1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 7, 2:25 PM PST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 225 PM PST SAT JAN 7 2006 .SHORT TERM... SHORTWAVE WITH BAND OF PRECIP IN NW CA MOVE QUICKLY EWD ACROSS NERN CA AND NWRN NV THIS EVENING AND EXIT THE REGION BEFORE MIDNIGHT. WITH SNOW LEVELS DROPPING TO BETWEEN 4500 AND 5000 FT AND QPF AROUND 0.1 INCH...AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS PROBABLE IN NRN PARTS OF LASSEN COUNTIES AND SURPRISE VALLEY THIS EVENING AS THE RAIN BAND SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER FOLLOWED BY WEAKENING AFTER IT ENTERS NWRN NV. FARTHER SOUTH...BREEZY CONDS WILL SUBSIDE LATER THIS EVENING WITH DRY CONDS PREVAILING. RAPID CLEARING BEHIND THIS SYSTEM MAY ALLOW FOR FORMATION OF EARLY MORNING FOG IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE PRECIP THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS THE MORE COMMON VALLEY FOG AROUND TRUCKEE AIRPORT AS FLOW ALOFT DIMINISHES. FLAT RIDGING WITH DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR SUN-MON WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL AND VARIABLE HIGH CLOUD COVER WITH MORE CIRRUS IN THE NORTH. FOR THE MON NIGHT THRU TUES NIGHT PERIOD...A PAIR OF SHORTWAVES WITHIN A FAST PACIFIC FLOW WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP MAINLY TO THE NORTHERN ZONES...WITH THE FASTER TIMING OF THE GFS AND CANADIAN PREFERRED DUE TO THE ABSENCE OF ANY BLOCKING PATTERN OVER NORTH AMERICA. WHILE THE BEST DYNAMICS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...A RICHER MOISTURE SOURCE FROM THE CENTRAL PACIFIC IS LIKELY TO BE TAPPED. CURRENT SATELLITE DATA ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF PW IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WITH THE GFS ESTIMATING UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF PW FROM MON NGT-TUES NGT REACHING THE CA COAST. TOTAL PRECIP FROM THIS WARM ADVECTION EVENT MAY RANGE FROM 0.25 TO 0.50 INCH IN NERN CA MAINLY DURING TUES AFTN-EVE WHICH WOULD BRING SOME RISES TO THE PIT AND SUSAN RIVERS...BUT NOT LIKELY TO CAUSE FLOODING SINCE THE GROUND HAS BEGUN TO DRY OUT AND THE RIVERS HAVE RECEDED SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SNOW LEVELS WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE HIGHER...MAINLY IN THE 6000-7000 FT RANGE. MJD .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY GENERALLY FLAT FLOW THROUGH FRIDAY WITH MOST OF ENERGY WELL NORTH OF NV. MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT ALTHO BOTH THE UK AND ECMWF HAVE MUCH MORE AMPLITUDE IN FLOW BY END OF THE WEEK THAN DOES THE GFS. THIS WILL KEEP NORTHEAST CA AND WESTERN NV IN WARM SECTOR AND STILL SHOULD SEE PRECIPITATION WED AND THUR MAINLY TAHOE NORTH AS WEAK DISTURBANCE RIPPLES THROUGH FLOW. COULD SEE MODERATE PCPN IN NRN SIERRA WED SO WILL NEED TO MONITOR STREAMS AND RIVERS TAHOE NWD. WOULD NOT EXPECT MUCH SPILLOVER ALTHOUGH LIGHT AMOUNTS LEE SIDE POSSIBLE. DO NOT THINK THAT SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO VALLEY FLOORS THUR MORNING AS HEIGHTS REMAIN QUITE HIGH ACROSS REGION SO WILL INCREASE LEVELS. MODELS STILL PUMPING UP RIDGE FOR FRIDAY AND WILL KEEP THAT PERIOD DRY. MORE AMPLITUDE IN UPPER FLOW WILL SERVE TO SLOW DOWN ONSET OF NEXT SYSTEM WHICH SHOULD COME IN SATURDAY. SNOW LEVELS REMAIN QUITE HIGH THROUGH PERIOD WITH THE JET PUSHED FURTHER NORTH. SHOULD BE BETWEEN ABOUT 7K AND 8K INTO SATURDAY BEFORE DROPPING RAPIDLY TO VALLEY FLOORS SATURDAY NIGHT. JAH && .AVIATION... AREAS OF LLWS LEE OF SIERRA RNO-BIH THROUGH 00Z. LOCAL MVFR CONDS IN SCT -SHRA/-SHSN TAHOE NORTH WITH MTS OBSCD THROUGH 08Z. JAH && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .CA...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59 kt (68 mph) wind gust was reported by a wind sensor 5 miles south of Washoe City.
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