A winter storm brought several days of accumulations to northern and central Nevada with heavy accumulations seen in the mountainous regions.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A winter storm brought several days of accumulations to northern and central Nevada with heavy accumulations seen in the mountainous regions.
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 Feb 3, 4:26 AM PST, 34 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 426 AM PST Sun Feb 3 2019 .SYNOPSIS...A series of cold weather systems will track across Nevada for the next few days. Expect periods of light rain or snow showers today with the snow level around 5000 feet. More unsettled weather on Monday with periodic snow showers. A stronger storm system moves across Nevada Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing the possibility of significant snow accumulations to the entire region. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday. Remnants of potent short wave tracks across northern Nevada today. This will bring additional rain and snow showers across the region today, although the best chance of precipitation will be Humboldt and Elko counties. Next Pacific wave west of California gets pushed east across Nevada tonight and Monday. Expect snow showers to expand its areal coverage this afternoon and evening. The best accumulations are expected over northern Elko County and the Rubies, where winter weather advisories have been issued. With respect to White Pine county, southerly gusty winds in advance of this wave keeps relatively mild conditions tonight and Monday morning. