Winds gusted up to 65 mph across northeast Nye county behind a strong cold frontal passage.
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Winds gusted up to 65 mph across northeast Nye county behind a strong cold frontal passage.
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 Mar 14, 1:47 PM PST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 247 PM PDT MON MAR 14 2016 .SYNOPSIS...SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE TAPERING OFF WEST TO EAST TONIGHT AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING OUT OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN TO BRING A SPELL OF DRIER WEATHER TO MOST OF THE GREAT BASIN THIS WEEK. HOWEVER LIGHT SHOWERS AND COOL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ELKO COUNTY. OTHERWISE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS THIS WEEK. && .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS TURNED OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS ABOUT NOON TODAY IN THE ELKO AREA. SURFACE TEMPS HAVE BEEN STEADY AROUND 40 DEGREES AS BREAKS OF SUN HAVE OCCURRED OFF AND ON. THE MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT. TONIGHT. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DISSIPATING AND PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL LINGER OVER NORTHEAST ELKO COUNTY. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. A SUBSTANTIAL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OUT OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC AND SLOWLY MOVE INLAND TO BRING DRIER CONDITIONS TO MOST OF THE GREAT BASIN. HOWEVER LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY CANNOT BE RULED OUT WHILE THE RIDGE AXIS IS POSITIONED OFF THE COAST. DUE TO THE PERSISTENT COOL NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT OVER EASTERN NEVADA DURING THIS TIME...THESE SHOULD BE SNOW SHOWERS DESPITE THE DAYTIME VALLEY TEMPERATURES REACHING INTO THE LOW 40S DAILY. TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE OF ELKO COUNTY WILL BE SLOWLY WARMING BACK INTO THE 50S. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. THE LONG TERM PERIOD BEGINS WITH RIDGE AXIS ALONG THE WEST COAST AND A BROAD CLOSED LOW CIRCULATION OVER THE NRN PLAINS. BETWEEN THESE TWO FEATURES IS A CYCLONIC SHEAR AXIS THAT CUTS ACROSS ERN IDAHO AND POINTS TOWARD THE CENTRAL ROCKIES. A SHALLOW STRETCHED OUT COLD FRONT WOULD CUT ACROSS NRN NEVADA IN THE SCENARIO. THE LATEST ECMWF SHOWS THE SHEAR AXIS CLOSER TO NE NEVADA WHICH COULD RESULT IN A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE ELKO COUNTY MOUNTAINS. EITHER WAY...MOISTURE WOULD BE SPARSE WITH NO DYNAMICAL FORCING. WITH THE WARM RIDGE MOVING OVER THE WESTERN STATES...A PROMINENT WARMING TREND CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE VALLEYS REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 60S THIS WEEKEND (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NRN VALLEYS NEAR THE BORDER). SUNDAY AND MONDAY...THE RIDGE AXIS WILL BE FLATTER AND FARTHER EAST WITH THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMING WEST SOUTHWEST. OFFSHORE TROUGH PROBABLY TOO FAR WEST FOR ANY WEATHER OVER THE NRN NEVADA VALLEYS...BUT THE GFS DOES DRAG A WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS NRN NEVADA FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION...WINDY CONDITIONS WITH SURFACE WIND 25 KTS WITH G35KTS COMMON ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 01Z TODAY...BUT WINDS WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. PASSING SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RESULT IN BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS FROM KWMC TO KEKO...BUT STAY NORTH OF KELY. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ENDING AFTER SUNSET. NOT AS WINDY TUESDAY WITH PEAK GUSTS IN THE 25-30KT RANGE. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER ELKO COUNTY...BUT MOSTLY NORTH OF THE KEKO TERMINAL. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE. WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR HUMBOLDT COUNTY- NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-SOUTHWEST ELKO COUNTY-WHITE PINE COUNTY. && 92/88/88
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 414 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016 NVZ030-031-033>041-151115- HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY- RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY- NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY- SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY- NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY- 414 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NEVADA...NORTH CENTRAL NEVADA...NORTHEAST NEVADA...NORTHWEST NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1034 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0940 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NNE RYNDON 41.04N 115.57W
03/14/2016 M60 MPH ELKO NV MESONET
MESONET STATION COAL MINE CANYON N7NNV CWOP
/AS326/
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DSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1035 AM PDT MON MAR 14 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0826 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SSW RUBY VALLEY 40.73N 115.22W
03/14/2016 M59 MPH ELKO NV MESONET
MESONET STATION RUBY VALLEY NDOT /RBYNV/
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DSThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 65 mph was recorded at the Current Summit NDOT mesonet site, 61 mph at the Warm Springs Summit CEMP mesonet site, and 58 mph at Current Creek RAWS.
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