A strong cold front brought winds gusts to 61 mph at West Wendover.
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A strong cold front brought winds gusts to 61 mph at West Wendover.
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 May 11, 9:33 PM PST, 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1033 PM PDT SUN MAY 11 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY WINDS...AND COLDER TEMPERATURES. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING CLEAR SKIES AND WARMER WEATHER FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH HAS CAUSED WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AT WENDOVER THIS EVENING...AND WITH THOSE WINDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE...HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 2AM PDT EARLY MONDAY MORNING. RCM && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. AN UPPER LOW SWINGS ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT DRAGGING ACROSS CWA OVERNIGHT. FRONT NEAR NORTHERN CA-NV BORDER AROUND 00Z AND MOVES RAPIDLY SOUTHEAST TO ELKO BY MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH ELY ABOUT 12Z. MAY SEE FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT...BUT STRONGEST DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE REMAINS NORTH OF NV. HOWEVER...DIFFLUENCE ALOFT OVERNIGHT OVER NORTHEASTERN NV WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER PCPN POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD THE COLD FRONT...BUT DECOUPLING WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. THE USUAL PLACE OF CONCERN THIS EVENING WILL BE WENDOVER WITH SURFACE GRADIENTS TIGHTENING. THIS AREA STILL LOOK BELOW CRITERIA...HOWEVER MAY SEE GUSTY WINDS NEAR CRITERIA FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS RIGHT AFTER FRONT PASSAGES THROUGH. HAVE LOWERED MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING TEMPS BELOW MOS AS THICKNESS VALUES NEAR 543DM AND NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. AIRMASS REMAINS UNSTABLE OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY EARLY MONDAY MORNING FOR LINGERING SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGH 18Z...THEN AIRMASS STABILIZES FOR CLEARING SKIES. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT BUILDS INTO CWA TUESDAY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WARMING TREND. HARMER .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH THE EXTENDED SHOWING A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE END OF THE WEEK. BEFORE THAT...MODELS SHOW A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BRUSHING NE NV AS IT PUSHES SOUTH FROM THE PACIFIC NW TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH NORTHERLY FLOW...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES...AND BREEZY CONDITIONS REMAINING OVER THE GREAT BASIN INTO WEDNESDAY. TEMPS WILL START OFF A FEW DEGS ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY...AND BY THURSDAY GFS AND ECMWF SHOW STRONG PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST WITH AN OMEGA BLOCK SETTING UP OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES...AND A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW IN SOUTHEAST CANADA. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POLAR JET RETREATING NORTH INTO ALASKA AND NRN CANADA WITH THE STORM TRACK WELL NORTH OF NV. KEPT CONDITIONS DRY INTO NEXT WEEKEND AS THE RIDGE AXIS DRIFTS EAST OVER THE AREA ON THURSDAY AND STAYS OVER THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. TEMPS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE INTO THE MID TO UPPER 70S ON THURSDAY WITH SOME NORTHERLY FLOW OVER THE AREA...BUT THEN QUICKLY WARM TO NEAR 90 BY SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL FLOW VEERS INTO THE WEST. CONTINUED TO INCREASE TEMPS A FEW DEGS INTO NEXT WEEK WITH GFS AND ECMWF SHOWING WARM SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE WEEKEND AND 700MB TEMPS BETWEEN 12C TO 16C. THIS WILL RESULT IN DAYTIME HIGH TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 90S IN THE LOWER VALLEYS OF HUMBOLDT AND LANDER COUNTIES DURING THE WEEKEND...WITH MID 80S TO NEAR 90 ELSEWHERE. LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ON THE MILD SIDE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WITH 40S TO LOW 50S ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE IN THE WEEK AND DURING THIS WEEKEND. TT && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SOME MID TO HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS EXPECTED ACROSS NRN AND ERN NV THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE REGION WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST LATE THIS EVENING. THERE IS A 10 PCT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND TSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT AT KWMC...KELY...AND KTPH THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH A 20 PCT CHANCE AT KEKO. && .FIRE WEATHER...COLD FRONT PUSHING SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH SOME LOCALLY GUSTY WINDS NEAR 40 MPH. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING THIS EVENING ACROSS ZONES 451 AND 452...THEN SPREAD INTO ZONES 454...455...AND 457 OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING ZONE 033 THROUGH 2AM PDT MONDAY MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted up to 61 mph behind a strong cold frontal passage in the West Wendover area. Sustained winds of 40 to 50 mph were also recorded.
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