Hail in Nevada, July 26, 2010

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
328 AM PDT MON JUL 26 2010

.SYNOPSIS...ABUNDANT MOISTURE MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DRIER AIR
MOVING IN FROM THE WEST WILL LIMIT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO
EASTERN NEVADA DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK.
&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE NEXT TWO DAYS ARE SHAPING
UP TO BE VERY ACTIVE. INCREASING MOISTURE COMING UP FROM THE SOUTH
WILL BE ACTED UPON BY 60 TO 70 KT JET COMING OUT OF OFFSHORE UPPER
TROUGH. THIS WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES APPROACHING 1 INCH BY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
SEE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT WITH STORM MOTION AROUND 15 TO 20
MPH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LOW. DECENT SPEED SHEAR
WILL LEAD TO SOME STRONG STORMS. WITH CLOUD COVER AND SOME COOLER
AIR COMING IN FROM THE WEST HIGH TEMPS TODAY WILL BE 5 TO 10
DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY.

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. THE LATEST LONG
RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE LARGE SCALE PATTERN
FOR THE WESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE PERIOD. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
REMAINS LOCKED IN PLACE JUST EAST OF THE FOUR CORNER STATES WHILE A
WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS WELL OFF THE WEST COAST. IN
BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES...A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MONSOON MOISTURE
CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTHWARD ALONG THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE
WHILE INTERACTING WITH THE RRQ OF A 60+ KT JET ORIENTED FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN. SUBTLE SHORT WAVES
ROTATING THROUGH THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE WILL COMBINE
WITH THE UPPER LEVEL JET SUPPORT AND DAYTIME HEATING TO INCREASE
INSTABILITY AND LEAD TO A HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS
ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN ZONES WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. ON
FRIDAY...THE WEST COAST UPPER TROUGH SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFTING
NORTHWARD WHILE THE RIDGE TRIES TO EXPAND WESTWARD. WITH SOME
INSTABILITY HOLDING ON ACROSS ELKO/WHITE PINE COUNTIES...WILL KEEP
SLIGHT CHANCE/CHANCE POPS GOING THERE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPPER
FLOW GRADUALLY VEERS TO THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE WEAK TROUGH
LINGERING ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST DURING NEXT WEEKEND. DRIER AIR
WORKS INTO THE WESTERN ZONES...HOWEVER SOME MOISTURE REMAINS FOR AN
ISOLATED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM THREAT IN THE EASTERN ZONES SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. DRY AIR SHOULD FILTER ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA ON
SUNDAY.
&&

.AVIATION...SOME SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE AFFECTED THE TERMINAL
LOCATIONS OVERNIGHT. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED BECOME WIDESPREAD AND
AFFECT ALL LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY AFTER 17Z. ALTHOUGH VFR CONDITIONS
WILL DOMINATE...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE BENEATH THE HEAVIEST
ACTIVITY ALONG WITH OUTFLOW WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH.
&&

.FIRE WEATHER...INCREASING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH WILL BRING
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. STORMS INITIALLY WILL
BE DRY BUT WILL TRANSITION TO WET AS PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES
APPROACH 1 INCH BY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP RED FLAG WARNING UP
BUT WILL MAINLY BE FOR STORMS THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON.
ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TAP FOR TUESDAY.
SOME DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE
FIRE DISTRICT ON WEDNESDAY BUT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH THE END
OF THE WEEK.
&&

.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 6 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR EXTREME EASTERN
ELKO COUNTY...HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN
LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHERN NYE COUNTY...
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND
SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO
COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY.
&&

91/89/89

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
227 PM PDT MON JUL 26 2010

NVZ013-037-262215-
NORTHERN NYE COUNTY NV-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA
COUNTY NV-
227 PM PDT MON JUL 26 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE AND EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN LANDER COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM PDT...

AT 224 PM PDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTH OF GABBS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
   GABBS...

LAT...LON 3883 11811 3905 11801 3910 11778 3916 11779
      3922 11771 3894 11723 3852 11776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 210DEG 35KT 3868 11790

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