Winds gusting up to 70 mph occurred on the lee side of the Ruby Mountains.
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Winds gusting up to 70 mph occurred on the lee side 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 Mar 7, 11:35 AM PST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1135 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW AND WIND TO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE QUITE GUSTY...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA. MUCH QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. && .UPDATE...CANCELLED WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES FOR ZONES 30 /HUMBOLDT COUNTY/...ZONE 31 /NORTHERN ELKO/ AND ZONE 32 /SW AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY/...INCLUDING ELKO AND SPRING CREEK. COLD FRONT HAS PROGRESSED THROUGH WITH A STIFF NORTHWEST BREEZE AS EXPECTED...BUT MAIN DEFORMATION ZONE AND DYNAMIC LIFT ARE PROGRESSIVELY HEADING AWAY FROM NORTHERN NEVADA. WILL CERTAINLY SEE SOME SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE SUNSHINE INCREASES THE INSTABILITY AND NEAR THE HIGHER TERRAIN. HOWEVER...AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN ADVISORY CRITERIA WITH MINIMAL IMPACTS EXPECTED. OUT OF RESPECT FOR THE NW UPSLOPE...MAINTAINED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE RUBY MOUNTAINS BUT DECREASED THE AMOUNTS DOWN FROM PREVIOUSLY FORECASTED VALUES. ELY REPORTING SNOW AT THIS TIME...AND WHITE PINE HAS THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WITH DEFORMATION NEARBY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MAINTAINED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY AS A RESULT. SHOULD BE ABLE TO DROP LANDER/EUREKA SOON. REGARDING NYE COUNTY WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS AT TONOPAH HAVE GUSTED TO 52 MPH WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES BEHIND DEPARTING LOW...SO WILL KEEP HIGH WIND WARNING GOING THERE WITH NO CHANGES. BT && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 815 AM / SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW AND WIND TO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE QUITE GUSTY...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA. MUCH QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. UPDATE...PLAN THIS MORNING IS TO KEEP WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES AS INHERITED. RADAR SHOWS SNOW EXPANDING QUICKLY ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA. IN ADDITION...REFLECTIVITY CLEARLY SHOWS THE COLD FRONT SURGING SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN ELKO COUNTY...HAVING JUST GONE THROUGH TUSCARORA. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES FOR SEVERAL HOURS AS THIS COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH...WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS. REGARDING IMPACTS...EXPECT THEM TO REMAIN LIMITED ON PAVED ROADS. WITH THE SNOW FALLING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS IN EARLY MARCH...MANY ROADWAYS WILL REMAIN WET. SURFACE TEMPERATURES NEAR FREEZING ARE NOT HELPING SNOW STICK EITHER. POSSIBLE FOR BRIEF SLUSHY ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 6500 FEET DURING THE HEAVIEST SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE QUICKLY WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...GUSTING 30 TO 40 MPH. WITH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOWFALL...BELIEVE BLOWING SNOW WILL BE LIMITED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN WHERE THE WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. MORE SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS MAY OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL HAVE ENDED...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING THIS EVENING WITH SOME ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SYSTEM IS PROGRESSIVE...SO EXPECT SNOW TO TAPER OFF RATHER QUICKLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...NW FLOW WILL LIKELY ENCOURAGE ACCUMULATIONS FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THE NW SLOPES THIS EVENING...SUCH AS NEAR SPRING CREEK. BT PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 415 AM / SYNOPSIS...A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN...SNOW AND WIND TO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. WINDS WILL ALSO BE QUITE GUSTY...WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 60 MPH IN CENTRAL NEVADA. MUCH QUIETER WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. COMPLEX FORECAST TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...AND MODEL CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH. BASIC FEATURES ARE AN INTENSIFYING SURFACE LOW MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS AND THEN AWAY FROM THE CENTRAL GREAT BASIN TODAY AND TONIGHT. DIGGING NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY THIS EVENING...CAUSING A CURRENTLY DEVELOPING DEFORMATION ZONE TO INTENSIFY. HOWEVER...BIG QUESTION AS TO THE EXACT DEVELOPMENT AND TRACK OF THIS ZONE...AS THE GFS AND TO SOME EXTENT THE MOST RECENT NAM HAVE NOW SPLIT THIS FEATURE INTO TWO DISTINCT ZONES...AND /SURPRISE SURPRISE/ THEY NOW DEPICT THE HEAVIER SNOW AVOIDING THE ELKO AREA ITSELF. THIS MAY BE GOOD NEWS IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING ALONG INTERSTATE 80 TODAY...PERHAPS NOT SO GOOD IF YOU ARE A SNOW LOVER LIVING IN ELKO AS THIS MAY BE YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE MANY DURING THE PAST FEW MONTHS OF A STORM SPLITTING AROUND THE BIGGEST POPULATION CENTER OF OUR CWA. THUS...CONFIDENCE IS NOT AT ALL HIGH DESPITE THE STORM MOVING IN PRESENTLY. HOWEVER...HAVE MOSTLY KEPT THE HEADLINES WE ALREADY HAD IN PLACE...THOUGH NUDGED SOME FORECAST SNOWFALL TOTALS DOWNWARD WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE HEAVIER SNOW MISSING MUCH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. DID INCREASE TOTALS IN CENTRAL NEVADA WHERE THE MODELS ARE NOW SUGGESTING ONE PORTION OF THE DEFORMATION BAND WILL END UP...AND