A storm system passing by to the north brought strong southwest winds to much of the area, with a few high wind reports.
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A storm system passing by to the north brought strong southwest winds to much of the area, with a few high wind reports.
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 16, 9:45 AM PST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 945 AM PST Thu Nov 16 2017 .SYNOPSIS...A storm system moving across the northern Great Basin will bring heavy snow to high elevations of the Sierra today through Friday morning. Generally dry conditions are expected across the rest of the region with gusty southwest winds developing by this afternoon. A few light showers will possibly develop over Lincoln and northern Mohave Counties tonight and Friday. Most areas will still see above normal temperatures today with slight cooling expected Friday. Much cooler temperatures are expected for the weekend. && .UPDATE...Winds have already gusted near advisory levels across Clark and Nye counties this morning. Suspect the strongest winds have likely already occured for most with the initial push thus have elected not to issue an advisory, however, it will remain windy for much of the area, with some isolated gusts around 40 mph for portions of the area later this afternoon. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /issued at 400 AM PST Thu Nov 16 2017/ .SHORT TERM...Through Friday Night. Fairly widespread precipitation is falling across northern and central California early this morning with some light returns over the southern Sierra being picked up by radar. There are a few sites in the higher elevations of Inyo County that have picked up some precipitation over the past few hours, but amounts have generally been light. As the west coast trough continues to dig over the next 12-24 hours, precipitation will increase and become more widespread across the southern Sierra. Still looking for significant snowfall above 10000 feet with up to a foot above 9000 feet. Some lighter snow amounts are possible down to 8000 feet, possibly ranging from 6- 12 inches. Since significant impacts look to be fairly minimal the Winter Weather Advisory still looks good. Much of the precipitation looks to remain over the Sierra, but some spill over into the Owens Valley is likely at times through the day. Rain amounts are not expected to be too much, but upwards of a quarter inch of rain is possible by early Friday morning. There looks to be enough energy spreading east to help bring a few showers to mainly northern Lincoln and northern Mohave County late this afternoon through early Friday. Rainfall amounts in those areas are expected to remain generally less than a tenth of an inch. Gusty southwest winds will spread across much of the forecast area this afternoon and overnight, but there is still questions on whether these winds will reach advisory levels. Right now there looks to be some isolated locations that will reach 40 mph across southern Nye, Clark and San Bernardino Counties, but confidence is not high enough to issue any wind advisories. Stronger winds do look to develop ahead of a cold front that will move through on Friday especially across San Bernardino and Clark Counties. At this time will hold off on any advisories, but they may be needed. Temperatures will be rather warm across the area today with most areas seeing readings about 10 to 12 degrees above average. There will be some cooling on Friday with temperatures falling about 6 to 8 degrees. .LONG TERM...Saturday through Thursday. It looks like we will be back to a benign weather pattern this weekend through the middle of next week. The medium range models are in good agreement that a mean ridge will develop over the region Saturday and Sunday then hold through Thursday. There will be some lingering north breezes Saturday morning, especially down the Colorado River Valley and high temps will only climb into the 60s across most of the Mojave Desert region. Saturday night will be the coolest night so far this season. The Pahrump Valley may see its first freeze and much of the Las Vegas Valley will see temps between 35 and 40 degrees. From Sunday on, winds will be light and periods of high clouds will brush the region as mid and high level subtropical moisture flows through the ridge. The ECMWF indicates a weak shortwave riding over the ridge may brush the southern Sierra Monday for a slight chance of snow near the crest. Temperatures will climb each day with highs rebounding to around 10 degrees above normal by the middle of next week. .AVIATION...For McCarran...A storm system impacting the western US will bring gustier winds, high clouds, and potential mountain wave activity to the valley over the next couple days. Increasing southwest winds are expected to develop this afternoon and continue overnight. Some mountain wave activity will be possible overnight throughout the valley. Cloud bases will likely begin to lower, with ceilings potentially down to 10 kft later this afternoon, with gusts of 20 to 30 kts overnight. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...VFR weather forecast for most sites with increasing south to southwest winds today. Turbulence is likely aloft across the entire area, with mountain wave activity likely, especially downwind of the Sierra Nevada and Spring Mountains. Downslope winds may impact KBIH, but look less likely than previously indicated. Enough moisture may begin to work around and over the Sierra Nevada to lower ceilings and introduce some rain chances to KBIH, with VFR ceilings expected at all other terminals. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && Update...Steele SHORT TERM/AVIATION...Gorelow LONG TERM...Adair 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.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
This gust occurred 1 mile ESE of Red Rock Canyon.
The peak gust was measured 2 miles NW of Centennial Hills.
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