A strong early season storm system brought heavy snow to the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range.
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A strong early season storm system brought heavy snow to the Ruby Mountains and 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 Sep 8, 7:36 PM PST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 836 PM PDT WED SEP 8 2010 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT... STRONG WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. && .UPDATE...110+ KNOT 250 MB JET CURRENTLY SITTING ACROSS SOUTH- CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING...WITH STRONG UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTHERN CA THROUGH OREGON AND WASHINGTON STATE. THE STRONG DIVERGENCE ALOFT COUPLED WITH GOOD MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS HELPING TO BRING RAIN SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO MUCH OF THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. A CHECK OF THE AUTOMATED STATIONS OUT THERE NOW SHOWS A GOOD DOSE OF QPF OVER HUMBOLDT...LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM THIS EVENING...MORE THAN WE HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE. AS A RESULT...HAVE BUMPED UP POPS IN THE CENTRAL AND WEST TO COVER THE ACTIVITY. WIND ADVISORY AND RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR...SO WILL BE UPDATING ALL PRODUCTS SHORTLY AND THEY WILL BE SENT OUT SOON. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 156 PM / .SHORT TERM...A 300MB 110KT JET AXIS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG TROF WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES THIS EVENING. WINDS ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MIX DOWN TO THE SURFACE WITH WIND GUSTS REACHING NEAR 50 MPH INTO EARLY EVENING. THEREFORE...WILL CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECOUPLE BY MIDNIGHT. AT THE SAME TIME...A 300/700MB DIVERGENT/CONVERGENT COUPLET FORMS OVER CENTRAL NV AND PUSHES INTO NE NV BY 12Z THURSDAY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH GOOD QPF AMOUNTS OVER WESTERN ELKO...EUREKA AND LANDER COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE HAVE BUMPED POPS UP OVERNIGHT IN THESE AREAS. COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO UTAH THURSDAY MORNING WITH SHOWERS LINGERING OVER THE CWA INTO THE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT TSTMS OVER EASTERN ZONES THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHERE LIS NEAR ZERO. DRIER NORTHWEST FLOW MOVES INTO THE WESTERN ZONES THURSDAY AFTERNOON ALONG WITH COOLER AIRMASS WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S. FEW LINGERING SHOWERS EXTREME NE NV THURSDAY NIGHT ...WITH A DRIER AIRMASS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE ZONES. FRIDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S MANY AREAS. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE CWA FRIDAY FOR A WARMING TREND WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S. LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. LONGWAVE PATTERN IN THE EXTENDED WILL CONSIST OF A FLAT RIDGE OVER THE AREA BRINGING ZONAL FLOW TO THE GREAT BASIN. CONFIDENCE IS ABOVE AVERAGE WITH ALL MID-RANGE MODEL GUIDANCE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT. TEMPS WILL BE NEAR AVERAGE THIS PERIOD WITH BELOW AVG PRECIP. OVERALL THE WEATHER LOOKS RATHER BENIGN FROM THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A GENERAL WARMING TREND FROM BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE EXPERIENCED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. EXPECTING HIGH TEMPS ON SATURDAY TO REBOUND INTO THE UPPER 70S AS 700MB TEMPS JUMP BACK INTO THE 6-9C RANGE. BY SUNDAY EXPECT HIGHS ALL THE WAY BACK INTO THE LOW 80S AND REMAIN IN THE LOW TO MID-80S THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. NIGHTTIME LOWS WILL STAY ON THE COOL SIDE THOUGH...WITH CLEAR SKIES ALLOWING FOR STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING W/ LOWS GENERALLY IN THE 30S TO LOW 40S FOR THE CWA. SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR...WITH SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS FROM TIME TO TIME AS WEAK UPPER LEVEL PERTURBATIONS IN THE MEAN WESTERLY FLOW PASS THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN. THERE WILL BE NO REAL THREAT OF RAIN AT ANY LOCATION AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN SUMMARY PLEASANT LATE SUMMER WEATHER ON TAP THIS WEEKEND. AVIATION...POSSIBLE MVFR CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGS THE THREAT FOR LIGHT RAIN AND LOW CEILINGS TO CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEVADA. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH NV TONIGHT...WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUING THE THREAT OF RAIN SHOWERS DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR MVFR CEILINGS WILL BE AT KEKO TONIGHT FROM 06-14Z AS THE COLD FRONT STALLS NEAR THIS AREA. RAIN SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AT KWMC/KELY/KTPH WHICH COULD BRING TEMPO MVFR CONDITIONS...BUT THE GREATEST THREAT REMAINS AT KEKO. SKIES WILL CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. FIRE WEATHER...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS FIRE ZONES 455 AND 457 THROUGH 9PM THIS EVENING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS NEVADA. WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25-35 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ACROSS PORTIONS OF WHITE PINE/NYE COUNTIES. THEREFORE WILL CONTINUE WITH A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THESE ZONES THROUGH 9 PM THIS EVENING. AFTER 9PM...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE TO 12 TO 22 MPH ACROSS THESE ZONES. GOOD RECOVERY ON RHS OVERNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS NV. MUCH DIMINISHED FIRE CONCERNS THURSDAY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES...HIGHER HUMIDITY...AND SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. DRY WEATHER WITH A MODEST WARMING TREND EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 86/96
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 904 PM PDT WED SEP 8 2010 NVZ013-030>037-100415- 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- 904 PM PDT WED SEP 8 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...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO WESTERN NEVADA FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING...SPREADING ACROSS THE NEVADA OVERNIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTHERN NEVADA WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO 8000 FEET AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF A US HIGHWAY 50 LINE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH HIGH MOUNTAIN SNOW. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL DEPART THURSDAY NIGHT WITH DRY AND WARMER WEATHER RETURNING TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eight inches of snow fell at the end of the Lamoille Canyon road at an elevation of 8800 feet. The snow level was down to around 7000 feet.
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