Downslope winds up to 88 mph were observed along the lee slopes of the Ruby Mountains.
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Downslope winds up to 88 mph were observed along the lee slopes of the Ruby Mountains.
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 Nov 28, 10:30 AM PST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1030 AM PST SUN NOV 28 2010 .SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM IS EXITING TO THE EAST TODAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL END BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD THROUGH TUESDAY...AND BEGIN TO WARM UP MIDWEEK. && .UPDATE...UPDATED TO END WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN ALL REMAINING ZONES EXCEPT NORTHERN NYE. WILL KEEP ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE UNTIL 3 PM DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DUE TO HIGH WINDS. ELSEWHERE...ISOLATED ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ON NORTHWEST FACING SLOPES. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 646 AM / SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE FRIGID WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY. UPDATE...WILL PRODUCE NEW PRODUCTS TO REFLECT NORMAL EXPIRATION OF THE WSW FOR NORTHERN LANDER NORTHERN EUREKA. MOST SHOWER ACTIVITY IS NEAR THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN N/S LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES AND MOVING SOUTH. WILL CONTINUE OTHER WSW PRODUCT. SHOWERS OCCURRING OFF/ON AT WENDOVER. TONOPAH IS REPORTING BLOWING SNOW WITH 44 MPH PEAK WINDS. ELKO AIRPORT SHOWS CALM BUT AT NWS ON THE HILL...WINDS ARE GUSTING TO 30 MPH SO WITH DRIFTING...WILL KEEP ZONE 32 GOING TOWARDS NORMAL EXPIRATION OF 10 AM PST THIS MORNING. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 352 AM / SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE FRIGID WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY. UPDATE...DECIDED TO EXTEND A FEW ADVISORIES. THE MAIN CORE OF PRECIPITATION HAS YET TO COMPLETELY MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN LANDER AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES...ZONE 36. THUS EXTENDED THAT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM PST. RADAR SHOWS STILL SNOWING PRETTY GOOD WEST OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS INCLUDING SPRING CREEK AND LAMOILLE. THERE MAY BE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING ACROSS NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY THIS MORNING AS THE TROUGH EXITS EAST. MODELS ARE SHOWING ANOTHER VORT FEATURE SLIDING INTO THE TROUGH BEFORE EXITING. THUS EXTENDED ELKO COUNTY ZONES 31 32 34 UNTIL 10 AM PST. ALL OTHER ZONES WILL KEEP THE 10 AM PST EXPIRATION TIME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 252 AM / SYNOPSIS...A PACIFIC STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY...WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON. MORE FRIGID WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT AFTER THIS SYSTEM EXITS. THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE REGION THURSDAY. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. RADAR SHOWS MOST SNOW OCCURRING OVER ELKO COUNTY AND NORTHERN LANDER/NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTIES MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS ALONG INTERSTATE 80 FROM EMIGRANT PASS TO ELKO. TRAINING OCCURRED FOR SEVERAL HOURS INTO THE SPRING CREEK AREA NESTLED AGAINST THE RUBY MOUNTAINS THIS MORNING WHERE 6 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED. NORTHWEST UPSLOPE FLOW IS ENHANCING SNOWFALL TOTALS LOCALLY. HOWEVER IN THE LAST HOUR THE FLOW ALOFT HAS SHIFTED MORE NORTHERLY AND SHOULD LESSEN THE EFFECT. ZONE 30 HUMBOLDT COUNTY IS OUT OF THE WOODS ON THIS STORM. AS OF THIS WRITING...LEFT ADVISORY GOING FOR ALL OTHER ZONES AND WILL DECIDE TO NIX OR EXTEND BY 4 AM PST. THE SHORT-TERM MODELS AGREE ON THE COLD FRONT EXITING TO THE EAST INTO UTAH THIS AFTERNOON. THE H5 TROF AXIS IS NEARING THE NV/UT BORDER AT THIS TIME...WITH A TRAILING LOBE OF ENERGY AFFECTING MAINLY EASTERN PORTIONS. THE DEEPEST MOISTURE IS MOVING EAST ALLOWING DRIER AIR TO WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION. WITH A RETURN TO A NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT MONDAY...ANOTHER SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL PLUNGE INTO THE GREAT BASIN...NOT AS COLD AS THE RECORD BREAKING COLD THIS WEEK. 700MB TEMPS WILL DROP TO -16C SUNDAY NIGHT...HOWEVER RESILIENT CLOUD COVER SHOULD INHIBIT SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER INSOLATION WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO THE PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDINESS ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE EXITING TROUGH AND HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY REACH THE 20S MONDAY. SUBSTANTIAL CLEARING IS EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT...EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO FALL BELOW ZERO WIDESPREAD ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA WHERE MOST NEW SNOWFALL IS OCCURRING. LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY. THE LONGWAVE PATTERN WILL FEATURE A DIRTY RIDGE OVER THE GREAT BASIN/FOUR CORNERS REGION AND A DEEP TROF ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST. HIGHS WILL GET ABOVE FREEZING ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE 700MB TEMP AVERAGING AROUND -2 TO -3. BY F96 THE MODEL SOLUTIONS OF THE EC...GEM AND GFS BEGIN TO DIVERGE...BUT THERE IS NOW REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE DETAILS OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. NEXT STORM WILL PUSH THROUGH THE SILVER STATE ON THURSDAY...WITH STRONG FRONTOGENESIS SIGNATURE BISECTING THE LKN CWA THURSDAY NIGHT. EXPECTING A STRONG MOISTURE GRADIENT WITH THIS BOUNDARY...PW'S WILL SPIKE IN THE WARM SECTOR TO ALMOST .60 OF AN INCH...AND BEHIND THE FRONT...WILL DECREASE TO LESS THAN .25 OF AN INCH. GIVEN PROJECTED BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AFTERNOON...EXPECTING THIS STORM TO START OUT AS A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW...AND THE MODE OF PRECIPITATION WILL RAPIDLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GEM LEADS THE PACK WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF THE FROPA. THE DGEX AND THE GFS ARE BOTH IN DESCENT AGREEMENT WITH THE EC. IN THE WAKE OF THURSDAYS FRONTAL PASSAGE...COLD AIR ADVECTION. EXPECT BRISKER TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY. THE EC LOOKS TO BE GINNING UP A NEW SYSTEM FOR NEXT WEEKEND BUT IT IS ENTIRELY TOO SOON TO PINPOINT ANY DETAILS. AVIATION...CURRENTLY...THERE IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM EASTERN NEVADA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...AND THIS SYSTEM WILL PUSH EASTWARD TODAY. RADAR DATA INDICATE THAT THERE ARE STILL SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS ELKO COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. EXPECTING AN IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER CONDITIONS FROM WEST TO EAST...WITH KWMC CIGS ALREADY RISING. THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR SUNDAY WILL BE SNOW ACTIVITY AT KELY AND VERY GUSTY WINDS AT KTPH. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. && 90/93
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 335 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 NVZ013-030>037-282345- 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- 335 PM PST SAT NOV 27 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST NEVADA THIS EVENING...AND NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NEVADA OVERNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES IN VALLEYS TO 2 TO 7 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS...EXCEPT UP TO A FOOT LOCALLY ABOVE 8500 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES...MAINLY ACROSS WHITE PINE COUNTY...EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY...AND NORTHEAST NYE COUNTY. ANOTHER DISTURBANCE IN THE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME COULD BRING AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW TO VALLEYS AND 2 TO 4 INCHES TO THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
128 PM PST SUN NOV 28 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 2 SSE SPRING CREEK 40.71N 115.58W
11/28/2010 M9.0 INCH ELKO NV NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS EMPLOYEE/COCORAHS - 24 HOUR TOTAL
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 9 SE LAMOILLE 40.65N 115.38W
11/28/2010 E11.0 INCH ELKO NV MESONET
LAMOILLE 3 SNOTEL/24 HOUR TOTAL
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 NNW RUBY LAKE 40.28N 115.53W
11/28/2010 E10.0 INCH ELKO NV MESONET
CORRAL CANYON SNOTEL/24 HOUR TOTAL
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 N RUBY VALLEY 40.89N 115.20W
11/28/2010 E8.0 INCH ELKO NV MESONET
DORSEY BASIN SNOTEL/24 HOUR TOTAL
1100 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 ESE JIGGS 40.38N 115.53W
11/28/2010 E8.0 INCH ELKO NV MESONET
GREEN MOUNTAIN SNOTEL/24 HOUR TOTAL
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DTKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusts up to 88 mph were observed at the Ruby Valley RAWS and up to 57 mph at the Ruby Lake RAWS.
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