A strong Pacific storm brought isolated high winds to south central Nevada.
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A strong Pacific storm brought isolated high winds to south central Nevada.
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NWS Las Vegas, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 2, 8:50 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 850 PM PST Sat Feb 2 2019 .SYNOPSIS...A strong Pacific storm system is moving across California today which will bring significant mountain snow, widespread rainfall and gusty winds to our area. A brief lull will occur Sunday before a colder system with less moisture slowly drops down from the north and produces gusty winds and additional chances for showers through mid-week. && .UPDATE...As of 845 PM PST, the back edge of the main precip shield was roughly along a line from Rachel to Mount Charleston to east of Twentynine Palms and moving east. Lighter precip associated with the main circulation center over central California was nearing the Sierra crest. Forecast grids reflect these trends very well, so no update planned at this time. Will continue to monitor. && .PREV DISCUSSION... 245 PM PST Sat Feb 2 2019 .DISCUSSION...Now through next week. The complex storm system over the next several days has begun to impact the region in the form of heavy snow on the eastern Sierra slopes, windy conditions this afternoon and showery activity elsewhere. Nearly a foot and a half of snow has been recorded at the snotel site in Big Pine Creek with snow continuing to fall in that area. Latest radar trends are showing the bulk of the precip shield focused across the southern Sierra where the best moisture tap is located in phase with upper level divergence as noted on satellite. This area will be the focus of potential impacts both in snowfall above 7500 feet and widespread rainfall tonight. Some changes in the latest trends do indicate a pretty stark drop off in precip with much drier air feeding into the low behind it. This will likely end this first round of precip a bit quicker than originally forecast, however will do little to change the potentially 1-1.5" of QPF generated by this system before tomorrow morning. Models continue to focus QPF over Mt. Charleston, eastern Lincoln county and Mohave County, with quite a bit less expected on the White Mountains than originally thought. Tempered down snowfall considerably for the White Mountains but left the WSW active while the precip shield continues to impact that area. Expecting coverage and intensity of rainfall to increase gradually through the evening as this moves over the valley which could result in some minor flood impacts where heaviest rains occur. Still believe rain rates will be light enough to keep things from being flashy in nature, but can't rule out some minor flood impacts over the next 8-12 hours. As noted above, precip chances should drop off considerably from west to east beginning after 00Z and the bulk exiting to the east of the CWA by 12Z. Lingering shower activity will continue Sunday north of the valley with another round of snow expected as the next piece of energy hits the Sierra Sunday night. The main moisture tap will have pushed east with drier conditions behind it but the upper low dynamics will continue to impact the area enough to produce PoPs with relatively low QPF amounts through Wednesday. There does appear to be good agreement with QPF being maximized over the next several days over Lincoln County and southwestern Utah. Snow amounts in the higher elevations of Lincoln may warrant the need for a winter product Monday night as a result. Models finally end precip for the region by Thursday as the upper low finally ejects a cold front through the region and exits to the east. Long range models show yet another signal for Pacific system next weekend as well, but details are still quite fuzzy as disagreement still appears high in the ECMWF/GFS/Canadian. && .AVIATION...For McCarran...Increasing showers expected around 00z and CIGs will lower towards 3-4 kft. Heaviest rain is expected between 02z-06z where locally enhancements along the rain shield may lower CIGs below 2 kft along with temporary reduction in visibility. back edge of the rain shield is expected to be east of the Las Vegas valley by 07z and clouds will quickly breakup and lift. Winds will remain gusty and veer to the southwest around 02z-03z and will likely remain southwest through Sunday. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...A rain shield associated with incoming Pacific low pressure will translate across eastern California this afternoon and into southern Nevada and northwest Arizona this evening. Low CIGs will continue between 3-5 kft perhaps below 2 kft under heaviest portion of the rain band. Conditions will rapidly improve through the evening and overnight behind the rain shield with clouds lifting and breaking up. Gusty southerly winds with gusts between 25- 35 knots will continue through the evening before gradually relaxing overnight. South winds around 10-20 knots expected on Sunday. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE...Morgan DISCUSSION...TB3 AVIATION...Boothe 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.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
These winds occurred at Rachel.
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