Winds ahead of a strong storm system gusted up to 71 mph across Humboldt county.
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Winds ahead of a strong storm system gusted up to 71 mph across Humboldt county.
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 24, 2:15 PM PST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 215 PM PST WED DEC 24 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ON THE LATEST SATELLITE IMAGE THERE IS A SHIELD OF CLOUDS FROM UTAH TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DELIVER A BATCH OF WINTRY WEATHER THIS EVENING....OVER NIGHT AND TOMORROW. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS ANTICIPATED OVER NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...EXPECTING GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND BRUTALLY COLD TEMPERATURES. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. AS ADVERTISED...EXPECTING A SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER STORM THIS EVENING...OVER NIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. THE NAM...THE GFS AND THE RAP ARE PRETTY CONSISTENT BRINGING THE QPF INTO THE LKN CWA AFTER 4 PM TODAY. THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS ARE TIGHTLY CLUSTERED WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE SURFACE LOW OVER NE NV...WHEREAS THE ECMWF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE ROUGHLY 50 TO 100 MILES SOUTH OF THE GFS MEAN. LITTLE SUBTLE DIFFERENCES LIKE THIS WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN FINAL SNOW TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS. THE NCEP RMOP IS WELL INTO BLUE TERRITIORY EVEN AT 24 HRS. BUT THE DYNAMICS ARE IN PLACE FOR A SNOW AND WIND EVENT. KEPT HEADLINES IN PLACE...BUT ADDED AN NPW FOR NORTHERN NYE. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...EXPECTING CAA AND ROBUST NORTHERLY FLOW. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. EC AND GFS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE OVERALL PATTERN. EXPECT VERY COLD AND LARGELY DRY WEATHER ACROSS NEVADA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH FROM CANADA WILL IS EXPECTED TO BE JUST NORTH OF THE IDAHO-NEVADA BORDER SATURDAY NIGHT. THE VERY COLD PART OF THE AIRMASS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ARCTIC AIRMASS BEGINS TO MOVE INTO CWA DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. SINCE THE AIRMASS IS COLD AND WITH SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AVAILABLE...EXPECT JUST MAINLY LIGHT SNOW WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE UPSLOPE FAVORABLE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. THE COLD AIRMASS IS REINFORCED AND CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH OVER THE CWA AS THE 700 MB TEMPERATURES DROP NEAR -20C BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. WITH SNOW COVER...DAYTIME TEMPERATURES MONDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE ONLY IN THE LOW 20S AND TUESDAY WILL BE LUCKY TO MAKE IT TO THE 20 DEGREE MARK. HAVE DROP LOW TEMPERATURES 5 TO 15 DEGREES NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH LOWS SHOULD BE -15 BELOW ZERO TO NEAR ZERO MOST LOCATIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY MORNINGS. JH && .AVIATION...CIGS WILL LOWER THIS EVENING WITH COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WMC AROUND 01-02Z...EKO 03-04Z AND AROUND ELY 05-06Z. AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...S/SW WINDS OF 15 TO 25KTS WITH G40KTS AT ALL TAF SITES...FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL HOURS OF IFR/LIFR IN SN/BLSN AT KWMC...KEKO AND KELY BEHIND THE FRONT. AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AROUND 05Z...STRONG GUSTY NE WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS AT TPH WILL DEVELOP. THESE GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY...THIS EVENING AND OVER NIGHT...EXPECTING SNOW TO ACCUMULATE ON THE RUNWAYS OF KEKO. THIS IS A HIGH CONFIDENCE EVENT...AND SNOW IS VISIBLE OVER NE NV ON THE LATEST RADAR IMAGE. ADDITIONAL IMPACTS TO THE AVIATION CUSTOMERS WILL INCLUDE...OBSCURED MT TOPS...LIGHT TO OCNL MODERATE TURBULENCE AND LIGHT TO MODERATE ICING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO IMPACT SLC ON THURSDAY/FRIDAY...POSSIBLY IMPACTING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BETWEEN EKO AND SLC. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY. WIND ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY. && 97/87/87
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds ahead of a strong storm system gusted up to 71 mph. Winds gusts included: 71 mph at the Texas Springs RAWS, 65 mph at the Double H RAWS, 60 mph at the Morey Creek RAWS, and 59 mph at the Winnemucca airport.
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