A winter storm brought 6 to 12 inches of snow to much of southern Eureka county.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm brought 6 to 12 inches of snow to much of southern Eureka 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 Jan 14, 2:42 PM PST, 8 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 242 PM PST THU JAN 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS...A WET PATTERN IS EXPECTED THE NEXT 7 DAYS. A SERIES OF PACIFIC STORMS WILL BARREL INTO THE GREAT BASIN STARTING TONIGHT AND THROUGH THROUGH NEXT WEEK. EACH SYSTEM WILL PLACE ADDITIONAL MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. THE FIRST STORM IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY...THE SECOND STORM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND ANOTHER STORM IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND INTO TUESDAY WITH THE MODELS HINTING AT YET ANOTHER STORM ON FRIDAY. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. THE LATEST IR IMAGE HAS THE REMNANTS OF A BAROCLINIC LEAF OVER SOUTHERN OR AND NORTHWEST NV...WITH CLOUD TOP TEMPS RANGING FROM -54C TO -40C. THE PW ANOMALIES ON THE NAES ARE RANGING 1 TO 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL THIS ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECTING BACK TO BACK STORMS WITH A SHORT BREAK IN BETWEEN. THE GFS40 SFC MODEL RUN SNOW ACCUMULATION HAS 15 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW OVER THE LKN CWA NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50...WITH THE BIGGEST AMOUNTS IN THE JARBIDGE WILDERNESS AREA AND THE RUBIES...RUNNING FROM 00Z ON THE 15TH TO 00Z ON THE 17TH. HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FIRST STORM. STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS. .LONG TERM...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY. SIGNIFICANT AGREEMENT IN MOST OF LONG TERM ON A STORMY PERIOD. SATURDAY NIGHT'S DECENT RIDGE IS FLATTENED OUT BY SUNDAY MORNING'S NEXT SHORT WAVE BEING EJECTED AROUND BOTTOM OF PERSISTENT GULF OF ALASKA CLOSED LOW. THIS LOW IS PULLING MOISTURE FROM ACROSS THE PACIFIC, WHICH IN TURN IS BEING THRUST EASTWARD BY A PERSISTENT SIBERIA LOW, WITH ZONAL FLOW BETWEEN THE TWO. RESULT IS ONE MINOR TO MODERATE SHORT WAVE AFTER ANOTHER INTO THE GREAT BASIN. MOISTURE IS NOT COPIOUS BUT IS MORE OR LESS CONSTANT IN A BROKEN STREAM FROM FAR TO THE WEST. HAVE NOT CHANGED LONG TERM FORECAST GRIDS MUCH BECAUSE OF MODEL CONSISTENCY. THE BIGGEST SHORT WAVE TO WATCH FOR IS LIKELY THE TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY ONE WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IN VARIOUS VALLEY LOCATIONS...AND MUCH MORE IN THE MOUNTAINS. HIGH TEMPS ABOUT NORMAL TO JUST BELOW NORMAL...WITH LOWS SLIGHTLY ABOVE DUE TO CLOUD COVER. ANY BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS WILL RESULT IN QUICK DOWNSPIKING OF MINIMUM TEMPS AND POSSIBLE FLASH FREEZES ON ROADS. && .AVIATION...STORM SYSTEM NOW OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PUSHING MIDDLE CLOUDS INTO THE GREAT BASIN WITH SNOW DEVELOPING WEST OF THE SIERRA CREST AND TRYING TO PUSH OVER THE MOUNTAINS INTO NEVADA. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH MINOR IMPROVEMENTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. WORST SITES WILL BE KWMC AND KEKO WITH SNOW AND MVFR/IFR...THEN KELY WITH MVFR...AND KTPH WITH VFR BUT MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS. THERE IS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN ALL AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY A FEW INCHES OF SNOW AT KWMC/KEKO/KELY AND A DUSTING TO COUPLE INCHES AT KTPH. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM PST FRIDAY FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM PST FRIDAY FOR RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. && 97/98/98
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports indicated 6 to 12 inches of snow fell across much of southern Eureka county, including 6 to 9 inches in and around Eureka.
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