRONGER BRANCH OVER OREGON...AND THE WEAKER BRANCH PUSHING THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA...INTO NEVADA TODAY. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGHOUT THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY...WITH THE RUBY MOUNTAINS LIKELY TO SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WELL INTO TONIGHT...AND TOTAL STORM SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO FEET POSSIBLE. SOME LOWER ELEVATION AREAS SUCH AS KWMC HAVE ALREADY HAD SNOW CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. COOL AIR MOVING IN LATER TODAY MAY HELP RAIN OCCASIONALLY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW HOWEVER. WITH MANY VALLEYS RECEIVING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY EARLY MORNING...ALBEDOS TODAY WILL BE LOW. COMBINE THIS WILL COOL AIR ADVECTION AND SURFACES WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WARM MUCH. SO...NOT EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB ABOVE MID-THIRTIES OVER MUCH OF CWA. THIS MAY DELAY TIMING OF SNOW TURNING TO RAIN OVER LOWER ELEVATION AREAS UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. ANY LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS WILL TURN BACK TO SNOW THIS EVENING. THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE JET COMBINE OVER NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT WITH THE JET GRADUALLY MOVING EAST. ON WEDNESDAY WEAK RIDGING WILL RESULT IN A BRIEF DRY PERIOD OVER THE GREAT BASIN...AHEAD OF THE NEXT SYSTEM WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...BRINGING MORE MOISTURE TO MAINLY NORTHERN NEVADA. ROOD .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. NORTHERN NEVADA WILL BE SUBJECTED TO CONTINUED NW FLOW ALOFT OVER COURSE OF EXTENDED FORECAST. VERY COLD AND UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL BE DIFFICULT TO TIME WITH FREQUENT SHORTWAVES MOVE THROUGH THE STATE WITH 2 OR 3 PERIOD BREAKS BETWEEN. TROUGH SHOWING INDICATIONS OF SHIFTING EAST ON MONDAY...HOWEVER PACIFIC MOISTURE IS PROGGED TO MOVE OVER THE NORTH. DID NOT CHANGE MUCH TO POPS OVER FORECAST BUT DID ADD POPS FOR MONDAY. LJW .AVIATION...IFR CONDITIONS WILL HOLD ACROSS EASTERN PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE IMPROVING CONDITIONS IN MORNING HOURS WEST OF KBAM. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR NVZ031-032-034-035-036-037 TO 6AM. SNOW ADVISORY FOR NVZ013-033 TO 4 PM. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 541 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2005 NVZ013-030>037-300000- 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- 541 AM PST TUE NOV 29 2005 THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TO THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE DIMINISHING AND CHANGING OVER TO RAIN ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS MORNING...ALTHOUGH THE SANTA ROSA MOUNTAIN RANGE COULD PICK UP A FEW MORE INCHES OF SNOW. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON ELSEWHERE...HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. HEAVY SNOW WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR MOST OF ELKO COUNTY AND WHITE PINE COUNTY. SNOW ADVISORIES REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH TODAY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AND THE NORTHERN PORTION OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. FOR MORE DETAILS SEE PRODUCT WWUS45 KLKN OR RNOWSWLKN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...ALLOWING FOR INTERMITTENT PERIODS OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. WHITWORTH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Snotels reported 10 to 15 inches of new snow.
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