1 dust storm, 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 Aug 4, 1:19 PM PST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 219 PM PDT FRI AUG 4 2006 .SHORT TERM... INTERESTING PATTERN IS TAKING SHAPE OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. UPPER LOW IS STARTING TO CLOSE OFF AND WILL REMAIN NEAR THE COAST UNTIL SUNDAY OR MONDAY...WHEN IT MOVES ONSHORE POSSIBLY AS A NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH. THIS PATTERN WAS THE FOCUS OF A FEW LOCAL STUDIES AND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERAL HAZARDS FROM FLASH FLOODS...TO SEVERE WEATHER...TO LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRE OUTBREAKS. FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...STRONG CAP STILL EXISTS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. CUMULUS CLOUDS POPPED BY MID MORNING...BUT WITH LIMITED VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT. WEB CAMS SHOWS CLOUDS ARE 1000-2000 FEET IN DEPTH. INSTABILITY IS IMPRESSIVE HOWEVER THE CAP HAS KEPT CONVECTION IN CHECK FOR ALL AREAS EXCEPT RIGHT OVER THE SIERRA CREST ARE FAR EASTERN CHURCHILL COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE LOW NEARS AND COOLS TEMPERATURES ALOFT OR A SHORT WAVE PASSES OVER THE AREA TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA BOOST. THERE IS A WAVE OFF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST...BUT WILL NOT LIKELY REACH THE AREA UNTIL TOMORROW. SO HAVE REMOVED MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT...BUT WILL LEAVE IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS EVENING. WHEN THE WAVE DOES GET HERE THE CAP SHOULD BREAK AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE. RAISED HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR SATURDAY AS THE LOW IS WELL OFFSHORE AND WILL HAVE A MINIMAL COOLING AFFECT ON THE AREA. FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE INTERESTING PORTION OF THE FORECAST. WITH THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AHEAD OF THE LOW...MOISTURE WILL GET PULLED NORTHWARD. LOOKING AT THE WATER VAPOR THE MOISTURE IS NOT GOING TO ORIGINATE FROM ARIZONA OR THE BAJA PENINSULA. IT WILL COME OFF THE PACIFIC AND IS CURRENTLY ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. THIS MEANS PWS MAY NOT JUMP AS HIGH AS THE MODELS ARE SHOWING...PERHAPS 0.70 TO 0.75 INCHES AT MOST. RIDGE OVER THE FOUR CORNERS HAS SHIFTED EAST AND PULLED THE SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE WITH IT. MODEL TIMING OF PUSHING THE LOW ONSHORE AS A NEGATIVE TILT TROUGH IS NOT IN THE BEST AGREEMENT. THIS IS THE BIGGEST FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THE TIMING IS CRITICAL...A DAY TIME PASSAGE WOULD PROVIDE MORE INSTABILITY AND THUS STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. LESS INSTABILITY IS EXPECTED IF THE TROUGH PASSAGE OCCURS AT NIGHT...AND NOT AS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. EITHER WAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET AND THE LOW CHANCE POPS MAY NEED TO BE RAISED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO AS THE TIMING CONFIDENCE GROWS. THE GFS HAS THE FASTEST...PERHAPS TO FAST...WITH THE PASSAGE EARLY ON MONDAY. UK/EURO/CANADIAN SHOWS A SLOWER PASSAGE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE SLOWER SOLUTION IS GAINING FAVOR SO POPS ON MONDAY MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED AND EXPANDED SOUTHWARD IF THE MODELS CONVERGE ON THE SLOWER SOLUTION. THE BEST MOISTURE WILL BE NEAR AND JUST EAST OF THE LOW WHEN IT MOVES ONSHORE. AT THIS TIME THAT APPEARS TO BE FROM BRIDGEPORT TO NORTHERN LASSEN COUNTY WITH SOME OF THAT MOISTURE REACHING FAR WESTERN NEVADA FROM MINDEN NORTHWARD TO THE OREGON BORDER. THIS AREA IS FAVORED FOR THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL. EAST OF THIS AREA...MOISTURE WILL BE LIMITED AND THUS LESS RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM EAST OF THIS ARE WILL BE DRIER AND MOVE FASTER SO LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRE STARTS ARE A CONCERN. WITH THAT WILL BE ISSUING A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THE NEVADA ZONES ON SUNDAY. THIS WATCH MAY NEED TO BE PUSHED INTO MONDAY IF THE SLOWER MODEL SOLUTION BECOMES MORE CERTAIN. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL THIS WEEKEND. BRONG .LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... ON TUESDAY THE SWRN CONUS RIDGE IS PROGGED TO BUILD INTO THE WRN GREAT BASIN AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST INTO THE NRN ROCKIES. THE RIDGE BUILDS EVEN MORE ON WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO THE AMPLIFYING PATTERN AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS SOUTH OVER THE ERN PACIFIC. HEIGHTS AT 500 MB RISE TO AROUND 588 DAM OVER WRN NEVADA BY 00Z THURSDAY. THIS WILL HELP TO START A GRADUAL WARMING TREND THROUGH THE EXTENDED. THE UPPER FLOW VEERS TO A MORE SWLY DIRECTION ON THURSDAY AS THE SWRN RIDGE CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN. THE UPPER TROUGH OVER THE ERN PACIFIC IS THEN PROGGED TO MOVE EAST ON FRIDAY AS A JET MAX ROUNDS ITS BASE. WITH THIS TROUGH MOVING TOWARD NRN CALIFORNIA...HAVE KEPT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS IN SRN MONO AND MINERAL COUNTIES FOR BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM DURING THE PERIOD WITH WRN NEVADA VALLEYS SEEING THE UPPER 90S TO AROUND 100 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON ON BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. OHARA && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS INTO SATURDAY. ISOLD TSTMS POSSIBLE OVER WRN NV AND THE ERN SIERRA THIS AFTN AND EVENING...MAINLY BETWEEN 12Z AND 04Z. OHARA && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NVZ450-453-458-459 FOR SUNDAY. CA...FIRE WEATHER WATCH CAZ270 FOR SUNDAY. &&
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 201 PM PDT FRI AUG 4 2006 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-051300- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDARVILLE...EAGLEVILLE... FORT BIDWELL...PORTOLA...SUSANVILLE...WESTWOOD...SIERRAVILLE... SOUTH LAKE TAHOE...TAHOE CITY...TRUCKEE...MARKLEEVILLE... BRIDGEPORT...COLEVILLE...LEE VINING...MAMMOTH LAKES...HAWTHORNE... YERINGTON...SMITH VALLEY...MINA...SCHURZ...GLENBROOK... INCLINE VILLAGE...SPARKS...VERDI...GARDNERVILLE...FERNLEY... FALLON...LOVELOCK...SILVER SPRINGS...NIXON...IMLAY...EMPIRE... GERLACH 201 PM PDT FRI AUG 4 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY... A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST THIS WEEKEND WILL BRING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO WESTERN NEVADA...THE EASTERN SIERRA MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THE EXACT TIMING OF THIS LOW IS UNCERTAIN. AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INLAND...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 395. THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS EAST OF HIGHWAY 395. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM WILL DETERMINE WHICH PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEVADA WILL RECEIVE THE STRONGEST WET AS WELL AS DRY THUNDERSTORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIAL STRONG THUNDERSTORM EVENT. RCRIPE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A dust storm moved through the Lovelock area the evening of August 4th. The Lovelock ASOS recorded a visibility of 1 3/4 mile which lasted for 10 minutes as the dust storm moved through.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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