A low pressure system off the California coast brought very localized heavy snow to Dyer, NV.
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A low pressure system off the California coast brought very localized heavy snow to Dyer, NV.
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 Jan 27, 3:00 PM PST, 6 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 300 PM PST SAT JAN 27 2007 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN JUST OFF THE COAST THROUGH MONDAY BRINGING INCREASING CLOUD COVER TO THE REGION ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THIS LOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INLAND TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY POSSIBLY SPREADING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. && .SHORT TERM...STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH RESPECT TO THE CLOSED LOW JUST OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST. YESTERDAY IT LOOKED LIKE THIS SYSTEM WOULD REMAIN OFF SHORE AND GET PICKED UP IN SOUTHERLY FLOW AND GO OVER THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH. NOW THE MODELS ARE WETTER AND ALSO GRADUALLY BRING THE LOW SOUTH ALONG THE COAST THEN INLAND TO OUR SOUTH SOMETIME BY MID WEEK. MID LEVEL CLOUDS HAVE WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT SIDE OF THE LOW INTO PORTIONS OF SAN BERNARDINO AND INYO COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND IT LOOKS LIKE MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND LEADING TO A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER THE FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. WAS LEANING TOWARDS A BIT OF A BREAK THEN WITH THE LOW EXPECTED TO RETROGRADE SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THEN EXPECTING MORE MOISTURE TO SPREAD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PHASES WITH A TROUGH MOVING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN AND ROCKIES...RESULTING IN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVER ALL ZONES. PLAYED IT CONSERVATIVELY FOR NOW WITH JUST 20 POPS DUE TO MAJOR UNCERTAINTY. POSSIBILITY EXISTS...AND 18Z RUNS ARE HINTING AT THIS...THAT THE FLOW WILL REMAIN SPLIT WITH THE SOUTHERN STREAM OF ENERGY AND MOISTURE MISSING US TO THE SOUTH AND THE NORTHERN STREAM MISSING US TO THE NORTHEAST. .LONG TERM...MORNING MODELS IN BEST AGREEMENT YET WITH THE LOW PROGGED TO PASS SOUTH OF THE CWA MIDWEEK. THE MAIN UNCERTAINTY NOW IS HOW FAR SOUTH THE TRAJECTORY WILL BE. IF THE LOW PASSES ACROSS SRN CA AND INTO AZ...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH MOISTURE/INSTABILITY FOR PRECIP ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS TO ABOVE 30 OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF THE CWA AND 20S ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WHILE DECREASING TEMPS AND BUMPING UP CLOUD COVER. MAY HAVE TO RAISE POPS FURTHER ONCE WE GET CLOSER IN TIME AND MODELS SHED A BRIGHTER LIGHT ON THE DETAILS OF THIS HARD TO HANDLE FEATURE. IF THE LOW DOES TRACK FARTHER SOUTH... PRECIP WILL BE LIMITED TO MAINLY SOUTHERN ZONES...BUT CLOUD COVER WILL BE REMAIN AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PASSES OVER THE NE CORNER OF THE CWA WHILE THE LOW PASSES TO THE SOUTH. HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE LATE THURSDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD AS A LARGE ERN PAC RIDGE TRANSITIONS EASTWARD TOWARDS THE COAST. && .AVIATION...TAFS AND TWEBS ADEQUATELY DESCRIBE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR AREA TERMINALS. SEE TAFS FOR KLAS... KVGT... KDRA... KBIH...KDAG...KEED FOR DETAILS. AVIATION DISCUSSION NOT UPDATED FOR AMENDED TAFS. .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .NV...NONE. .AZ...NONE. .CA...NONE. && HARRISON/KENNEDY HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Six inches of snow fell in Dyer, NV during the late evening of the 27th and early morning of the 28th.
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