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 Mar 25, 9:25 AM PST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
925 AM PST SAT MAR 25 2006
.UPDATE...
INTENSE UPPER LOW/120KT JET MAXIMA STILL ON MARK TO PUNCH EASTWARD
THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. VERY IMPRESSIVE SHARP DEMARCATION
TO CLOUD BAND FORMING IN ADVANCE OF LOW OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA
WITH RISE/FALL SURFACE COUPLET DEVELOPING IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS
FEATURE. VERY CONVECTIVE ALREADY WITH PEA SIZED HAIL REPORTED FAR
NORTHERN LASSEN COUNTY OR SOUTHWEST OF ALTURAS SHORTLY AFTER 9AM.
FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AS IT SPILLS INTO NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON. WSETA SHOWS CONVECTIVE LINE AND STRONG SFC WINDS
DEVELOPING AROUND 20Z AND MOVING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. BEST
INSTABILITY AND FORCING FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RIGHT ALONG FRONT
AND THIS WOULD PRIMARILY TARGET PERSHING COUNTY. SURFACE WIND GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP. OVERALL IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY WINDY DAY WITH WIND
ADVISORIES REMAINING IN EFFECT. NCFR/COLD FRONT MOVING THOUGH LAKE
TAHOE AT THIS TIME WITH SNOW LEVELS STARTING TO FALL. SNOW WILL BE
INTENSE AS THE FRONT WORKS SOUTH THROUGH ALPINE AND MONO COUNTIES
WITH SNOWFALL RATES 2-3 INCHES/HOUR FOR AN HOUR OR TWO WITH THIS
BAND. SNOW LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE HEAVIEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF MONO COUNTY. SNOW WILL
TAPER QUICKLY TO SHOWERS ABOUT AN HOUR AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH
SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. UPDATED ZONES TO ADD
MENTION OF THUNDER NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES WITH POSSIBLE SEVERE
WORDING IN ZONE 4 THIS AFTERNOON. HOHMANN
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
GFS OPERATIONAL RUN AND VIRTUALLY ALL OF THE ENSEMBLE MEMBERS
CONTINUE TO SHOW A PACIFIC STORM AFFECTING THE AREA TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SHOW SIGNS OF SPLITTING AS IT
MOVES INLAND TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT A STRONG JET STREAM TAKES THE
ENERGY RIGHT OVER THE SIERRA FROM TAHOE INTO MONO COUNTY.
PRECIPITABLE WATER PROGS SHOW A SUBTROPICAL TAP WITH VALUES OVER AN
INCH WHICH SUGGEST THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE
SIERRA AS THE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH. HAVE TWEAKED POPS UP TO
CATEGORICAL FROM TAHOE TO MAMMOTH TUESDAY WITH LIKELY POPS IN
EXTREME WESTERN NV AS STABILITY PROGS SUGGEST THERE WILL BE SOME
SPILLOVER. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE
WEAKENED TROUGH MOVES OVER THE CWA. ON WEDNESDAY THE OPERATIONAL GFS
PUSHES THE STORM SOUTH AND EAST OF THE AREA AS IT CONTINUES TO
SPLIT. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE GENERALLY A LITTLE SLOWER WITH THE
EASTWARD PROGRESSION AND THE UKMET AND ECMWF SUPPORT A DELAYED END
TO PRECIPITATION. FOR NOW HAVE COMPROMISED BY KEEPING A CHANCE OF
SNOW IN THE SIERRA BUT DRY IN WESTERN NV. RIDGING BUILDS ALONG THE
WEST COAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FOR DRY CONDITIONS WITH TEMPERATURES
WARMING TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL. RC
&&
.AVIATION...
EXPECT VFR WEATHER FOR WESTERN NV TAF AND TWEB LOCATIONS TODAY. THE
POSSIBLE EXCEPTION WOULD BE LOCAL IFR VISIBILITIES AROUND KLOL AS
GUSTY WINDS KICK UP AREAS OF BLOWING DUST. FOR KTVL AND OVER SIERRA
CREST ALONG TWEB ROUTE 402 THERE WILL BE AREAS OF IFR WITH LOW
CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AS SNOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. A RETURN TO
VFR/LOCAL MVFR CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED AFTER 20Z-22Z BEHIND COLD
FRONT.
&&
.REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NV...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY NVZ002
WIND ADVISORY TODAY NVZ001-003>005.
CA...WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY CAZ072
WIND ADVISORY TODAY CAZ070-071-073.
&&HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 1226 PM PST SAT MAR 25 2006 CAZ070>073-NVZ001>005-262030- 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- 1226 PM PST SAT MAR 25 2006 UPDATED TO ADD SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND REMOVE WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA... NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND WESTERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR PERSHING COUNTY...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA...THE EASTERN SIERRA AND WESTERN NEVADA INTO THIS EVENING. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGE /WWUS75 KREV NPWREV/ FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY RETURNING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST UPDATES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER WEST CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 50 kt (58 mph) wind gust was recorded by the NDOT sensor at Walker Lake.
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