Another unseasonably strong low pressure system brought isolated high winds to the Mojave Desert.
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Another unseasonably strong low pressure system brought isolated high winds to the Mojave Desert.
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 Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 10, 12:09 AM PST, 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 109 AM PDT SUN JUN 10 2012 .SYNOPSIS...NORTH WINDS WILL BE GUSTY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THE AREA WILL BE DRY THROUGH MID-WEEK WHILE TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .UPDATE...WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO DECREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS ESMERALDA/CENTRAL NYE/LINCOLN COUNTIES AND HAVE ALLOWED THE WIND ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AS OF 1 AM PDT THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE WIND ADVISORY...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AREA WAS ALSO ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. EVEN THOUGH THE ADVISORY/WARNING WERE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...LOCAL WIND GUSTS TO OVER 35 MPH WILL LIKELY BE SEEN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT BEFORE FINALLY DECREASING EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. && .PREV UPDATE...1035 PM PDT...EXTENDED RED FLAG WARNINGS IN NEVADA THROUGH 1 AM AS POST FRONTAL NORTH WINDS WERE STILL CRANKING AND RIBBON OF EXTREMELY LOW DEWPOINTS WAS STILL PASSING THROUGH THE REGION AS WELL. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...COLD FRONT HAS PASSED THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND IS NOW PUSHING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE VALLEY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 12-18 KTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND 12Z THEN BECOMING NORTH-NORTHEAST FOR THE REST OF THE DAY WITH DECREASING GUSTINESS. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA AND WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA BY SUNDAY 12Z SWITCHING WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH. SPEEDS SHOULD MAINLY BE SUSTAINED AT 10-20 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 20-35 KTS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS LASTING 2-4 HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 6-12 KTS TOWARDS DAYBREAK SUNDAY EXCEPT IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FROM KIFP TO KEED WHERE WINDS OF 12-18 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 KTS ARE EXPECTED AND SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND 20Z SUNDAY. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .PREV DISCUSSION... 245 PM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...LATEST SURFACE OBSERVATIONS SHOW NORTH WINDS STARTING TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. FRONT WILL CONTINUE SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN NEVADA AND INYO COUNTY THIS EVENING...THEN CLEAR THE REST OF THE MOJAVE DESERT INTO THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY. MODELS CONSISTENT AS WE ARE STILL LOOKING AT A DECENT SHOT OF GUSTY NORTH WINDS JUST BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND LEFT OUR WIND ADVISORY IN PLACE FOR ESMERALDA...CENTRAL NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. AS FRONT SURGES SOUTH...STILL QUESTION DURATION OF 3 HOURS OR GREATER WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. A FEW SHORT TERM FORECASTS MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING TO COVER THE SHORTER DURATION WIND GUSTS. AFTER PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT...QUITE WEATHER EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT WILL LIE UNDER A DRY WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY BUT STEADILY RISE THROUGH TUESDAY. .LONG TERM...OVERALL THE MID AND UPPER LEVEL PATTERN IS GOING TO REMAIN IN A STATE NOT CONDUCIVE TO ANY MAJOR HOT SPELLS THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. WEDNESDAY APPEARS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OVERALL AS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AHEAD OF A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS APPROACHING THE PAC NW COAST. LOOK FOR HIGH TEMPS ABOUT 6-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TROUGH IS FORECAST TO PUSH EAST AND DIG SOUTH A LITTLE MORE ON THURSDAY HOWEVER A SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE IN OUR AREA. WITH TEMPS ALOFT ON THURSDAY NEARLY SIMILAR TO THOSE OF WEDNESDAY...HIGHS ON THURSDAY SHOULD REMAIN ABOUT 6 TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING THIS TROUGH EAST AND DIG IT FURTHER SOUTH ON FRIDAY...HOWEVER THEY HAVE ALL BACKED OFF FROM THE BIG CLOSED LOW SHOWN ON THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS