A strong Pacific storm system brought high winds to Humboldt county. Wind gusts up to 68 mph were observed.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A strong Pacific storm system brought high winds to Humboldt county. Wind gusts up to 68 mph were observed.
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 Dec 2, 2:22 AM PST, 6 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 222 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 .SYNOPSIS...MANY LOCATIONS CAN ANTICIPATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY AS A PACIFIC SYSTEM CLOSES IN ON THE REGION. THIS MOISTURE LADEN STORM WILL PUSH ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY. EXPECTING VALLEY RAINS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS WITH THE SNOW LEVELS RANGING FROM EIGHT THOUSAND TO SIX THOUSAND FEET. TONIGHT EXPECTING THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING...BLACK ICE FORMATION POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY...BUT ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS LOOMING ON THE HORIZON AND EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ANOTHER MAJOR STORM IS ON DECK TO IMPACT THE LKN CWA TODAY. EXPECTING MULTIPLE EMBEDDED PERTURBATIONS. WHILE THE GOLDEN STATE WILL BE GETTING THE LIONS SHARE OF THE MOISTURE...THE SILVER STATE IS BRACING FOR SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE QPF. THE NAM IS MORE BULLISH WITH THE QPF FOR HUMBOLDT AND ELKO COUNTIES...BUT GENERALLY GOOD CONSENSUS BETWEEN THE GFS AND NAM WITH REGARD TO THE PLACEMENT OF THE PRECIP SHIELD AND THE TIMING OF SIGNIFICANT QPE BETWEEN 18Z TO 00Z. THE ONLY SPECIOUS DIFFERENCE IS A BULLS EYE THAT THE NAM MOVES INTO SOUTHERN LANDER AND WESTERN NYE COUNTY...WHICH SEEMS UNLIKELY BUT IF PROVES TO BE TRUE WILL BE A CONCERN FOR FLOODING. EXPECTING A STRATIFORM AND PROLONGED EVENT...WITH MOST OF THE QPF EXPECTED IN THE WARM SECTOR. EVEN IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA...EVIDENCE OF DEEP LAYER MOISTURE SPILLS OVER WITH...PWS SURGING OVER .60 OF AN INCH...WHICH IS IMPRESSIVE BY HIGH DESERT STANDARDS IN DECEMBER. ADDITIONALLY...A STRONG JET WILL PENETRATE THE LKN CWA YIELDING POSITIVE U AND V COMPONENT ANOMALIES. AT 700 MB BOTH THE NAM AND GFS HINT TOWARD 75+ KNOTS OVER THE NORTHERN ZONES AND 60+ KNOTS OVER THE CENTRAL ZONES. KEPT THE STRUCTURE OF THE NPW AS IS WITH A HIGH WIND WARNINGS OVER HUMBOLDT...NORTHERN LANDER/EUREKA AND NORTHERN ELKO AND A WIND ADVISORY OVER THE REMAINING ZONES. LAST BUT NOT LEAST WITH THIS SYSTEM...EXPECTING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO SURFACE TRANSPORTATION..IE ROAD CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION TO WINDS...EXPECTING PATCHES OF BLACK ICE TO FORM AFTER MIDNIGHT WHEN THE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS RIDGING BUILDS BACK INTO THE REGION. BY 12Z TUESDAY THE ECMWF BRINGS THE 576 DAM NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...EXPECTING AFTERNOON TEMPS IN 50S ACROSS THE VALLEYS OF THE NORTHERN ZONES. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT. MAIN CHANGES MADE TO FORECAST...DROP DAYTIME TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A VERY LOW AMPLITUDE RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE PACIFIC COULD DELIVER SUBSTANTIAL STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION FOR AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR MOUNTAIN TOPS TUESDAY NIGHT LOWERING TO AROUND 7500 FEET BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THUS VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE FLOW ALOFT IS PROGRESSIVE WHICH WILL LIMIT ANY GIVEN SITE ABOVE 8000 FEET TO AROUND 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S...LOWS IN THE 30S. THURSDAY. UNSETTLED CONDITIONS WILL BRING A FEW SHOWERS AS A BRIEF DIRTY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT DEVELOPS. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL BE A DRY PERIOD WHERE THERE IS SOME INDICATION OF A COLD TROUGH BEGINNING TO SAG DOWN OVER THE WEST. HOWEVER MODELS ARE GETTING OUT OF SYNC A BIT TOWARDS THE END OF THE PERIOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S...LOWS IN THE 20S. && .AVIATION...WINDS ARE THE MAIN ISSUE FOR TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. GUSTS TO 50 KTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE VICINITY OF KWMC AND KEKO LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. SOME BLOWING DUST MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. NW WIND SHIFT ALONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE IS ESTIMATED TO OCCUR AROUND NOON AT KWMC...AROUND 3 PM AT KEKO. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 4 PM PST THIS AFTERNOON FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM PST THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 97/92/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 230 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 NVZ030-031-033>041-022230- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 230 AM PST SUN DEC 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY. MANY LOCATIONS CAN ANTICIPATE WINDY CONDITIONS TODAY AS A PACIFIC SYSTEM CLOSES IN ON THE REGION. THIS STORM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE TO NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA. LATER TONIGHT EXPECTING THE TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING...BLACK ICE FORMATION POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS AND PRECIPITATION WILL WEAKEN ON MONDAY. MILD CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO MID WEEK WITH THE NEXT STORM LOOMING ON THE HORIZON AND EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. .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 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted to 68 mph at the Morey Creek RAWS, 65 mph at the Double H RAWS, and 61 mph at the Rose Creek NDOT mesonet site.
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