Breezy north winds behind a cold front caused isolated minor damage.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
Breezy north winds behind a cold front caused isolated minor damage.
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 Oct 30, 2:00 PM PST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 300 PM PDT FRI OCT 30 2015 .SYNOPSIS...GENERALLY QUIET AND WARMER WEATHER OVER THE WEEK BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT BASIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND ANOTHER ROUND OF WIND WILL BLOW ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT ON MONDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING IN COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY...ESPECIALLY DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY IN LOCATIONS LIKE LAUGHLIN AND NEEDLES WHERE GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH HAVE BEEN COMMON. THESE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENTS HAVE BEEN AND WILL CONTINUE TO RELAX. WEAK RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND PROVIDE A QUIET WEATHER DAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND HIGH TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. AN ARE OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA COAST ON SATURDAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AND TOWARD THE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA COAST. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO PICK UP ACROSS THE AREA...PARTICULARLY ACROSS WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AS WELL AS OVER AND IN THE LEE OF THE SOUTHERN SIERRA. THE LOCAL HI- RES MODELS ARE INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR A DOWNSLOPE WIND EVENT IN THE LEE OF THE SIERRA AND POSSIBLY INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE OWENS VALLEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A 120KT+ JET WILL BE MAKING ITS WAY AROUND THE BASE OF THE TROUGH AND TOWARD THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST ON MONDAY MORNING. AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE AREA...A HEALTHLY SWATH OF MOISTURE WILL COME WITH IT. GFS M-CLIMATE DATA WAS INDICATING ENSEMBLE MEAN QPF VALUES OF ONE HALF INCH OVER LINCOLN COUNTY WITH SYSTEM. ALTHOUGH THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL PRECIPITATION WILL BE NORTH OF THE AREA THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY SHOWERS FROM THE SOUTHERN SIERRA EASTWARD ACROSS ESMERALDA...NYE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE FALLING TROUGH THE EVENT...LOWERING TO AROUND 5000 FEET MONDAY NIGHT. FURTHER SOUTH...WHERE THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIMITED OR NOT AT ALL...WINDS WILL BE MORE OF AN ISSUE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DESERTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. THE IS THE POTENTIAL 4O TO 50 MPH GUSTS IN THOSE LOCATIONS ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS LESS CLEAR...BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS AND SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO 4000 FEET OR LOWER ARE POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...NORTH WINDS 15-25KTS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH WINDS GENERALLY LESS THAN 5KTS AFTER 04Z. LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY WITH CLEAR SKIES. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...NORTH WINDS 15-25KTS WILL DIMINISH INTO THIS EVENING WITH MOST LOCATIONS SEEING WINDS OVERNIGHT LESS THAN 8KTS. WINDS WILL REMAIN NORTHERLY AROUND 10-15KTS DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND THEN AROUND 10-20KTS ON SATURDAY. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && CZYZYK/GORELOW FOR MORE FORECAST INFORMATION...SEE US ON OUR WEBPAGE: HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/LASVEGAS OR FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees blew down on Highway 157 2 miles ESE of Mt. Charleston. A nearby sensor reported a gust of 37 mph.
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