One person died of hypothermia in Las Vegas. It was the sixth consecutive day of below normal temperatures.
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The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
One person died of hypothermia in Las Vegas. It was the sixth consecutive day of below normal temperatures.
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 14, 9:10 AM PST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 910 AM PST THU JAN 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK STORM SYSTEMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEK...MAINLY STAYING TO OUR NORTH BUT CLIPPING THE SIERRA AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WITH SOME SHOWER CHANCES AT TIMES. GUSTY WINDS WILL IMPACT THE SIERRA AND WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT TODAY AND FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL. ANOTHER SYSTEM LOOKS TO AFFECT THE AREA DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS ABUNDANT MOISTURE PUSHING ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS MORNING AND IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, EXPECT SCATTERED CLOUDS TO PASS ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE DAY. THE MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER THE CLOUDS WILL BE THICK ENOUGH TO AFFECT THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON. IF SO, THEY COULD END UP A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST... MAINLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CWA. THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN LAS VEGAS IS 3 DEGREES WARMER THAN AT 9 AM YESTERDAY WHICH IF THE TREND HELD, WOULD PUT US NEAR OUR FORECAST HIGH. WILL LEAVE THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST ALONE FOR NOW BASED ON THE UNCERTAINTY WITH CLOUD COVER. THE ONLY CHANGES MADE WERE TO ADJUST SKY COVER FOR TODAY BASED ON THE LATEST SATELLITE TRENDS AND FORECAST RH. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...323 AM PST... .SHORT TERM...THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. A PROGRESSIVE PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION INTO THIS WEEKEND. THE FIRST WAVE IS EXITING THE REGION THIS MORNING AFTER BRINGING LOCALLY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE SIERRA YESTERDAY. A NEAR- REPEAT OF THIS SCENARIO WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS ANOTHER WAVE DIVES ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS ACROSS THE SIERRA ARE EXPECTED TO RAMP UP THIS EVENING AND PEAK OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WAS ISSUED FOR 3 PM TODAY THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. THIS WAVE WILL ALSO BRING CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE SIERRA AND THEN THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS VERY FAST WITH THE BRUNT OF THE MOISTURE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA. THEREFORE...PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT AND WILL HOLD OFF ON ISSUING ANY WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHTS THIS MORNING. ANOTHER WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION SATURDAY...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE OF PRECIP TO THE SIERRA AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREAS. THIS AGAIN WILL BE A QUICK HITTER...AND THUS IMPACTS WILL BE GENERALLY LOW. .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE MIGHTILY IN THE EXTENDED RANGE. OVERALL FORECAST CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE OWING TO RATHER POOR RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY AND TIMING/STRENGTH DIFFERENCES AMONG THE LONG-RANGE GUIDANCE. AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE WILL BE IN PLACE IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA ON 12Z SUNDAY WITH A ZONALLY-ORIENTED ELONGATED LOW IN THE FAR NORTHEAST PACIFIC. THERE IS LITTLE AGREEMENT REGARDING THE EVOLUTION OF THE LOW AND THE RESULTANT DOWNSTREAM RIDGING...WITH THE GFS TRENDING MUCH DEEPER AND MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE LOW COMPARED TO 24 HOURS AGO AND THE EURO REMAINING ON THE SLOW SIDE OF THE GUIDANCE. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE DIFFERENCES APPEAR TO AFFECT THE TIMING AND STRENGTH OF THE SUBSEQUENT SYSTEMS MOVING INTO THE WEST COAST NEXT WEEK...SUGGESTING THAT RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY ISSUES ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE UNTIL MODELS CONVERGE ON THE WEEKEND SYSTEM AFFECTING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. ONE EXAMPLE IS THE 00Z VS. 06Z GFS...WITH THE LATTER FEATURING THE UPPER-LEVEL JET MUCH FARTHER NORTH NEXT WEEK AND A CONSIDERABLY WEAKER, MORE PROGRESSIVE TROUGH IMPACTING THE WEST DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THAN ITS 00Z COUNTERPART. AS A RESULT...MODEL DISCREPANCIES ARE QUITE LARGE MONDAY ONWARD AS THE NEXT PACIFIC SYSTEM IN THIS PROGRESSIVE PATTERN MOVES ONSHORE APPROXIMATELY 12Z-18Z TUESDAY. 00Z GFS SHOWS A MAJOR SNOWSTORM FOR THE SIERRA WITH LIGHTER PRECIP SPREADING THROUGH MUCH OF THE NORTHERN CWA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 06Z GFS SHOWS MUCH LESS PRECIP FOR THE SIERRA AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF PRECIP FOR THE NORTHERN CWA 18Z TUESDAY TO 06Z WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...THE 00Z ECMWF HAS PROLONGED SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW BRINGING A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PRECIP TO THE SIERRA FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT PRECIP TO MUCH OF THE REST OF THE CWA AS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW CLOSES OFF AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY. THE CMC, MEANWHILE, BASICALLY PRODUCES NO PRECIP FOR OUR AREA...KEEPING THE SYSTEM OFF TO OUR NORTH. CANNOT DISCOUNT THIS SOLUTION GIVEN THE BEHAVIOR OF THE 06Z GFS. BASICALLY ALL THIS MEANS I HAD VERY LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN CHANGING THE GRIDS BEYOND WHAT WAS INHERITED. DID INCREASE POPS SOMEWHAT DURING THE TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME GIVEN THAT MOST GUIDANCE IS PRODUCING AT LEAST SOME PRECIP IN OUR AREA...PARTICULARLY THE SIERRA/SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. BUMPED UP SKY GRIDS...AT TIMES CONSIDERABLY...GIVEN THE STRONG SIGNAL OF THICK HIGH CLOUDS PROVIDED BY BOTH THE GFS/EURO. BOTH THE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE PATTERN AND THE NATURE/ORIGIN OF THE PACIFIC SYSTEMS SUGGESTS TEMPERATURES WILL NOT DEVIATE TOO FAR FROM NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. WAS INCLINED TO LOWER MAX TEMPS SOMEWHAT FROM GUIDANCE GIVEN THE EXPECTED THICKER HIGH CLOUDS, HOWEVER. BOTTOM LINE IS THAT THE LONG RANGE LOOKS FAIRLY ACTIVE...BUT THE DETAILS ARE NEBULOUS AT BEST. && .AVIATION...FOR MCCARRAN...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS FAVORING TYPICAL DIURNAL TRENDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. OCCASIONAL MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ABOVE 12K FEET. A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE THROUGH THE REGION FRIDAY...BRINGING ENHANCED NORTHERLY WINDS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA...NORTHWEST ARIZONA...AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA...GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS FAVORING TYPICAL DIURNAL TRENDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ACROSS THE SIERRA...WHERE STRONG WEST WINDS AND CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND LAST THROUGH MID-DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL BRING AREAS OF MECHANICAL TURBULENCE ALONG AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE MOUNTAINS. GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WITH ENHANCED NORTH WINDS THAT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. PLEASE REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. && UPDATE...SALMEN PREV SHORT TERM/AVIATION...WOLCOTT PREV LONG TERM.............SHAFER 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 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
One person died of hypothermia in Las Vegas. It was the sixth consecutive day of below normal temperatures.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, Las Vegas Valley | 2016-01-14 | 57 | Female | Permanent Structure | Direct |
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