A storm system brought heavy snow to northern Elko County where up to 10 inches was reported in the mountains and up to 6 inches in the valleys.
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A storm system brought heavy snow to northern Elko County where up to 10 inches was reported in the mountains and up to 6 inches in the valleys.
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 Apr 7, 1:02 AM PST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 202 AM PDT SUN APR 7 2013 .SYNOPSIS...AS UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUES ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY TODAY UPON THE APPROACH OF A STRONGER SYSTEM. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE VALLEY FLOORS TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM SLOWLY MOVES FROM NORTHERN NEVADA THROUGH CENTRAL NEVADA PRODUCING SOME LIGHTNING ALONG THE WAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING IMPROVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...WITH A MOIST ZONAL FLOW ALOFT OF THE LKN CWFA THIS MORNING...MID TO HIGH CLOUDINESS IS THICKEST OVER NORTHERN NEVADA... ESPECIALLY ELKO COUNTY...AS ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH. THERE AREA SOME RADAR RETURNS OVER NORTHERN ELKO BUT CANNOT FIND EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING DROPPING IN THE BUCKETS YET. TEMPERATURES ARE LINGERING IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50 DEGREES IN THE NORTH...HOWEVER ELY HAS AN ANOMALOUSLY LOW TEMPERATURE OF FREEZING. PROJECTED MOVEMENT OF A PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS TODAY...SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW TONIGHT...AND DANGEROUSLY STRONG WINDS ON MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY EXIT MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THIS MORNING. A ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE AND SHOWERS WILL BE MAINLY AFFECTING NORTHERN NEVADA. PACIFIC LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR THE WASHINGTON STATE SHORELINE. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER TO BELOW 6000 FEET OVER HUMBOLDT COUNTY. THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE LKN CWFA. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INLAND OVER WASHINGTON STATE AND WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN NEVADA. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE INCREASING AND SPREADING INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL RANGE FROM 5500 TO 6000 FEET ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA...STILL AROUND 8000 FEET SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AS A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE CWFA. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 50S TO THE LOW 60S. TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY AND THE RUBY MOUNTAINS OF ELKO COUNTY...4 TO 8 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS OF NORTHERN ELKO...AND 6 TO 14 INCHES FOR THE RUBIES. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ELKO COUNTY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE RUBY MOUNTAINS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED ABOVE 5500 FEET. A COLD LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH VERY RAPIDLY FROM WASHINGTON STATE...AND PLUNGE THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS. COMING OFF OF A RELATIVELY WARM DAY...ROAD TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING INITIALLY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COLD FRONT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE AROUND 30 DEGREES. MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. A HIGH WIND WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 AND FROM THE RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EASTWARD. SNOW WILL BEGIN TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST HOWEVER WRAPAROUND SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO THE EVENING. A POST- FRONTAL STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED AS LOW PRESSURE CUTS DEEPER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN NEVADA AND ARIZONA. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN IMMENSELY OVER CENTRAL NEVADA. WIND GUSTS MAY REACH 100 MPH AT MOUNTAIN PEAKS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 40S WITH GUSTS WELL OVER 55 MPH AT THE SURFACE. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM MID 30S TO THE MID 40S. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN NEVADA AS WRAPAROUND EFFECTS CONTINUE FROM THE SLOW-EXITING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SUBDUED OVER EASTERN NEVADA AS WELL WITH A CONTINUED NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. WIND GUSTS IN SOME PLACES TUESDAY COULD PEAK HIGHER THAN 45 MPH. .LONG TERM...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. MUCH QUIETER WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS NEVADA FOR THE LONG TERM. PLEASANTLY MILD TEMPERATURES WILL BE ENJOYED...WITH BOTH HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR OR ABOVE EARLY APRIL NORMALS. TUESDAY NIGHT...LARGE COLD TROUGH SLOWLY INCHES AWAY FROM THE GREAT BASIN. SINKING AIR PROMOTES DRY CONDITIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING BY SUNRISE WEDNESDAY ALLOWING FOR ANOTHER FREEZE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S. MODELS SUGGEST SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER NEVADA WEDNESDAY MORNING. THUS...IT COULD BE COLDER IF SKIES ARE CLEARER...BUT CURRENTLY IT APPEARS SOME CLOUDS WILL PERSIST AND KEEP LOW TEMPERATURES HIGHER THAN THEY OTHERWISE COULD BE. WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING...MOSTLY SUNNY AND MUCH WARMER. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES QUICKLY MODERATE BACK TO THE 60S IN MOST VALLEYS. THURSDAY...WEAK SHORTWAVE CROSSES NEVADA EMBEDDED IN NW FLOW. ALL MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT TRACKING THIS FEATURE. THIS SHORTWAVE APPEARS RELATIVELY WEAK AND MOISTURE-STARVED. NONETHELESS...MODEL QPF FIELDS REQUIRED INCREASING SHOWER COVERAGE IN THE GRIDS FOR THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS NOW MENTIONED ACROSS MOST OF NE NEVADA. 00Z ECMWF IS MOST ROBUST WITH ITS QPF...WITH 0.10-0.20 INCH OF RAIN FOR NE NEVADA VALLEYS. ALL PRECIPITATION THAT POPULATED VALLEYS RECEIVE WILL BE RAIN WITH HIGH SNOW LEVELS NEAR 8000 FEET. WARMING TREND IS HALTED...BUT IT WILL STILL BE MILD IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...DRY UNEVENTFUL NW FLOW. CONTINUED MILD WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S. BT && .AVIATION...STRONG WEST WINDS WILL IMPACT AVIATION OPERATIONS TODAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT ORGANIZES NORTH OF NEVADA. EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA AFTER 18Z...KWMC/KEKO WILL BOTH AVERAGE 20-30 KTS WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 KTS. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA...AVERAGING 15-25 KTS AT KTPH/KELY. -SHRA LARGELY CONFINED NORTH OF KWMC/KEKO THROUGH 00Z...BUT DID MENTION VCSH AT KWMC/KEKO. INSTABILITY WARRANTS VCTS/CB MENTION AT KEKO 00-06Z. AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH ALL TAF SITES 06-18Z MON. EXPECT 1-3 HOURS OF IFR/LIFR CIGS/VIS IN SHSN AS THIS COLD FRONT PASSES. CURRENT TIMELINE PLACES WORST CONDITIONS AT KWMC 06-12Z MON...AT KEKO 08-14Z MON...AT KELY 12-18Z MON. KTPH CAN EXPECT BRIEF -SHSN AS WELL 12-18Z MON. HIGHEST IMPACT AT KTPH WILL BE STRONG /POTENTIALLY DAMAGING/ NW WINDS 15Z MON-00Z TUE...AVERAGING NEAR 40 KTS...GUSTING OVER 60 KTS. BT && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM PDT MONDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. HIGH WIND WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PDT MONDAY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PDT MONDAY ABOVE 5500 FEET FOR SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. && 92/99/99
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Several SNOTEL sites reported 8 to 10 inches of snow. The town of Jarbidge and Wild Horse Reservoir reported 6 inches of snow.
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