A potent cold front brought strong winds to Humboldt county. Wind gusts up to 72 mph were observed.
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A potent cold front brought strong winds to Humboldt county. Wind gusts up to 72 mph were observed.
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 Feb 22, 3:59 PM PST, 9 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 359 PM PST FRI FEB 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BRING BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF THE SILVER STATE LATER TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. ANOTHER FRONT WILL BRING SOME MORE SNOW SHOWERS TO THE REGION LATER MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. A DRYING AND WARMING TREND SHOULD COMMENCE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. A GENERALLY INCLEMENT WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. AT PRESENT NEVADA IS UNDERNEATH A SMALL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WITH POTENT TROUGHS LOCATED BOTH TO OUR SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST. THE TROUGH TO THE NORTHWEST IS OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. ACCOMPANYING THIS SYSTEM IS A POTENT COLD FRONT WHICH MODELS DEPICT AS BEING QUITE STRONG WITH A STEEP PRESSURE GRADIENT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND IT. THIS SHOULD SUPPORT VERY STRONG WINDS AS THE FRONT PASSES. PLENTY OF FRONTOGENESIS AND DIVERGENCE ALOFT COMBINED WITH WEAK INSTABILITY SHOULD ALSO SUPPORT A BRIEF BURST OF HEAVY SNOW AS THE FRONT PASSES. SNOW WILL BE FAIRLY BRIEF ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND JUST NORTHEAST OF THE TRACK OF THE VORT MAX ALOFT BUT SHOULD LAST LONGER WHERE BETTER DIVERGENCE EXISTS FURTHER NORTHEAST AND DEEPER INTO THE TROUGH. THIS PUTS NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY UNDER THE GUN FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. GUIDANCE RIGHT NOW APPEARS TO AGREE ON A GENERAL 2-6 INCH SNOWFALL IN THE VALLEYS IN THIS AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...A SOLID WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER SOUTH AND WEST...BUT CONTINUED WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES EVEN IN AREAS WHERE VALLEYS MAY ONLY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES GIVEN THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WOULD RESULT IN WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS AND SEVERELY IMPACT TRAVEL...IF ONLY FOR A FAIRLY BRIEF PERIOD. IN SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY DOWNSLOPE SHOULD PREVAIL WHICH WILL KEEP SNOWFALL GENERALLY UNDER 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS. NORTHERN NYE COUNTY APPEARS TO BE TOO FAR SOUTH OF THE BEST FORCING GIVEN THE VORT MAX TRACK...SO ALSO EXPECT GENERALLY LESS THAN 1 INCH IN THE VALLEYS. IN THESE AREAS THE LIMITED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DID NOT APPEAR TO WARRANT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...HOWEVER POST-FRONTAL WINDS SHOULD GUST ABOVE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA GIVEN THE STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT...SO WENT WITH THAT OPTION INSTEAD. WHILE THE MAIN PERIOD OF SNOW SHOULD BE OVER BEFORE NOON ON SATURDAY...KEPT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING LONGER GIVEN HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED CONVECTIVE SNOW SHOWERS BEHIND THE MAIN FRONT. DEPENDING ON SNOW SHOWER COVERAGE DAY SHIFT TOMORROW MAY EITHER CANCEL THE ADVISORY A BIT EARLY...OR EXTEND IT A BIT LATER...BUT 3 PM FOR MOST ZONES SEEMED LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE. IN HUMBOLDT SNOW SHOWER COVERAGE AFTER THE FRONT LOOKS MORE LIMITED SO LET THE ADVISORY THERE EXPIRE AT 9 AM. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY ESPECIALLY IN NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY...BUT OVERALL CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE. PLENTY OF COLD AIR BEHIND THIS SYSTEM SO IF IT CLEAR OUT MORE THAN ANTICIPATED TEMPERATURES MAY GO BELOW ZERO IN MANY AREAS SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE REBOUNDING BACK TOWARDS THE FREEZING MARK ON SUNDAY. RIDGE PASSES OVER THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT BUT NEXT FRONT IS ALREADY ON THE HORIZON. MODELS HAVE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THIS SYSTEM SOMEWAHT BUT OVERALL EXPECT SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO RETURN TO THE REGION LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY ACROSS THE NORTH. RCM .LONG TERM...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SHORTWAVE RIDGE AXIS WILL PUSH EAST OVER NORTHERN NEVADA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HAVE EXPANDED POP COVERAGE IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE TUESDAY AFTERNOON PERIOD AS A FAST MOVING SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHES ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN NEVADA. MODELS ARE NOT IN THE BEST AGREEMENT WITH HANDLING THIS FEATURE...WITH THE EUROPEAN MODEL A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE THAN THE GFS. ALONG WITH THE CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS...TEMPERATURES AT 700 MB ARE QUITE CHILLY...DROPPING TO AS LOW AS -16C. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE...ALTHOUGH HIGHER LOCALES IN NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY COULD SEE TWO TO MAYBE FOUR INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KICK IN LATE TUESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORE WIND PRONE AREAS LIKE WEST WENDOVER AND TONOPAH. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL BE MET AT THIS TIME...BUT WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...MODELS DEPICT SHORTWAVE RIDGING TRYING TO BUILD IN...BUT RIDGE AXIS IS MORE PRONOUNCED IN THE GFS VERSUS THE EUROPEAN. LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY...EUROPEAN TRIES TO BRING IN WEAK ENERGY IN THE FAR NORTH...SO HAVE ADDED ISOLATED POPS IN THE FAR NORTH. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE VARIED IN THEIR OUTPUT. HAVE GENERALLY LEFT FORECAST AS-IS FROM PREVIOUS ITERATION. && .AVIATION...A COLD FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA LATER TONIGHT...BRINGING IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS TO TAF SITES DUE TO SNOW. WINDS WILL BE SW10-15G25KT...SWITCHING TO THE NORTHWEST AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE. VERY STRONG WINDS EXPECTED AT KTPH AFTER 23/18Z WITH NW20-30G40KT. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 PM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 9 AM PST SATURDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 3 PM PST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY...WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM PST SATURDAY FOR NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY... RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE...SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY... SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY. && 93/86/86
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 302 PM PST FRI FEB 22 2013 NVZ030-031-034>039-231715- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN 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- 302 PM PST FRI FEB 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA. .DAYS ONE AND TWO...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 45 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT...RESULTING IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .DAYS THREE THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. NVZ033-040-041-231715- SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 302 PM PST FRI FEB 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT WITH SOME GUSTS REACHING 50 MPH. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE. RCM
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Morey Creek RAWS reported a gust to 72 mph, the Double H and Texas Springs RAWS had gusts to 59 mph, and the Rose Creek NDOT mesonet site had a gust to 59 mph.
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