Very heavy, localized snow showers fell in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada as a cold low pressure system moved through the Desert Southwest. The Mount Charleston NDF reported nine inches of snow in one hour, which is being investigated as a possible state record.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Very heavy, localized snow showers fell in the Spring Mountains of southern Nevada as a cold low pressure system moved through the Desert Southwest. The Mount Charleston NDF reported nine inches of snow in one hour, which is being investigated as a possible state record.
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 Feb 13, 9:35 AM PST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 935 AM PST TUE FEB 13 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO CALIFORNIA TODAY WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF HEAVY SNOW OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN...AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE MOJAVE DESERT. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE DESERT SOUTHWEST AND EXIT TO THE EAST WEDNESDAY...ENDING THE CHANCES FOR RAIN AND SNOW. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE...COOLING OF CLOUD TOPS ON IR IMAGERY COMPARES WELL WITH AREA OF ENHANCED FRONTOGENESIS IN THE 850-700MB LAYER. THIS BAND IS FORECAST TO SAG SOUTH DURING THE DAY. FARTHER SOUTH A SURFACE CONVERGENCE ZONE EXTENDS ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND FAR SOUTHERN NEVADA WITH THE SURFACE LOW IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE MEAD. MID-LEVEL COOLING ASSOCIATED WITH NEGATIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH WILL ASSIST IN DESTABILIZING THE AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD SUPPORT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER LINCOLN...CLARK AND MOHAVE COUNTIES. CURRENT FORECAST PACKAGE HAS THE SITUATION COVERED WELL SO NO UPDATES PLANNED. .SHORT TERM...SATELLITE SHOWS MAIN STORM OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING...WITH A VORTICITY LOBE ROTATING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AHEAD OF THE STORM...BROAD SCALE ASCENT WAS NOTED OVER OUR CWFA...WITH CLOUDS BEGINNING TO COOL AND ENHANCE. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW...INCLUDING THUNDERSNOW...DEVELOPED LATE IN THE EVENING OVER WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES...JUST NORTH OF OUR CWFA BOUNDARY. NAM AND GFS STILL INSIST THAT THE AREA OF BEST LIFT WILL SAG SOUTH DURING THE DAY INTO LINCOLN AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES...SO WILL LEAVE THE SNOW ADVISORY IN PLACE. NEARLY NEUTRAL STATIC STABILITY OVER MUCH OF THE CWFA BY AFTERNOON AS COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVES IN SHOULD ALSO LEAD TO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER. AS THE STORM EXITS TO THE EAST THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT...DEVELOPING NORTHERLY FLOW WILL FLUSH OUT THE MOISTURE AND PRECIP CHANCES FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. THE NORTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY...AND THE FINER RESOLUTION MODELS ARE GETTING A LITTLE MORE BULLISH WITH WINDS DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER BY THE AFTERNOON. STILL LOOKS BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA...BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE IF THE TREND CONTINUES. THE GRADIENT WILL RELAX ON THURSDAY AS A DIRTY RIDGE BUILDS IN AND BRINGS TEMPERATURES BACK TO NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. .LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA FRIDAY STARTS OFF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION THEN. MAIN CONCERN FOR THE EXTENDED IS THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE OF A LOW OPENING INTO A TROUGH FROM THE SOUTH ON SUNDAY. GFS AND ECMWF HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE AMOUNT OF CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION FOR SUNDAY. IF MODELS PERSIST IN THIS EVOLUTION NEXT FORECAST MAY NEED TO DECREASE THE POPS THEN. STILL LOOKING AT ANOTHER PACIFIC SYSTEM TO START EXERTING ITS INFLUENCE EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...FOR KLAS: SUBSTANTIAL CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST OVER THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND ALL APPROACH CORRIDORS FOR MOST OF THE DAY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH CEILINGS LOWERING TO AROUND 5000 FT AT TIMES. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN 25 MILES OF THE AIRPORT DURING THE AFTERNOON. CLEARING IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT WITH A NORTH WIND OF 10-15 KTS DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA: CLOUD COVER WILL PERSIST TODAY. CEILINGS WILL BE AS LOW AS 1500 FT AGL IN LINCOLN...ESMERALDA...AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES ALONG WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW. THE ENTIRE AREA WILL SEE CLEARING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH OVERNIGHT. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM ZONES 14-15. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. && RUNK/GORELOW HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Nine inches of snow in one hour at Mount Charleston (7600 feet).
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