A storm system dumped 8 to 13 inches of snow across many areas of White Pine county.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A storm system dumped 8 to 13 inches of snow across many areas of White Pine 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 Nov 9, 2:26 PM PST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 226 PM PST MON NOV 9 2015 .SYNOPSIS...SNOW SHOWERS ARE TAPERING OFF ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL INTENSIFY ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL NEVADA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND WESTERN ELKO COUNTY TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA TAPER OFF TUESDAY MORNING...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN NYE THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. && .UPDATE...EXPIRED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEVADA A COUPLE HOURS EARLY AS THE FRONT HAS PUSHED THROUGH THE REGION LEAVING ONLY LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS ARE INCREASING ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA AT THIS TIME...AND AS SUCH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THAT AREA REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 200 AM / SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SPREAD SNOW SHOWERS...GUSTY WINDS...AND COLDER TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEVADA TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA TONIGHT...WHILE ACCUMULATING SNOW SPREADS ACROSS NYE AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES. VERY COLD ON TUESDAY AS SNOW TAPERS OFF ACROSS CENTRAL NEVADA. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY MODERATE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VERY IMPRESSIVE, STRONG AND COLD, LONGWAVE TROUGH ARRIVING ON THE WEST COAST THIS MORNING. 540 DM 500 MB LOW ARRIVING ON THE OREGON COAST, WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING NW CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING A TESTAMENT TOWARDS THIS SYSTEM'S STRENGTH AND INSTABILITY. STRONG LIFT SPREADING ACROSS NEVADA THIS MORNING, WITH WARM AIR ADVECTION AND A SATURATING ATMOSPHERE. FGEN-FORCED PRECIPITATION BAND FORMING NEAR WINNEMUCCA EARLY THIS MORNING AS EXPECTED. INITIAL PRECIP WITH THIS BAND WILL TAKE THE FORM OF RAIN, TEMPORARILY, FOR THE LOWEST VALLEYS THIS MORNING. ANY RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW AS THE EXPECTED STRONG COLD FRONT AND COLD AIR ADVECTION SWEEP ACROSS NEVADA. COLD FRONT ENTERING WESTERN HUMBOLDT COUNTY AROUND 4 AM, NEAR BATTLE MOUNTAIN AROUND 7 AM, ELKO/SPRING CREEK 8-9 AM, AND ALONG A TONOPAH-ELY LINE BY 4 PM. BANDS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL ACCOMPANY FROPA, WITH BRIEF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. WHILE FORCING IS STRONG, MOISTURE IS LIMITED, AND PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF FORCING WILL KEEP RESIDENCY TIME, AND THEREFORE SNOW AMOUNTS, LIMITED. VIRTUALLY ALL VALLEYS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA WILL RECEIVE SNOW TODAY, BUT AMOUNTS WILL BE RESTRICTED TO 2 INCHES OR LESS, AND MOSTLY LESS. EXPECT 2-5 INCHES ON THE MOUNTAINS, PARTICULARLY THE W/NW FACING SLOPES. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL REMAIN AS INHERITED WITH NO CHANGES. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED BY SOME SNOW ON SOME ROADWAYS, AND GUSTY WINDS (AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW) AS THE COLD FRONT BARRELS THROUGH. HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY WILL OCCUR RIGHT NOW, EARLY THIS MORNING, WITH TEMPERATURES HERE AT THE OFFICE ACTUALLY RISING THROUGH THE 40S BENEATH THE THICKENING CLOUDS AND WARM ADVECTION. EXPECT ALL LOCATIONS TO FALL BACK INTO THE 30S BY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS EVENING...SNOW SHOWERS QUICKLY DWINDLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. TONIGHT, FORCING FOR SNOWFALL RELOCATES TO CENTRAL NEVADA, AS A 549 DM CLOSED LOW NEAR SACRAMENTO AT 10 PM MOVES TO NEAR TONOPAH AT 4 AM TUESDAY. STRONG LIFT WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN CWA, WITH MODELS AGREEING ON ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS NYE/WHITE PINE COUNTIES TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THESE ZONES, FROM TONOPAH TO GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK. VALLEYS ACROSS NYE/SOUTHERN WHITE PINE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT 2-4 INCHES OF SNOW, WITH OVER ONE FOOT ON THE MOUNTAINS OF GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK. YESTERDAY'S DAY SHIFT EXTENDED THE ADVISORY FOR THE SE ZONES THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY, AND THIS LOOKS TO BE ON THE MONEY. TUESDAY...COLD. ALL SNOW SHOWERS WILL WIND DOWN THROUGH THE DAY, AS PARENT LOW MOVES TO SOUTHERN UTAH AND SUBSIDENCE TAKES OVER. COLD POLAR AIRMASS OVER NEVADA, WITH 700 MB TEMPS NEAR -10C, WILL KEEP MOST VALLEYS SHIVERING IN THE 30S. STRONG N/NW WINDS ACROSS NYE COUNTY, INCLUDING TONOPAH, TUESDAY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW. 00Z MAV GUIDANCE IS CRANKING OUT 30 KTS SUSTAINED AT KTPH, AND A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED. WEDNESDAY...DRY, QUIET NW FLOW. CIRRUS SPREADS ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES. TEMPERATURES MODERATE A FEW DEGREES, BUT STILL WELL BELOW MID NOVEMBER NORMALS. TURNER LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. MODELS AGREE WELL ON A WEAK SHORT WAVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY BEFORE MINOR RIDGING ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...MOISTURE IS LIMITED AND SO THE BEST POPS WILL BE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. FRIDAY/SATURDAY LOOK DRY. NEXT SHORT WAVE APPEARS SUNDAY 00Z BUT MODELS DISAGREE FROM HERE ON. THE EURO HAS A VERY SHARP/RELATIVELY DEEP TROUGH OVER THE GREAT BASIN, WHILE THE GFS IS ZONAL AND A LITTLE ANTI-CYCLONIC. SO HAVE LEFT NEXT WEEKEND ALONE WITH LOW POPS AS A COMPROMISE. TEMPS REMAIN NEAR NORMAL. REALLY A VERY CONSERVATIVE FORECAST AS OF THIS WRITING. AVIATION...RADAR SHOWING RAGGED AREA OF RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS MOVING NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVER THE SIERRAS MONDAY MORNING. KWMC WILL SEE RAIN/SNOW TURNING TO MOSTLY SNOW BY ABOUT SUNRISE MONDAY. KEKO WILL TURN TO MOSTLY SNOW BY MID MORNING. KELY AND KTPH A MIXTURE. THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE OF VCTS NEAR EACH SITE WITH KWMC AND KEKO FROM AROUND 12Z TO 20Z AND KELY AND KTPH FROM AROUND 18Z TO 00Z. HOWEVER...WILL NOT INCLUDE IN TAFS. JUST FYI. PRECIP WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY...WEAKENING GRADUALLY AFTER 00Z TUESDAY. EXPECT IFR AT KWMC AND KEKO...WITH MVFR AT KELY AND KTPH MONDAY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST TUESDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 96
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1213 PM PST MON NOV 9 2015
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0611 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 WNW GREAT BASIN NATION39.02N 114.27W
11/09/2015 M70 MPH WHITE PINE NV MESONET
MESONET STATION MATHER RAWS (9268FT) /MTHN2/ THE SITE HAS
GUSTED OVER 58 MPH SINCE 3AM.
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NWS ELKO NV
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Many locations across White Pine county received 8 to 13 inches of snow. Amounts include: 13 inches at Ely, 12 inches at Ruth, 11 inches at McGill. Mountain SNOTEL's received 8 to 13 inches.
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