A winter storm brought 7 to 10 inches of snow to much of White Pine county with 1 to 2 feet at some mountain locations.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm brought 7 to 10 inches of snow to much of White Pine county with 1 to 2 feet at some mountain locations.
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 3, 3:05 AM PST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 305 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT IS BRINGING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS TO NORTHERN NEVADA THIS MORNING...WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS OVER CENTRAL NEVADA. SNOW SHOWERS DIMINISH FROM NORTH TO SOUTH LATER TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH VERY COLD AIR REMAINING OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. COLD FRONT HAS MOVED DOWN ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT...AND AS OF 2AM THIS MORNING WAS LOCATED AROUND THE ELKO/WHITE PINE COUNTY LINE EXTENDING HORIZONTALLY THROUGH CENTRAL LANDER AND EUREKA. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NORTH OF THE FRONT TODAY...WITH HEAVIER SHOWERS SPREADING INTO SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES...AS WELL AS WHITE PINE AND NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTIES. HAVE BACKED OFF ON SNOW AMOUNTS TODAY BOTH FOR AREAS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THE LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE SHOWERS MAY LEAD TO AN INCH OR TWO OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AS WELL AS SOME SLICK ROADWAYS AS TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING EVENING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. STILL EXPECTING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES...WITH 3 TO 8 INCHES OVER WHITE PINE COUNTY BEFORE THE FRONT EXITS TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. FOR NOW WILL LEAVE ALL HEADLINES ADDRESSING SNOWFALL IN PLACE...AND PLAY UP ICY ROADS. WILL HOWEVER ADJUST STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS DOWN SLIGHTLY PER LATEST GUIDANCE AND STORM HISTORY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AS THE FRONT EXITS AND COLD NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT DOMINATES. FLOW ALOFT BACKS TO A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION LEADING TO WELL BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT THROUGH SATURDAY. A COLD TROUGH WILL SETTLE OVER THE GREAT BASIN WITH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH STRETCHING EAST TO THE FOUR CORNERS AREA OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH SATURDAY. AFTER-WARDS TOO MANY INCONSISTENCIES ARE INHERENT IN THE MODELS TO CHANGE VERY MUCH FROM THE ONGOING FORECAST. HISTORICALLY THE EVOLVING SYNOPTIC PATTERN IS THE COLDEST PATTERN FOR THE LKN CWFA. THE GFS QUICKLY KICKS THE TROUGH EAST SUNDAY WHILE THE ECMWF MODEL LINGERS THE TROUGH ANOTHER DAY AT LEAST. THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THE TROUGH WILL ATTAIN A NE TILT ORIENTATION...OPENING UP TO A BROAD LOW CIRCULATION OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN CANADA...PERIODICALLY OSCILLATING NEAR THE HUDSON BAY. EXTREMELY COLD AIR WILL CHANNEL THROUGH THE TROUGH AND INTO NEVADA. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF MODELS ARE INDICATING A RANGE OF -12 C TO -20 C TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE THE NORM AT NIGHT WITH DAYTIME HIGHS STRUGGLING FOR THE FREEZING MARK. LOWS WILL BE MOST EXTREME WHERE RECENT SNOW HAS FALLEN. FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER SLUG OF MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT BASIN AND THE MODELS ARE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THIS NEXT FEATURE. THE IMPACTS APPEAR TO BE GREATEST SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND ESPECIALLY CENTRAL NEVADA INCLUDING THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR. BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE GENEROUS WITH QPF VALUES ON THE LATEST MODEL RUNS AS THE SHORTWAVE LOW SCOOPS UP SOME PACIFIC MOISTURE. INCREASED POPS MARKEDLY WITH THIS SOLUTION IN MIND. COLD COLD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SO ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. PRESENTLY...THE MODELS ARE INDICATING A FAST MOVING FRONT WHICH COULD PRODUCE 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE VALLEYS. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 20S TO AROUND 30. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS TO AROUND 10 DEGREES. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. TOO MANY CONFLICTING SOLUTIONS TO EFFECTIVELY ADD VALUE TO THE FORECAST DURING THIS PERIOD. WILL MAKE FEW CHANGES...COLLABORATING WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. && .AVIATION...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL RESULT IN MVFR AND OCCASIONAL IFR CIGS AND VIS AT ALL TAF SITES TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BE ON THE DOORSTEP OF THE KELY TERMINAL AT 18Z...AND ABOUT 19Z-20Z AT KTPH. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THIS MORNING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY...NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY...NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 4 AM PST WEDNESDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. && 96/92/92
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 304 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 NVZ030-031-033>041-040000- 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- 304 AM PST TUE DEC 3 2013 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 AND TONIGHT. SNOWY AND ICY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA TODAY DUE TO A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT WSWLKN FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE TIMING AND IMPACTS OF THIS SYSTEM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT AFTERNOON HIGHS TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING WEDNESDAY THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT WARM UP ON THE WEEKEND. RECORD LOW HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY FOR AT LEAST A FEW LOCATIONS THIS WEEK. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH SINGLE DIGIT AND MINUS ZERO VALUES THE NORM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. JR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
A winter storm brought heavy snow to White Pine county. Some amounts included:|7 inches at Ely and McGill, 9 inches at Ruth, 8 to 14 inches in the mountains as reported by SNOTEL's, and a whopping 25 inches to the Great Basin National Park Visitor Center.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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