Isolated high wind occurred behind a strong cold front which swept through the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Isolated high wind occurred behind a strong cold front which swept through the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert.
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 Jan 29, 9:43 AM PST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 943 AM PST TUE JAN 29 2013 .SYNOPSIS...DRY NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL BE SEEN THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL TODAY...BUT CLIMB TO A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL BY THURSDAY WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. && .UPDATE...STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL START TO WEAKEN THIS EVENING AS TROUGH EXITS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND RIDGE FROM THE EASTERN PACIFIC EXPANDS EAST. WILL CONTINUE WITH WIND ADVISORY FOR ZONE 14 THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING AS STARTING TO SEE LOCAL GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH IN ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTIES. WILL NEED TO MONITOR WINDS IN THE OWENS VALLEY AS WIND GUSTS MAY NEAR ADVISORY CRITERIA. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN LINCOLN AND NORTHERN MOHAVE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. DRY AND SEASONABLE THE REST OF THE WEEK UNDER RIDGING. UPDATED TO ADJUST SKY GRIDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN ZONES TODAY AND TONIGHT. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...LIGHT SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS SHOULD GIVE WAY TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BETWEEN 18Z AND 20Z. JUST BEFORE MIXING...A PERIOD OF BRIEF LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR MAY BE POSSIBLE JUST OFF THE SURFACE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS UP THE 30 KTS ABOUT 4K FEET AGL. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST TO 25-30 KTS BETWEEN 21Z AND 01Z BEFORE GRADUALLY REDUCING IN SPEED FROM THE NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT. SCT-BKN CLOUDS AROUND 25K FEET THROUGH THE DAY WITH JUST A FEW LOWER CLOUDS BETWEEN 7-10K FEET. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...VFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SURFACE WINDS GUSTING TO BETWEEN 15-25 KTS OUT OF THE NORTH DURING THE DAY AT MOST TERMINALS. WINDS GUSTING TO 30-35 KTS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 19Z AND 00Z AT KBIH ALONG WITH SCT-BKN CLOUDS AROUND 7K FEET. OTHERWISE...SCT-BKN CLOUDS AROUND 25K FEET EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 308 AM PST TUE JAN 29 2013 .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE OVER THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE SHORT TERM WHICH WILL RESULT IN DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION. THE EXCEPTION IS THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF LINCOLN COUNTY TODAY WHERE A FEW SHOWERS MAY STILL BE SEEN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...BUT EVEN HERE DRYING WILL BE SEEN TONIGHT THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FOR TODAY WITH STRONG 700 MB FLOW ACROSS THE REGION AND INCREASING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS FORMING AS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS TO THE NORTH. ALTHOUGH LOCAL GUSTY WINDS WILL BE SEEN AREA WIDE TODAY...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER ESMERALDA/CENTRAL NYE COUNTY WHERE GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH MAY BE SEEN. THE CURRENT WIND ADVISORY FOR TODAY REMAINS IN EFFECT. WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE WINDS HOWEVER ACROSS NORTHERN INYO AND LINCOLN COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AS WINDS MAY APPROACH ADVISORY LEVELS IN THESE AREAS TOO. EXPECT WINDS TO DECREASE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH LITTLE IMPACT ON THE CWA EITHER DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR TODAY...BUT WITH LESS NORTHERLY FLOW AND INCREASING THICKNESS...TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WITH A LARGE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXPECTED TO BE THE DOMINANT FEATURE FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW DIFFERENCES IN HANDLING AN APPROACHING TROUGH LATE IN THE PERIOD...WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS STILL THE MOST PROGRESSIVE BRINGING A SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY SUNDAY MORNING...BUT THE ECMWF HAS STAYED CONSISTENT IN DEVELOPING A CUTOFF LOW WELL OFFSHORE OVER THE WEEKEND AND KEEPING THE LOW STATIONARY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MINIMAL CHANGE WAS NEEDED TO THE INHERITED FORECAST...OPTING TO LEAN TOWARDS THE MORE CONSISTENT EC. && .VEF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM PST TODAY FOR NVZ014. AZ...NONE. CA...NONE. && UPDATE...PIERCE AVIATION...WOLCOTT PREV DISCUSSION...JENSEN/KENNEDY HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 555 AM PST TUE JAN 29 2013 AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ015>022-300500- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHWEST DESERTS- 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-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- 555 AM PST TUE JAN 29 2013 /655 AM MST TUE JAN 29 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ARIZONA...CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER LOCAL GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE DECREASING OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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. NVZ014-300500- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY- 555 AM PST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN 10 AM AND 7 PM TODAY. WINDS WILL THEN DECREASE DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The peak measured gust occurred 39 miles ENE of Beatty.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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