Another Pacific low pressure system brought isolated high winds to the Mojave Desert.
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Another Pacific low pressure system brought isolated high winds to the 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 Nov 27, 8:22 AM PST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 822 AM PST Sun Nov 27 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A cold weather system will bring strong winds to the Western Mojave desert and a chance of showers to much of the region today. Light accumulations of snow can be expected in our local mountains mainly above 5000 feet. Drier conditions return Monday but cool conditions can be expected much of the week with occasional shots of north winds. && .UPDATE...Quick hitting storm producing widespread rain and snow across Inyo. Esmeralda, central Nye and northern Lincoln Counties this morning. So far its been all liquid precipitation in Bishop with the snow level less than a thousand feet above the valley floor. In the coming hours clouds will build with shower chances increasing in Clark and Mohave Counties. The Spring Mtns and parts of Lincoln County look to probably pick up another 1-3 inches. That would be on top of the 2 new inches SNOTEL stations reported in Lee Canyon overnight. Showers will dissipate and exit from Mohave County by late evening. Monitoring winds around Las Vegas and the Spring Mtns. Looks like I may be able to cancel the Wind Advisory early. Will make that determination in another 1 hour or so as more new guidance arrives. && .PREV DISCUSSION...200 AM PST SUN NOV 27 2016 .SHORT TERM...through Tuesday night. Our area finds itself between systems early this morning as the first shortwave trough exits to our east ahead of a secondary, stronger shortwave due into our forecast area by later this morning. Only a few light showers remain at this hour across eastern Lincoln and northern Mohave counties. As we progress later into the day...renewed shower development is expected to organize across the southern Great Basin and drift southeast ahead of a potent shortwave diving in from the Great Basin. While the trajectory is a fairly dry one...strong dynamics and cold air aloft will aid in the generation of instability driven showers. Even a few thunderstorms will be possible especially in the mid/late afternoon across northwest Arizona. The heaviest precipitation is likely to fall across eastern Mohave county...but just about everywhere stands the chance to see precipitation at some point today. Across the Spring Mountains...best chances for accumulating snow will be near Mt. Charleston and Lee Canyon...where a quick inch or two will be possible during the mid afternoon. Overall however...I anticipate the majority of precipitation related impacts to be light. Meanwhile...across the Western Mojave desert, the incoming trough will bring with it a strong temperature differential and associated strong winds into the area. Guidance suggests high wind potential during the day today, particularly for Barstow/Daggett...Fort Irwin...and Twentynine Palms. Gusts to 60 mph will be a possibility along with areas of blowing dust. I went ahead and issued a warning for those areas today...and expanded the wind advisory to include southeast San Bernardino county as well. Northwest winds behind the storm system will move into our northwestern zones during the afternoon...and the wind advisory for that area continues to look good. More peaceful weather is in store Monday and Tuesday...though breezy north winds will linger through the short term period. Much cooler temperatures can be expected for the start of the work week...with below normal temperatures expected. We will need to pay close attention to the morning lows as we start the workweek...with temperatures falling to near freezing in several locations where this may not have yet occured this fall. .Long Term...Wednesday through Saturday. Very weak ridging will transition to northwest flow across the area Wednesday. Winds look to be fairly light under mostly sunny skies with cool temperatures. Still looking at a developing low dropping south through the area Thursday through Friday. The models tonight are not in as good agreement with the exact track of the low with the ECMWF having the track farther west than other operational models. So, I made no significant changes to the forecast with a slight chance of showers working into the extreme northern part of the forecast area Thursday and spreading a little farther south through the southern Great Basin Thursday night. Precipitation chances then shift to mainly Mohave County Friday as the low drops south to either northern Baja or southern Arizona, depending on which model verifies. Moisture will be limited with this system given the inland track and precipitation should be on the light side and limited to mainly the higher terrain. The entire forecast area should be dry Saturday as the low moves into northwest Mexico. The main impact with this system will be cool temperatures and gusty northerly winds Thursday through Saturday. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Breezy southwest winds are expected through midday today with gusts to 30 knots possible in the morning before relaxing to 25 knots or less by late morning. A wind shift to the northwest will arrive by late in the afternoon (between 21-23z) along with a chance of showers in the area. CIGS to near 5k will be possible with shower activity. Clouds and showers will quickly push east after 00z with improving sky conditions expected thereafter, along decreasing winds. For the rest of southern Nevada...northwest Arizona...and southeast California...Strong winds expected across the Western Deserts today near KDAG and KNXP with gusts over 50 knots possible especially after 16z. Areas of blowing dust likely as well. Further east...chances for shower activity will be on the increase across Southern Nevada and Northwest Arizona (less so for eastern California) with CIGS to 5k AGL possible with brief mountain obscurations possible in heavy showers. Widespread turbulence can be expected as well. Conditions will improve after 00z with winds gradually decreasing and improving sky conditions. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...A storm system will bring chances of precipitation to much of the region through Sunday night. Spotters should report significant weather according to standard operating procedures. && Update...Pierce Short Term/Aviation...Outler Long Term...Harrison 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 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This gust occurred at the Barstow-Daggett (KDAG) Airport.
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