1 strong 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 Sep 22, 7:30 AM PST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 830 AM PDT FRI SEP 22 2006 UPDATE... STRONG E-NE WINDS DEVELOPING ALONG SIERRA THIS MORNING IN RESPONSE TO COLD ADVECTION OVER GREAT BASIN WITH BUILDING SFC HIGH. RNO-SAC GRADIENT RUNNING MINUS 8 MB AND RIDGE WINDS GUSTING OVER 50 MPH ALONG SIERRA CREST. BOUY DATA ON LAKE TAHOE INDICATING EAST WINDS SUSTAINED AROUND 30 MPH WITH SURFABLE WAVE NOTED ON WEB CAMS. HAVE ISSUED LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE TODAY. MORNING SOUNDING AT REV SHOWS ABOUT 10 DEGREE C COOLING FROM YESTERDAY BELOW 700 MB. HIGH TEMPS WILL BE STRUGGLING TO REACH LOW 60S IN WRN NV VALLEYS TODAY. CYLKE .SHORT TERM... THE UPPER TROUGH THAT IS NOW OVER MUCH OF THE NRN CONUS WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED TODAY AS THE RIDGE OVER THE ERN PACIFIC STRENGTHENS. THIS RIDGE IS PROGGED TO TAKE ON A POSITIVE TILT TODAY THUS VEERING THE UPR LVL WINDS TO MORE NLY AND NELY. THIS WILL HELP TO ADVECT MORE VERY COLD AIR SOUTH INTO THE KREV CWFA. TEMPERATURES IN WRN NEVADA VALLEYS TODAY WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 60S...FULLY 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE POSITIVELY-TILTED UPPER TROUGH SHOULD STILL BE OVER THE GREAT BASIN ON SATURDAY AS THE STRONG RIDGE TO THE NORTHWEST...AND THE NELY FLOW ALOFT...WILL DO NOTHING TO EJECT THE TROUGH EAST. ON SUNDAY THE RIDGE IS FINALLY PROGGED TO PUSH THE TROUGH THROUGH THE CNTRL ROCKIES. TEMPERATURES WILL THEN WARM BACK INTO THE MID 70S IN WRN NEVADA AND THE 60S IN THE TAHOE BASIN. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. OHARA .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... LONGWAVE RIDGE ALONG WEST COAST TO KEEP STORM SYSTEMS WELL NORTH OF AREA DURING PERIOD WITH DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS. SOME ENERGY UNDERCUTTING RIDGE MAY WORK ACROSS AREA MONDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN BY LATE WEEK BUT INSTABILITY IS MARGINAL AND SOME MEDIUM RANGE MODELS KEEP WEAKNESS OFFSHORE. SO FORECAST WILL AGAIN BE LEFT DRY WHILE MAINTAINING A FEW CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE SEPTEMBER. HOHMANN && .AVIATION... VFR THROUGH SATURDAY. HOHMANN && REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR PYRAMID LAKE FROM 11Z UNTIL 21Z TODAY. CA...LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR LAKE TAHOE TODAY... &&
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong easterly winds sank four boats on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
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