A winter storm brought heavy snow to southern Lander and southern Eureka counties where 6 to 10 inches of snow was reported.
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A winter storm brought heavy snow to southern Lander and southern Eureka counties where 6 to 10 inches of snow was reported.
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 18, 9:14 PM PST, 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 914 PM PST WED DEC 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY, ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS OF NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS AROUND...AT THIS TIME NO TRAVEL CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS. && .UPDATE...RADAR INDICATING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THIS EVENING. WITH RAIN FALLING INTO SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN SOME OF THE LOWER VALLEYS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR THROUGH THE HUMBOLDT RIVER VALLEY, FREEZING RAIN WILL CREATE ICE COVERED ROADS IN PLACES SO WENT AHEAD AND ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 4 AM. COLDER AIR MOVING IN ALOFT SHOULD TURN PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW AFTER 4 AM. && .AVIATION...FZRA EXPECTED AT KEKO UNTIL 12Z. FZRA POSSIBLE AT KWMC THROUGH 10Z. .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 402 PM / SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SNOW TO THE GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS AROUND...AT THIS TIME NO TRAVEL CONCERNS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...LIGHT VALLEY RAIN SHOWERS AND MTN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. JET COUPLET ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA WILL CONTINUE TO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE SHOWERS. CURRENT 700MB TEMPS ARE NEAR 0 DEGREES CELSIUS...WHICH WILL KEEP LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VALLEYS UNTIL COLDER AIR MOVES IN TONIGHT. SOME VALLEY INVERSIONS HAVE BEEN STUBBORN TO ERODE TODAY...WHICH RAISES THE CONCERN FOR POCKETS OF LIGHT FRZ RAIN DURING THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL MAINLY IMPACT AREAS ACROSS LANDER...EUREKA...AND HUMBOLDT COUNTIES. THIS ACTIVITY COULD SPREAD EAST LATER THIS EVENING AND THE EVENING SHIFT WILL NEED TO THE MONITOR THE LATEST TRENDS. NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE A BIG DEAL...BUT ISOLATED SLICK SPOTS COULD DEVELOP ON AREA ROADWAYS. AS THE 500MB TROUGH QUICKLY DIGS OFF THE CALI COAST...IT WILL BECOME A CLOSED CIRCULATION AND SLIDE SOUTH ALONG THE CALI COAST. THIS WILL CAUSE A SPLIT IN ENERGY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS CREATES A COMPLEX WEATHER SCENARIO. LATER THIS EVENING...THE COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING SE INTO HUMBOLDT COUNTY. HAVE ISSUED AN IMPACT BASED WINTER WEATHER ADV FOR LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS IMPACTING THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE. AS THE FRONT SLIDES SOUTH...IT WILL SLOW AND BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. BECAUSE OF THE SPLITTING STORM SYSTEM...SNOW MAY JUMP THE I80 CORRIDOR AND ELKO. A DUSTING TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH A LITTLE MORE IN SPRING CREEK. LEE CYCLOGENESIS WILL OCCUR ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL NEVADA THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL DEVELOP A DEFORMATION ZONE ON A LINE FROM...TPH TO P68....THROUGH KELY. THIS WILL BE THE AXIS FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THIS DEFORMATION ZONE WILL DEVELOP BEFORE THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...BUT COLDER AIR ALOFT MOVING IN FROM THE NW WILL CHANGE ANY RAIN QUICKLY OVER TO SNOW. AS THE DIFFUSE FRONT PUSHES SOUTH...IT WILL LIKELY ENHANCE THE DEFORMATION ZONE ALREADY IN PLACE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM MID MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS IS WHERE 4-9 INCHES COULD ACCUMULATE IN WHITE PINE AND NE NYE COUNTIES. LESSER AMOUNTS...BUT STILL SUBSTANTIAL...WILL OCCUR IN NW NYE AND SOUTHERN LANDER/EUREKA COUNTIES OF 2 TO 5 INCHES. SOME ISOLATED AREAS IN SE EUREKA COUNTY COULD RECEIVE LOCALLY AROUND 6 INCHES. THIS BAND OF SNOWFALL WILL BE IN PLACE FOR A SOLID 10-18 HOURS...BEFORE DISSIPATING AS ENERGY/DYNAMICS SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST. FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAY SEE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS AND ISOLATED MORNING SNOW SHOWERS IN EXTREME EASTERN NEVADA. PGF INCREASES...WITH NEAR WIND ADV CRITERIA FOR THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE CWA. HELD OFF ON ANY WIND PRODUCTS...AS CONFIDENCE IS LOW...BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY BE GUSTY. THE OVERNIGHT SHIFT WILL NEED TO CONSIDER ANY WIND PRODUCTS. FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE QUITE COLD ACROSS NEVADA. WITH FRESH SNOW-PACK AND CLEARING...EXPECT WIDESPREAD -5 TO 5 DEGREE LOWS. THE MODELS MAY BE UNDER DOING THE COLD...WOULD NOT BE SHOCKED TO SEE SOME LOCATIONS NEARING THE -10S. BY FRIDAY EVENING...A STREAM OF MOISTURE WILL BE MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEVADA...WHICH WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG JET DYNAMICS/FORCING. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR MORE SNOW...BUT THE FOCUS WILL BE IN NORTHERN NEVADA. NW FAVORED SLOPES AND HIGH ELEVATION VALLEYS COULD SEE MODERATE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. THE MODELS HAVE COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT TODAY...BUT SOME DIFFERENCES STILL REMAIN. THE LOWEST VALLEYS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTIES WILL STRUGGLE TO SEE ANY SUBSTANTIAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. ONLY EXPECTING LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THESE LOCATIONS. JRM LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS. THE LONG TERM BEGINS WITH NORTHERLY FLOW AFTER THE TROUGH EXITS. SOME LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. HEIGHTS WILL RISE SLOWLY DURING THE DAY WITH SOME MID TO HIGH CLOUDS MOVING THROUGH. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S FOR THE MOST PART. BY SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...QUIET CONDITIONS CONTINUE BUT THE RIDGE BECOMES SUPPRESSED BY ENERGY DIVING SOUTHWARD FROM CANADA. AT THIS TIME...MODELS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM COMING SOUTH FROM CANADA DURING CHRISTMAS DAY...AND THIS WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS. AVIATION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FOR KELY AND KTPH. KWMC WILL SEE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE MORNING WHERE IFR AND BRIEF LIFR CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 KNOTS. KEKO WILL SEE SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT. KEKO COULD BRIEFLY GO DOWN TO IFR. KELY/KTPH WILL SEE THE GREATEST REDUCTIONS OF CIG/VBSY. BOTH SITES WILL LIKELY SEE EXTENDED IFR AND AT TIMES LIFR CONDITIONS...BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. JRM && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM PST THURSDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. && 91/97
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Austin and Eureka received 6 inches of snow, and the Big Creek Summit SNOTEL reported 10 inches.
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