A winter storm brought 7 to 16 inches of snow to White Pine county.
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A winter storm brought 7 to 16 inches of snow to 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 Jan 6, 3:07 PM PST, 9 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 307 PM PST WED JAN 6 2016 .SYNOPSIS...BACK TO BACK STORMS ARE HEADED TO THE GREAT BASIN. THE FIRST STORM WILL BRING A BATCH OF WET AND HEAVY SNOW TOMORROW INTO EARLY FRIDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL BLANKET THE VALLEYS.THE SECOND SYSTEM IS EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. A MOISTURE LADEN SYSTEM CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE BATTLE BORN STATE. EXPECTING A HEAVY SNOW WITH BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM PINGING INTO 8 TO 1 SNOW RATIOS IN VALLEY LOCATIONS...PUSHING TOWARDS 10 TO 1 IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.THE MODELS ARE OUT OF SYNC WITH DEPICTING WHERE THE HEAVIEST BANDS WILL SET UP. THE GFS AND NSSL WRF HAVE THE BEST QPF IN THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTION OF THE LKN ZONES...WHEREAS THE NAM AND ECMWF HAVE ENHANCED QPF 40 TO 60 MILES EASTWARD. THIS STORM IS LOADED WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE...BUT IT REMAINS UNCERTAIN WHERE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL MATERIALIZE. HEADLINES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL ZONES. ISOLATED POCKETS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY BUT THE QPF WILL BE NOTHING LIKE THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. PERIOD IS EXPECTED TO BE ACTIVE WITH MULTIPLE SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH; HOWEVER...MOST WILL BE IN THE PROCESS OF WEAKENING AS THEY IMPACT THE GREAT BASIN SO NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP ACCUMULATION EXPECTED WITH ANY OF THEM. THIS MOIST MARITIME POLAR AIRMASS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW AVERAGE. SPECIFICALLY...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY...GREAT BASIN IS IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS DURING THIS PERIOD WITH A WEAK 500MB RIDGE ALOFT. A FEW SHOWERS ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE MTNS NEAR THE UT/NV BORDER OR IN THE NE CORNER OF THE STATE...OTHERWISE QUIET CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE CWA. TEMPS SHOULD DROP INTO THE TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS BY SATURDAY MORNING...BUT COULD DROP FURTHER IF SKIES REMAIN CLEAR LONGER THAN EXPECTED. CLOUDS WILL ALREADY BE INCREASING IN WESTERN AREAS WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT SYSTEM. SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY...A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL DIVE SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA SO WE'LL SEE WHAT IS LEFT OF THE OCCLUSION AND ANY MOISTURE THAT SURVIVES THE TRIP OVER THE SIERRA MTNS. THIS TYPE OF SETUP MAKES IT A CHALLENGE TO SPECIFY THE HIGHER POP AND QPF LOCATIONS...SO JUST WENT WITH A BLEND AT THIS TIME. REGARDLESS...THIS IS A MOIST SYSTEM SO MOST AREAS WILL SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION. SHOWERS PERSIST IN EASTERN NV ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE DEPARTING SYSTEM UNDER THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. ONCE AGAIN A SHORT WAVE 500MB RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ENDING THE SHOWER THREAT. MONDAY...DRY WITH 500MB RIDGE AXIS DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. 500MB HEIGHTS PEAK NEAR 566-567DM SO TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE 30S WITH A FEW 40S POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL NV; HOWEVER...A TEMPORARY INVERSION MAY SETUP. THIS LIKELY LIMITS HIGH TEMPS IN THE 20S IN THE VALLEYS IN NE NV. GIVEN THE PROGRESSIVE PATTERN AND SURFACE PRESSURE LEVELS (@1025MB)..THIS SHOULD LIMITED THE INVERSION STRENGTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS ON MONDAY SHOULD DROP TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO WITH SOME VALLEYS GOING BELOW ZERO IF SKIES CLEAR OUT FOR ANY EXTENDED PERIOD. THIS SHOULD BE THE COLDEST MORNING DURING THE LONG TERM. TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA ON TUESDAY BUT ONCE AGAIN THE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE A FRONTALYSIS OCCLUSION AS IT MOVES EAST TO SOUTHEAST; THEREFORE..NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIP SHOULD OCCUR WITH AREAS NEAR THE ID/NV BORDER OR CENTRAL NV STANDING THE BEST SHOT FOR SOME LIGHT PRECIP. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM IS POISED TO HIT THE WEST COAST EARLY WEDNESDAY AND SPREAD CLOUDS OVER THE GREAT BASIN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TEMPS SHOULD CONTINUE BELOW AVERAGE...BUT MOSTLY DUE TO DAYTIME HIGHS AND NOT THE OVERNIGHT LOWS. CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP THE OVERNIGHT LOWS MOSTLY IN THE TEENS AND 20S. && .AVIATION...UNFAVORABLE FLYING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...AND POSSIBLY BEYOND. CONFIDENCE IN TIMING OF CIGS OR VIS WITH THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM IS LOW...BUT ALL AREAS WILL SEE PERIOD OF IFR OR LIFR AT TIME DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING. HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT WMC...EKO...ELY WILL SEE SNOW...AND THAT TPH WILL SEE A MIX OF SNOW OR RAIN BEFORE TURNING OVER TO SNOW LATER IN THE EVENING. THE OTHER CHALLENGING ITEM IS THE LOW STRATUS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WMC ALREADY LIFTED BUT IT REMAINS AT EKO...TPH...ELY. LEANED TOWARDS LIFTING STRATUS DECK AT EKO AND TPH AS MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE IN...BUT NOT TO VFR DUE TO AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LOW SUN ANGLE. REGARDLESS...LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN CIG FORECAST SO AMENDMENTS ARE LIKELY. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM PST THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST FRIDAY FOR WHITE PINE COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM PST FRIDAY FOR NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY. && 97/99/85
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Reports indicated 7 to 16 inches of snow fell across White Pine county.
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