A winter storm brought heavy snow to White Pine County.
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A winter storm brought heavy snow to White Pine County.
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 Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 11, 1:52 PM PST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 152 PM PST THU JAN 11 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT TO BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW. ELSEWHERE SNOW SHOWERS WITH ACCUMULATIONS ON THE LIGHT SIDE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN BEGIN DISSIPATING ON FRIDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL LINGER THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. GFS MODEL HAS PERFORMED WELL WITH THE CURRENT SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT BASIN. WILL UTILIZE THIS GUIDANCE PRIMARILY FOR THE NEXT FEW PERIODS UNTIL FRONT CLEARS THE AREA. SNOW ADVISORY FOR ZONE 35 WILL BE IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AT 4PM. BACK EDGE OF THICKEST CLOUD BAND MOVING SE AND LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST HUMBOLDT COUNTY TO JACKPOT. THIS CLOUD FIELD HAS BEEN BECOMING MORE NARROW STICKING CLOSE TO EXITING JET PATTERN. WITH CLEARING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT OVER ZONE 30 THIS MORNING...SECOND WAVE OF ENERGY NOW MOVING SOUTH WEST OF SIERRAS WILL PROVIDE A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AIR. SOME CU DEVELOPMENT NOTED OVER ZONE 30 THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THAT ZONE TONIGHT AND THEN CALL FOR AN END TO THE EVENT THERE. ATTM VERY LITTLE CLOUD COVER OVER MOST OF NORTHERN NYE COUNTY BUT EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY BY LATE AFTERNOON. SFC WIND FIELD INDICATES SURFACE LOW BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER LINCOLN COUNTY ATTM. CLOUD DEVELOPMENT OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY PAST FEW HOURS HAS BEEN SUBSTANTIAL AS NW/SW FLOW INTERACTS TO FORM BOUNDARY. GFS PROGS FRONTOGENESIS REGION JUST SE OF RUBY MOUNTAINS. THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WHITE PINE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SHOULD GET VERY STRONG OROGRAPHIC UPSLOPE ON THE EAST SIDE POSSIBLE LASTING TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. EXPECTING IN EXCESS OF A FOOT AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN GENERAL UP TO 12 INCHES AT THE 7000 FT LEVEL. SYSTEM FINALLY EXITS FAR ENOUGH EAST ON SATURDAY NIGHT TO REMOVE POPS IN EAST CENTRAL HOWEVER DID ANNOTATE SLIGHT CHANCE FOR EXTREME NE ELKO COUNTY DUE TO WEAK SHORTWAVE RIDING INSIDE OF MEAN EXITING TROUGH ON SUNDAY. WITH COLDEST AIR MOVING IN WITH SECOND ARCTIC SHOT TONIGHT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S FOR FRI AND SAT WITH LOWS FALLING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW ZERO. CLOUD COVER IS THE MAIN QUESTION IN REGARDS TO TEMPERATURES WITH EASTERN ZONES HAVING THE BEST CHANCE OF KEEPING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND TEMPS ABOVE ZERO WHILE WESTERN AND FAR NORTHERN ZONES COULD SEE SOME BREAKS WHICH ALLOW READINGS TO FALL BELOW ZERO. EVEN INTO SUNDAY MORNING LOW TEMPS WILL BE SEVERE WITH CALM WIND...SNOW COVER AND MORE CLEARING. LW .LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...RIDGING WILL CONTINUE AS WELL AS COLD TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. IPPI .AVIATION...A MIX OF IFR AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PUSHES THROUGH THE SILVER STATE. LOW CEILINGS...MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS...SNOW...AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG ALL ROUTES WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE MOST ADVERSE CONDITIONS OCCURRING FROM ELY NORTHWARD AND OVER NORTHEASTERN NEVADA. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NVZ035 FROM 00Z FRI THROUGH 00Z SAT MAINLY EAST OF US93.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 255 PM PST THU JAN 11 2007 NVZ013-030>034-036-037-121500- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES-NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- SOUTHERN LANDER AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 255 PM PST THU JAN 11 2007 .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO SPREAD COLD AIR WITH ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AND NUMEROUS AREAS OF SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL BE IN PLACE STARTING TOMORROW AND LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTH INTO THE TEENS IN CENTRAL NEVADA AS LOWS DROP WELL-BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE GREAT BASIN. SOME OF THE HIGHER VALLEYS WILL EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURE NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES WILL START TO GRADUALLY WARM-UP GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ035-121500- WHITE PINE COUNTY- 255 PM PST THU JAN 11 2007 .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4PM FRIDAY. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF WHITE PINE COUNTY...BUT EAST OF US 93 SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS COULD RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES AND 4 TO 7 ABOVE 7000 FEET BY FRIDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL BE IN PLACE STARTING TOMORROW AND LINGER INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER THE COUNTY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS WITH 6 TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE ABOVE 7000 FEET...MAINLY EAST OF US 93 BY FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE TEENS FOR HIGHS WITH LOWS DROPPING BELOW ZERO FOR THIS WEEKEND WITH A GRADUAL WARM-UP EXPECTED GOING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. IPPI
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
One foot of new snow was reported at Great Basin National Park and 5 to 7 inches were reported in and around Ely. In addition winds gusting to 35 mph were observed in Ely during the storm.
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