One day after a powerful snowstorm moved through the region an avalanche occurred at the Mt. Rose ski area.
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One day after a powerful snowstorm moved through the region an avalanche occurred at the Mt. Rose ski area.
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 Feb 12, 3:45 AM PST, 6 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 345 AM PST MON FEB 12 2007 .SHORT TERM... WEAK UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY...WHICH WILL PROVIDE SOME DECENT DYNAMICS ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT BASIN AND NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA. APPROACHING WAVE WILL CAUSE SOME GOOD MID-LEVEL HEIGHT FALLS ACROSS THE REGION...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE...AND PROVIDING SOME BROAD SCALE LIFT ACROSS THE REGION. BOTH GFS AND NAM ARE SUGGESTING LIFTED INDEXES ANYWHERE FROM 0 TO -2 OVER RENO AND SURROUNDING AREAS. INCREASED POPS ACROSS MOST OF THE CWA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WE WILL SEE SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGH SIERRA WHERE WE WILL SEE INCREASED CONVECTION FROM OROGRAPHIC TRIGGERING. SNOW SHOWERS UP IN THE SIERRA COULD PRODUCE UP TO A QUICK INCH OR SO OF LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATION UNDER THE STRONGER SHOWERS. CONVECTIVE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME MORE ISOLATED OVERNIGHT...WITH THE LESS OF DAYTIME HEATING. TUESDAY...EXPECT SOME AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTIVE RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS AGAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH ACTIVITY WEAKENING AFTER THE SUN GOES DOWN. COLD CORE CONVECTION WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE H5 TROUGH PUSHES EAST AND WE SEE SOME WARM AIR ADVECTION IN THE MID LEVELS. WEDNESDAY LOOKS LIKE A PLEASANT DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES BEGINNING A WARMING TREND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK. HOON .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW EASTERN PACIFIC RIDGE OVER THE WEST THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 50S FOR MOST AREAS. A FEW NEVADA VALLEYS WILL REACH THE LOWS 60S LATE THIS WEEK...AS SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING TROUGH. TROUGH SHOULD REACH THE COAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT OR SUNDAY...WITH DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT. THERE ARE SOME MINOR MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH HEIGHTS AND PLACEMENT OF THE TROUGH...BUT ENOUGH AGREEMENT TO ADD SOME LOW POPS. BRONG && .AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS TODAY FOR THE SIERRA WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY. SNOW AND/OR PELLET SHOWERS WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME HEATING. DID NOT PUT ANY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN THE TVL TAF...BUT COULD SEE VISIBILITIES DROP FOR BRIEF 30 MINUTE PERIODS TO 3 MILES OR SO WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS. FOR KRNO...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH MOST SHOWERS ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF THE VALLEY...SO ONLY PUT VICINITY SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. COULD SEE ONE OR TWO SHOWERS PUSH OFF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE AFTERNOON...BUT THERE IS A LOW CHANCE CEILINGS WILL DROP BELOW 3000 FEET AGL...AND VISIBILITIES LOWER BELOW 6 MILES AT THE TERMINAL. BRONG && .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. && HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/RENO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
While perfoming routine safety work a ski patroller was caught in an avalanche in the Chutes area of Mt. Rose ski area. The ski patroller was injured and was airlifted off the mountain.
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