OUTSIDE OF THE GEM WHICH STILL SHOWS A CLOSED LOW DEVELOPING IN THE BASE OF THE TROUGH ON SATURDAY OVER SOCAL. HOWEVER THE ECMWF AND TO A LESSER EXTENT THE GFS STILL SHOW ENOUGH MID-LEVEL MOISTURE PRESENT TO WARRANT KEEPING SLIGHT CHANCE POPS AROUND 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN CONCERNS WITH ANY CONVECTION WILL BE FOR LIGHTNING AND SINCE IT IS HIGH BASED...THE THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS. AT THIS TIME MOST OF THE MODELS SWEEP THE TROUGH AXIS THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING AND IT APPEARS NEXT WEEKEND - FOR NOW - SHOULD BE DRY. THE OTHER ISSUE WITH THIS TROUGH IS INCREASED WINDS DUE TO TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS. MODELS LOOK A LITTLE WEAK WITH EVEN 700 MB WINDS GIVEN THE POSITION OF THE TROUGH NEARBY...SO I BUMPED UP WINDS SLIGHTLY OVER GUIDANCE. TEMPS FOR NOW ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER SEVERAL DEGREES IN RESPONSE TO THE LOWER HEIGHTS WITH HIGHS ABOUT 3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON FRIDAY AND NEAR NORMAL ON SATURDAY. IF THE TROUGH ENDS UP BACK DEEPER AND TRENDS TOWARDS A CLOSED LOW...THEN TEMPS COULD BE EVEN LOWER THESE DAYS. .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO TURN MORE TO THE WEST EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE AIRPORT COMPLEX AROUND 05Z SUNDAY AND SHIFT WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. SPEEDS OF 12-18 KTS WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 KTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME NORTH TO NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 8-12 KTS AROUND 15Z SUNDAY. A CLEAR SKY IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING SWITCHING WINDS AROUND TO THE NORTHWEST TO NORTH. SPEEDS SHOULD MAINLY BE SUSTAINED AT 10-20 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 20-35 KTS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE PERIOD OF STRONGEST WINDS LASTING 2-4 HOURS BEHIND THE FRONT. THE HIGHEST WINDS SHOULD BE IN ESMERALDA...LINCOLN...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NYE...NORTHERN CLARK AND MOST OF INYO THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE TO 6-12 KTS TOWARDS DAYBREAK SUNDAY EXCEPT IN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY FROM KIFP TO KEED WHERE WINDS OF 12-18 KTS WITH GUSTS OF 25-30 KTS ARE EXPECTED AND SHOULD LAST UNTIL AROUND 20Z SUNDAY. A MAINLY CLEAR SKY IS EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .FIRE WEATHER...ISOLATED WIND/RH CRITERIA BEING MET ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL CONTINUE WITH THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH 9 PM MST. AS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA AWAITING THE ARRIVAL OF THE COLD FRONT. MODELS INDICATE RH VALUES WILL REMAIN VERY LOW JUST AHEAD AND AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WHEN WINDS WILL BE AT THEIR STRONGEST. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND LESS WIND SHOULD PRECLUDE THE NEED FOR ANY FIRE WEATHER STATEMENTS ON SUNDAY. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && UPDATE...JENSEN PREV UPDATE...MORGAN/STAUDENMAIER PREV DISCUSSION...PIERCE/STACHELSKI HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 426 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 AZZ001-003-NVZ014-015-017-100000- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- 426 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 /426 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A PACIFIC STORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TODAY WILL RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. HOWEVER THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE ACROSS ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOHAVE COUNTY TONIGHT. DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS...RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHILE WIND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN SECTIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. AZZ002-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ016-018>022-100000- LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA- EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES-OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS- LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 426 AM PDT SAT JUN 9 2012 /426 AM MST SAT JUN 9 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT GUSTY WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CREATE LOCAL AREAS OF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND ALSO RED FLAG CONDITIONS. HOWEVER DUE TO THE LIMITED AREAL COVERAGE AND EXPECTED DURATION OF THE WINDS...WIND ADVISORIES OR RED FLAG WARNINGS HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This gust occurred 44 miles ENE of Beatty.
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