Gusty winds spread a grass fire to two homes in Las Vegas.
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Gusty winds spread a grass fire to two homes in Las Vegas.
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 Aug 1, 9:08 AM PST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 1008 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE MOHAVE COUNTY...WHERE A MORE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP MOISTURE AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS IN PLACE ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. && .UPDATE...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SOME MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA. OVERALL THINGS LOOK ON TRACK AND I DO NOT SEE THE NEED FOR ANY CHANGES AT THIS TIME. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 246 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODELS REMAIN IN REASONABLY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH FRIDAY AND LITTLE CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE INHERITED FORECAST. DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CWA TODAY BRINGING BREEZY TO LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS. MODEL GUIDANCE AND THE KINGMAN IPW SENSOR SHOWED SOME WEAK MOISTURE ADVECTION TOOK PLACE OVER MOHAVE COUNTY LATE WEDNESDAY. MUCH OF THIS MOISTURE SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MID DAY...BUT ENOUGH MAY LINGER TO KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST FOR THE EASTERN 2/3RDS OF MOHAVE COUNTY. SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY AND MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT THAT MOST IF NOT ALL MONSOON MOISTURE WILL BE EAST OF MOHAVE COUNTY. HAVE LEFT IN A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY FOR NOW. TEMPERATURES SHOULD CONTINUE TO HOVER RIGHT AROUND NORMAL. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...A GENERALLY DRY PATTERN IS STILL INDICATED FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY THE LATEST MEDIUM RANGE MODELS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND LITTLE CHANGE WAS MADE TO THE GOING FORECAST. THOUGH THERE ARE SOME DIFFERENCES WITH THE SYNOPTIC PATTERN BETWEEN THE GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS...EITHER WAY THERE WILL BE LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN SENSIBLE WEATHER FOR OUR FORECAST AREA. WE WILL BE STUCK BETWEEN A TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST AND A RIDGE CENTERED OVER TEXAS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SATURDAY WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY SUNDAY AND BEYOND BUT THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MONSOONAL MOISTURE BOUNDARY SHOULD REMAIN WITHIN THE ARIZONA AND UTAH BORDERS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CORRESPOND TO WHERE THE MOISTURE IS CONFINED...PRIMARILY OVER MOHAVE COUNTY. IT APPEARS BOTH OF THE 00Z SOLUTIONS HAVE BACKED OFF ON ANY APPRECIABLE WESTWARD MOISTURE EXPANSION MONDAY AND TUESDAY THAT WAS INDICATED BY THE 12Z SOLUTIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD AROUND NORMAL VALUES. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...TYPICAL SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. STRONGER SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AT 15-20 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 25-30 KTS POSSIBLE. A FEW HIGH CLOUDS MAY DRIFT OVER THE AREA AT TIMES...AS WELL AS A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS AROUND 15K FEET OVER THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD BEGIN TO DIE DOWN AROUND SUNSET. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY ARIZONA AGAIN TODAY. OTHERWISE FEW-SCT CLOUDS 12-14K FEET OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. TYPICAL DRAINAGE WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS MORNING. STRONGER SOUTH/SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AT 15-25 KTS WITH LOCAL GUSTS TO 35 KTS. SMOKE WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE OWENS VALLEY AROUND KBIH THROUGH LATE THIS MORNING...AND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 3-6SM AT TIMES. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && UPDATE...STACHELSKI PREVIOUS...WOLCOTT/ADAIR FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 330 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 AZZ001-003-020700- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST DESERTS- 330 AM MST THU AUG 1 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS EACH DAY OVER EASTERN MOHAVE COUNTY DURING THE PERIOD. .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-NVZ014>022-020700- 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- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 330 AM PDT THU AUG 1 2013 /330 AM MST THU AUG 1 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
Gusty winds spread a grass fire to two homes and two vehicles. Two people were injured.
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