A strong cold front approaching Humboldt county produced wind gusts up to 64 mph.
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A strong cold front approaching Humboldt county produced wind gusts up to 64 mph.
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 Apr 14, 1:36 AM PST, 9 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 236 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 .SYNOPSIS...WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT...CAUSING A DRAMATIC COOL DOWN ON TUESDAY. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WEDNESDAY WILL BE ANOTHER COOL DAY BEFORE DAYTIME TEMPERATURES CLIMB BACK ABOVE NORMAL TO END THIS WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. LATEST IR IMAGERY/SURFACE OBS INDICATING NEXT UPPER TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE MOVING ON SHORE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE ITS WAY INTO EXTREME NW NV AROUND 18Z TODAY...THEN QUICKLY MOVE ACROSS OUR CWA THIS EVENING BEFORE EXITING TO OUR SE BEFORE 12Z TUE. THIS COLD FRONT IS GOING TO KICK UP A LOT OF WIND AS IT APPROACHES OUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL HELP SEND DAYTIME TEMPS WELL ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN. BOTH THE NAM AND GFS ARE CONSISTENT IN SHOWING H7 WINDS BETWEEN 35-45 KTS THIS AFTERNOON WITH H5 WINDS OF 50 KTS. WINDS ALOFT ARE EVEN HIGHER OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY WITH H5 WINDS OF 75-80 KTS. HAVE DECIDED TO UPGRADE OUR HIGH WIND WATCH TO A HIGH WIND WARNING OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY TODAY SINCE THIS IS WHERE THE MODELS SHOW WINDS BEING THE STRONGEST THIS AFTERNOON. WILL NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SOME GUSTS TO 60 MPH IN THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. WENT WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE REMAINDER OF OUR ZONES...THINKING THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25-30 MPH AND FREQUENT GUSTS OF 45-50 MPH. SOME OF THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS...MAINLY ABOVE 6000 FEET...COULD SEE A FEW GUSTS TO 55 MPH. HAVE KEPT STAGGERED START/END TIMES FOR OUR HEADLINES... STARTING EARLIEST OVER CENTRAL NV. GUSTY WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY...SO DO NOT HAVE ADVISORY ENDING UNTIL 18Z TUE THERE. WHILE WINDS WILL BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN AS THE STRONG COLD FRONT/UPPER TROUGH MOVE THROUGH...THERE WILL BE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS THAT OCCUR OVER NORTHERN NV TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND THE RUBIES COULD PICK UP AN INCH OR TWO. HIGH TEMPS WILL DROP CONSIDERABLY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TUESDAY BY SOME 25 TO 35 DEGREES. ONLY EXPECTING HIGHS IN THE 30S AND 40S ACROSS NORTHERN NV WITH 50S TO NEAR 60 IN OUR FAR SOUTHERN AREAS. IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH...A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP DAYTIME TEMPS BELOW NORMAL WEDNESDAY. MCGEE .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. MODELS WERE IN GOOD AGREEMENT FOR THE EXTENDED...BUT THE LATEST ECMWF HAS COME IN AS AN OUTLIER WITH HANDLING OF SYSTEM FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TO START OUT THE PERIOD...WE WILL SEE A RETURN OF SOME SPRINGTIME TEMPERATURES AS RIDGE MOVES ACROSS THE CWA AND SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS AHEAD OF NEXT STORM SYSTEM DIVING OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA. HIGHS IN THE 60S WILL AGAIN BE COMMON WITH SOME 70S POSSIBLE FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THU AND FRI WITH SOME MOISTURE MAKING IT INTO NORTHERN NV FOR SAT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS. NEXT STORM SYSTEM WILL BE BRINGING COLDER TEMPERATURES INTO AREA STARTING SATURDAY BUT THE REAL COLD AIR WILL WAIT TO MOVE IN UNTIL SAT NIGHT/SUN. ECMWF JUST BRUSHES NORTHERN NV WITH SOME PRECIP AS MAIN UPPER LOW QUICKLY MOVES OFF INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. GFS/CANADIAN AND ALMOST ALL OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS DEVELOP A CUTOFF LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NW INTO THE GREAT BASIN. SINCE THE ECMWF AT THIS TIME IS AN OUTLIER AS TO HANDLING OF THIS STORM WILL GO WITH THE GFS/CANADIAN SOLUTION FOR NOW. KEPT MENTION OF PRECIP IN FORECAST AND LOWERED TEMPERATURES INTO THE 40S FOR MOST AREAS SUN. GFS EVEN HAS -16C H70 TEMP INTO NORTHERN NV BY 12Z SUN. AN UPPER LOW UNDERCUTTING AN UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE EASTERN U.S. WILL SLOW DOWN THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING AND THIS CUTOFF LOW COULD BE SLOW TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. JMG && .AVIATION...A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION WILL CAUSE WINDS TO INCREASE TODAY. EXPECTING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AFTER 18Z. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING BEFORE STARTING TO DECREASE SOME...BUT 10-20 MPH WINDS WEST OF THE RUBIES AND 15-30 MPH WINDS WILL STILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF I-80 AFTER 04Z BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE SNOW SHOWERS COULD BE DOWN TO 1-3SM AND CIGS AROUND 2K FT AGL. JMG && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NVZ030 FROM 1PM TO 8PM TODAY. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NVZ031-032-036 FROM 1PM TO 8PM TODAY. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NVZ013-035-037 FROM 11AM TO MIDNIGHT TODAY. WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR NVZ033-034 FROM 3PM TODAY TO 11AM TUESDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 405 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 NVZ030-151100- HUMBOLDT COUNTY- 405 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PROMOTE NEAR RECORD WARMTH TODAY. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS HUMBOLDT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED...THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT NPWLKN FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXPECTED WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT. DAYTIME HIGHS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...SO ONLY A FEW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. IN ADDITION TO THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY...BREEZY CONDITIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ013-031>037-151100- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO 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-WHITE PINE COUNTY- 405 AM PDT MON APR 14 2008 .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WILL PROMOTE NEAR RECORD WARMTH TODAY. HOWEVER...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIDESPREAD WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED...THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT NPWLKN FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE EXPECTED WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MUCH COOLER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE STRONG COLD FRONT. DAYTIME HIGHS ON TUESDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RUN BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES COOLER THAN TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH...SO ONLY A FEW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN NEVADA. IN ADDITION TO THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY...BREEZY CONDITIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY AND TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. JMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A strong cold front approaching the area produced wind gusts to 64 mph at the Texas Springs RAWS station. Other significant winds gusts were 59 mph at the Morey Creek RAWS station and 54 mph at the Winnemucca airport.
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