An area of virga with embedded light rain showers moved over southeast California on the afternoon of the 29th and southern Nevada on the morning of the 30th, producing isolated high winds due to evaporational cooling in the dry subcloud layer.
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An area of virga with embedded light rain showers moved over southeast California on the afternoon of the 29th and southern Nevada on the morning of the 30th, producing isolated high winds due to evaporational cooling in the dry subcloud layer.
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 Jun 29, 8:45 PM PST, 10 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 945 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008 .SYNOPSIS...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN MONDAY IN NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND POSSIBLY SOUTHEAST NEVADA. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TUESDAY...PUTTING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER...THE MOISTURE WILL NOT BE PUSHED FAR AWAY...AND COULD RETURN AS EARLY AS THE END OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT FIVE DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THROUGH THE WEEK. && .UPDATE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ENDED OVER MOHAVE COUNTY BY 02Z. THE MAIN OBSERVED IMPACT WAS GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH WITH ONE OR TWO CELLS. RECENT SATELLITE LOOPS SHOW A GENERAL WEST TO NORTHWEST MOVEMENT TO THE CLOUDS OVER ARIZONA...WHICH SHOULD BRING A SLIGHT INCREASE IN MID LEVEL MOISTURE TO NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND ALSO SOUTHERN NEVADA MONDAY. ANOTHER FEATURE WORTH NOTING IS THE UPPER LOW OFF THE WEST COAST WHICH WAS LIFTING NORTHEAST AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MONDAY. DRY AIR IS EVIDENT IN THE BASE OF THIS SHORTWAVE AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHERN SIERRA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE 00Z GFS APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST DEPICTION OF THE LATEST TRENDS AND IT INDICATES MORE MID LEVEL MOISTURE THAN THE NAM OVER SOUTHERN NEVADA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA MONDAY AFTERNOON. THAT SAID...IT STILL LOOKS LIKE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO MOHAVE COUNTY AND LINCOLN COUNTY. A LITTLE MORE HIGH BASED CUMULUS WITH VIRGA...AND POSSIBLY A FEW MICROBURSTS...SHOULD BE SEEN IN CLARK COUNTY MONDAY AFTERNOON. -ADAIR- && .PREV DISCUSSION.../310 PM PDT SUN JUN 29 2008/ .SHORT TERM...THUNDERSTORMS POPPING UP THIS AFTERNOON ON THE EASTERN FRINGES AND IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE CWFA. MAIN CONCERNS ARE DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. KBIH ASOS HAS ALREADY REPORTED A GUST TO 34 KNOTS ASSOCIATED WITH A DYING SHOWER. LIGHTNING COVERAGE IS TOO SPARSE TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING...BUT A FEW FIRE STARTS ARE LIKELY. EXPECT A REPEAT PERFORMANCE TOMORROW OVER MOHAVE COUNTY...BUT LESS CONFIDENT ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT INYO AND ESMERALDA COUNTIES WILL SEE STORMS AGAIN TOMORROW. MODELS ARE SLOWER TO BRING IN THE DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE RUN...AND NOW KEEP BETTER MOISTURE OVER THAT AREA THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE DRYING IT OUT TUESDAY. THE DRIER FLOW SHOULD HELP STABILIZE THE AIRMASS TUESDAY AND BRING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. WILL NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT RED FLAG CONCERNS FOR MONDAY LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING...AFTER WE HAVE THE TOTAL PICTURE OF HOW MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PERHAPS SOME INFORMATION ON HOW MANY NEW FIRE STARTS OCCURRED. .LONG TERM...SOME CHANGES POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND. UNTIL THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE PREVALENCE OF A RIDGE KEEPING THE AREA HOT AND DRY. GFS SHOWS WHAT I TAKE TO BE DEBRIS MOISTURE INTO MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES PRIMARILY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ECMWF GOES WITH A DEEP TROUGH / COLD FRONT ON SATURDAY TO PASS THROUGH. DO NOT BELIEVE THAT SCENARIO THIS FAR INTO THE SUMMER. HAVE ADDED CHANCE OF THUNDER IN MOHAVE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ALSO LOWER TEMPERATURES A LITTLE THOSE DAYS AS DEWPOINTS WILL GO UP SOME ALONG WITH CLOUD COVER. HOWEVER MOST OF THE MOISTURE WILL BE IN MID LEVELS OR HIGHER. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...MONDAY WILL SEE A FEW MORE CUMULUS CLOUDS IN THE AREA BUT ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE WELL TO THE EAST OF THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN MOHAVE COUNTY AZ MONDAY AFTERNOON. OUTSIDE OF THAT NO OTHER HAZARDS ARE EXPECTED. CLOUD COVER WILL BE PRIMARILY AFTERNOON CUMULUS DUE TO THE HOT SURFACE TEMPERATURES. && .FIRE WEATHER...A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED OVER THE SIERRA CREST AND OVER MOHAVE COUNTY AGAIN MONDAY. A FEW DRY LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE 15 PERCENT THRESHOLD FOR RED FLAG WARNINGS. WILL NEED TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT RED FLAG CONCERNS FOR MONDAY LATER TONIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING...AFTER WE HAVE THE TOTAL PICTURE OF HOW MANY LIGHTNING STRIKES OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PERHAPS SOME INFORMATION ON HOW MANY NEW FIRE STARTS OCCURRED. A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY...ENDING THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS...WHILE TEMPERATURES REMAIN AROUND 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && MORGAN/JACQUES HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 432 AM PDT MON JUN 30 2008 AZZ001-003-NVZ015-010700- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LINCOLN COUNTY- 432 AM PDT MON JUN 30 2008 /432 AM MST MON JUN 30 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. AREAL COVERAGE OF THE STORMS WILL NOT REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA FOR DRY LIGHTNING. THE STORMS MAY ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. NVZ018-019-010700- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- 432 AM PDT MON JUN 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE OR NO RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AZZ002-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014-016-017-020>022-010700- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 432 AM PDT MON JUN 30 2008 /432 AM MST MON JUN 30 2008/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW TODAY. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. PIERCE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This gust occurred at the North Las Vegas airport (KVGT).
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