A cold upper-level low made its way into the region late on the 28th and produced rain and snow in the lower elevations of western Nevada and northeast California with snow in the Sierra Nevada.
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The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
A cold upper-level low made its way into the region late on the 28th and produced rain and snow in the lower elevations of western Nevada and northeast California with snow in the Sierra Nevada.
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 Reno, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 28, 3:17 AM PST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
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6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained weather spotter 1-mile north-northwest of Incline Village reported 8.5 inches of snowfall in a 24-hour period from 28 November 0648PST to 29 November 0648PST at an elevation of 7575 feet MSL.
Mount Rose Ski Area reported 20 inches of snowfall in a 48-hour period from 28 November 0700PST to 30 November 0700PST at an elevation of 8260 feet MSL.
Diamond Peak Ski Resort reported 8 inches of storm total snowfall in a 48-hour period from 28 November 0700PST to 30 November 0700PST at an elevation of 8540 feet MSL.
Mesonet station MRLN2 4 miles north of Spooner Summit reported 9 inches of snow in a 24-hour period from 28 November 0800PST to 29 November 0800PST at an elevation of 7883 feet MSL.
Trained spotter 1 mile northeast of Incline Village reported 6 inches of snowfall in a 24-hour period from 28 November 0823PST to 29 November 0823PST at an elevation of 6700 feet MSL.
CO-OP Observer at Daggett Pass reported 10 inches of snowfall in a 24-hour period from 28 November 1017PST to 29 November 1017PST at an elevation of 7342 feet MSL.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nevada in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Nevada, November 2018
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 794354, 794357, 794353, 794355, 794352, 794356.