THUS EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO ALL ELEVATIONS FOR SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. PRESSURE GRADIENT STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR WIND DOWN IN NORTHERN NYE...AND THOUGH THE 700 MB WINDS AREN'T QUITE AS IMPRESSIVE...THE MET STAT GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING THAT KTPH HITS HIGH WIND WARNING CRITERIA ON SUSTAINED WINDS ALONE. THUS...UPGRADED THE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR THIS AREA. STILL DON'T EXPECT MUCH IN THE WAY OF SNOWFALL THAT FAR SOUTH SO NO WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES. WINDS LOOK LIKE THEY WILL TRY TO CRANK ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY AS WELL WITH THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT...SO ADDED A WIND ADVISORY FOR THE LOWER ELEVATIONS HERE AS WELL. FINALLY...TWEAKED THE START AND END TIMES OF OUR ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS TO BETTER REFLECT THE CURRENT THINKING OF THE PASSAGE OF THE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WITH THIS SYSTEM...WHICH MEAN ENDING THE STATEMENTS EARLIER IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...AND KEEPING THEM LONGER ACROSS THE RUBIES...EXTREME EASTERN ELKO...WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE. BOTTOM LINE IS A RATHER UNPLEASANT DAY ACROSS THE REGION. TUESDAY A WARM FRONT-LIKE FEATURE TRIES TO QUICKLY LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH TO OUR WEST...BRUSHING HUMBOLDT AND NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY WITH SOME CLOUDS AND PERHAPS A FEW SHOWERS. OTHERWISE TEMPS WILL REBOUND QUICKLY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM THEIR MINIMUMS TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A RIDGE BUILDS ALOFT. RCM LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. NOT MANY CHANGES TO GRIDS OR FORECAST SINCE MODELS ARE IN BASIC AGREEMENT ON THE LARGE SCALE FEATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. BOTTOM LINE: DRY BUT CLOUDY RIDGE THROUGH THURSDAY...THEN INCREASING RH THROUGH SATURDAY WITH ATTENDANT RISE IN POPS, BUT STILL IN SLIGHT CHANGE TO CHANGE CATS THAT FAR OUT. SOME DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN MODELS AFTER SUNDAY BUT MONDAY LOOKS LIKE IT COULD RAIN AND SO HAVE LEFT CHANCE POPS IN MOST PLACES EXCEPT FOR HIGHER CHANCE IN WHITE PINE COUNTY AND SLIGHT CHANCE...OR LOWER...FOR NORTHERN NYE. WARMISH TEMPS THROUGH PERIOD SO SNOW ONLY IN HIGHER ELEVS OR AT NIGHT AND THEN VERY LITTLE OF QPF AT ALL, EXPECTED. BB AVIATION...PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW/COLD RAIN WITH TEMPERATURE HOVERING AROUND FREEZING IN EKO. WMC STILL ABOVE FREEZING SO OCNL RAIN THERE...BUT MORE PATCHY THAN IN EKO. SOME PROBABLY LIGHT SNOW FELL IN ELY AND THIS WILL PICK UP DURING DAY BUT WILL PROBABLY BE LIKE EKO WITH RAIN/SNOW MIX. TPH WILL ALSO SEE SOME LATER TODAY BUT MORE PATCHY AND PROBABLY ALL RAIN. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP IN SITES...BUT ESPECIALLY TPH...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS SURFACE TROF DEEPENS AND THEN PASSES EAST. TOUGH FORECAST...AND CONFIDENCE IS A BIT LOW ON THE TYPE...TIMING...AND AMOUNT OF PRECIP. EXPECT CIGS AND VSBYS TO LOWER TO MVFR/IFR IN RAIN/SNOW/FOG AND RISE AGAIN AFTER THEY PASS. BB && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING ABOVE 5000 FEET FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING BELOW 5000 FEET FOR EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN NYE COUNTY. && 99/99
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 NVZ034-081200- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF UP TO 18 INCHES. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ031-032-081200- NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. SNOW WILL PERSIST MUCH OF THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BELOW 6500 FEET...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ABOVE 6500 FEET. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST UP TO 45 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 6500 FEET...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT BELOW 6500 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ035>037-081200- WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA AND NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MODERATE SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BELOW 6500 FEET...WITH 4 TO 9 INCHES ABOVE 6500 FEET. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ013-081200- NORTHERN NYE COUNTY- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A STRONG PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH. A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ033-081200- EXTREME EASTERN ELKO COUNTY- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MODERATE SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATE IN THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BELOW 5000 FEET...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 5000 FEET. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST UP TO 55 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 5000 FEET...AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BELOW 5000 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ030-081200- HUMBOLDT COUNTY- 359 AM PST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MODERATE SNOWSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AND PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BELOW 4500 FEET...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES ABOVE 4500 FEET. WINDS MAY ALSO GUST UP TO 40 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ABOVE 4500 FEET. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. RCM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind gusts to 65 mph were recorded by the Ruby Valley RAWS.
Winds gusting up to 70 mph were reported by the Ruby Lake RAWS.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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