1 winter storm, 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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 20, 9:25 AM PST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 925 AM PST MON MAR 20 2006 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AND WINDS TODAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT TONIGHT AND TUESDAY AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEVADA. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TUESDAY BUT SHOULD WARM TO NEAR NORMAL WEDNESDAY. && .UPDATE...BAND OF HIGH CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH THE CWA THIS MORNING SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BETWEEN 1100 AM AND NOON LEAVING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES OVER THE AREA. CURRENTLY THE ZONES MENTION PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT NOT REALLY WORTH A COMPLETE UPDATE. UPPER LOW CURRENTLY JUST OFF THE NORTHERN CA COAST THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SOUTH AND EAST TODAY. THIS WILL HELP TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE SOUTHERN CWA AND LEAD TO BREEZY CONDITIONS BY THE AFTERNOON. MOISTURE WILL ALSO BEGIN TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE SIERRA AND EVENTUALLY SPILL ONTO THE EAST SIDE THIS EVENING. CURRENTLY SNOW ADVISORY LOOKS GOOD FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR THE POTENTIAL OF A SNOW ADVISORY TO BE ISSUED FOR THE LINCOLN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY MOUNTAINS FOR OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY AS THIS AREA WILL BE THE FOCUS OF THE BEST FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW. && .SHORT TERM...VIGOROUS LITTLE UPPER LOW APPROACHING THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST TODAY WILL BRING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE AREA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW MOVING INTO THE SIERRA. TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE WARMER THAN SUNDAY BUT STILL BELOW NORMAL. UPPER LOW MOVES INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA TONIGHT WITH RAIN AND SNOW SPREADING ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. GFS AND NAM12 INDICATING SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA BUT THIS SEEMS TOO FAR OUT AHEAD OF THE LOW SO KEPT THAT AREA DRY EXCEPT RIGHT ALONG THE UTAH BORDER. DECENT SHOT OF SNOW LIKELY TONIGHT FOR THE SIERRA ALTHOUGH MODELS NOT VERY GENEROUS WITH THE QPF. ISSUED A SNOW ADVISORY WITH UP TO 6 INCHES SNOWFALL ABOVE 5500 FEET. STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER NEVADA TUESDAY WITH 500MB TEMPS DOWN TO -32 DEGREES CELSIUS AT 18Z PRODUCING DECENT LAPSE RATES AND LIFTED INDEX NEAR ZERO IN PLACES. ALL ZONES WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION BUT DID NOT MENTION THEM AT THIS TIME. MOUNTAINS COULD SEE SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW BUT LOOKS LIKE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. FAR WESTERN ZONES SHOULD SEE SOME DRYING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH TROUGH AXIS MOVING OVER ROUGHLY LAS VEGAS. DRYING WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST TUESDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO BUILD IN. .LONG TERM...NOT MUCH TO CHANGE IN THE WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY TIME FRAME. MODELS ALL POSIT RIDGING OVER THE WEST BEHIND TUESDAYS TROUGH. WARMING EACH DAY WILL HAVE US A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY THE WEEKEND...BUT STILL A FEW DEGREES BELOW WHAT OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE SHOWS. GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN LOOKED VERY REASONABLE FOR TEMPERATURES. NEW WRINKLE IN FORECAST IS THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE MED RANGE MODELS HAVE A WEAK TROUGH/FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA LATE SATURDAY. THIS IS PORTRAYED AS A SPINOFF OF THE STRONG LOW THAT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST TO PARK ITSELF OF THE PAC NW COAST. LATER MODEL RUNS HAVE IT MOVING INLAND INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA LATE SUNDAY ONWARD. MAIN EFFECT FOR OUR AREA WILL BE TO LOWER TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES AND INCREASE WIND SPEEDS. IN ADDITION HAVE EXPANDED THE PRECIPITATION AREA WITH THE SATURDAY SYSTEM IN OUR NORTHERN AND SIERRA ZONES. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA... KBIH... KDAG...KEED. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...SNOW ADVISORY ZONE 26 ABOVE 5500 FEET TONIGHT. HARRISON/JACQUES HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 650 AM PST MON MAR 20 2006 CAZ026-211500- OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- 650 AM PST MON MAR 20 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 4 AM TUESDAY MORNING ABOVE 5500 FEET IN THE SIERRA. A VIGOROUS BUT FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING WINDS TODAY AND SNOW TO THE SIERRA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER THE SIERRA TUESDAY BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS DRY AND WARMER WEATHER TO THE AREA BY MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROCEDURES. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ027>029-NVZ014>022-211500- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE- SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 650 AM PST MON MAR 20 2006 /750 AM MST MON MAR 20 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT AND LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY RAIN AND SNOW WILL LINGER TUESDAY WITH SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER BY MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH STANDARD PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Mount Charleston (7600') received 14" of snow.
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