A vigorous cold front produced strong down slope winds along the lee side of the Santa Rosa Range and the Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range.
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A vigorous cold front produced strong down slope winds along the lee side of the Santa Rosa Range and the Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range.
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 Oct 26, 6:47 PM PST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 747 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT AND INTO CENTRAL NEVADA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING MUCH COLDER AIR ALONG WITH RAIN TURNING TO SNOW. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BUFFET THE REGION. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. && .UPDATE...INCREASED WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN NV TONIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE REGION. WIND ACROSS SOUTHERN OR/ID HAVE ALREADY BEEN GUSTING IN THE 45-55 MPH RANGE..INDICATING THIS FRONT MEANS BUSINESS. HAVE ALSO ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LEE SIDE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE AS THE WRF- ARW IS SHOWING A FAIRLY STRONG DOWNSLOPE WIND EVENT OVERNIGHT. ADVISORY IS FOR GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH IN RUBY VALLEY/CLOVER VALLEY BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE RUBY VALLEY RAWS SITE COMES IN WITH A GUST BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. REMAINDER OF THE GOING FORECAST LOOKS TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE AND THUS NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED ATTM. ALL UPDATES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 326 PM / SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. STRONG COLD FRONT STILL DUE TO MOVE INTO NRN NV THIS EVENING THEN INTO CNTRL NV EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON AMOUNT OF QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM BUT STILL LOOKS TO BE ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS NRN ELKO COUNTY WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 6 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF NRN NV. IN CNTRL NV AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. VERY STRONG SFC GRADIENT SETS UP ACROSS NRN NYE COUNTY BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY MORNING AND HAVE ISSUED A HIGH WIND WARNING FOR THIS AREA. COULD SEE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS. ALSO ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY PRIMARILY FOR THE WEST WENDOVER AREA WHERE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT BUT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS OVER ERN NV. LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG UPPER LOW THAT WILL PUSH EASTWARD INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION. THIS COOL AND DRY NORTHERLY FLOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DROP LOW TEMPERATURES INTO THE TEENS ACROSS MOST VALLEY AREAS...AND EVEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS IN HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEY AREAS SUCH AS WILDHORSE IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. INDIVIDUAL MODELS ARE NOW GETTING BETTER RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY THAN WAS SCENE IN THE WEEKEND RUNS. SEPARATE MODELS ARE ALSO COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN EACH OTHER...WITH MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND. DRY NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT EARLY THURSDAY WILL GRADUALLY BACK TO A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW FRIDAY AND A NEAR-ZONAL FLOW SATURDAY WHICH IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST AT LEAST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AFTER WHICH MODEL DISCREPANCIES INCREASE. THURSDAY ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND UNDER THE NORTHWESTERLY TO ZONAL FLOW THERE WILL BE SOME CLOUDS SKIRTING NORTHERN NEVADA WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF MAINLY MOUNTAIN SNOWS...WITH CENTRAL NEVADA DRY. AS FOR HALLOWEEN EVENING...CURRENTLY HAVE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS DOWN TO VALLEY FLOORS OVER HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES...HOWEVER THE TREND IN THE LAST COUPLE MODELS RUNS IS TO NUDGE THE HEIGHTS UP SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...AS WEAK RIDGING TO THE SOUTHWEST CREEPS NORTHWARD WITH THE 570DAM LINE UP ALONG THE NORTHERN NEVADA BORDER SATURDAY EVENING. IF THIS RECENT TREND CONTINUES EXPECT SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS FOR SATURDAY EVENING THAN ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST...WHICH WOULD SIGNAL A DRY FORECAST SOUTH OF I80 EXCEPT POSSIBLY MOUNTAINS SUCH AS THE RUBYS WHERE LIGHT SNOWS ARE POSSIBLE. ROOD AVIATION...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO HUMBOLDT COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING...LIKELY REACHING KWMC JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO START AS RAIN AND TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH KEKO AROUND MIDNIGHT...WITH ANY INITIAL RAIN RAPIDLY TRANSITIONING TO SNOW. AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO THE SOUTHEAST...GUSTY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE ACROSS EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. THE FRONT WILL REACH KELY AROUND OR SLIGHTLY AFTER 12Z WITH ALL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO BE SNOW. SNOW SHOWERS AND LOW CIGS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY TO MID-MORNING HOURS ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. AS FOR KTPH...WIND WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH PRECIPITATION LIKELY REMAINING NORTH OF THE AIRPORT. A STRONG NW PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL COMBINE WITH VERY STRONG NW WINDS ALOFT FROM 12Z THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50KTS EXPECTED AT TIMES. ROOD && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR NVZ031. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR NVZ033. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM PDT TUESDAY FOR NVZ032-034. HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR NVZ013. && 99/91/96/96
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 NVZ030-032-034-036-270400- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BEHIND THE FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY THEN END ON WEDNESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ035-037-270400- WHITE PINE COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL NEVADA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BEHIND THE FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ031-270400- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BEHIND THE FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS AND 4 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN FOR MORE DETAILS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS. THE STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ033-270400- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL LOWER TO THE VALLEY FLOORS LATE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING BRINGING NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THEREFORE A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. FOR MORE DETAILS PLEASE SEE PRODUCT RNONPWLKN. IN ADDITION SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ013-270400- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- 732 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE PRODUCT RNONPWLKN. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 335 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 NVZ013-030>037-281200- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY 335 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS EVENING THEN INTO CENTRAL NEVADA BY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN NEVADA...EXCEPT LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST WENDOVER AREA...WHERE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MANY LOCATIONS LINGERING IN THE 30S.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 338 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 NVZ013-030>037-281200- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY-HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TONOPAH...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT... JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...CARLIN... WELLS...WEST WENDOVER...LEE...RUBY LAKE...ELY...RUTH...MCGILL... BATTLE MOUNTAIN...AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY 338 PM PDT MON OCT 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS EVENING THEN INTO CENTRAL NEVADA BY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW LEVELS WILL RAPIDLY FALL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...WITH MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES. GENERALLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN NEVADA...EXCEPT LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY AND WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE PRODUCT RNOWSWLKN. AFTER THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON TUESDAY...STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...WHERE SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH ARE LIKELY. THEREFORE A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST WENDOVER AREA...WHERE GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TUESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. AS THE STRONG STORM SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...A FEW SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MANY LOCATIONS LINGERING IN THE 30S.
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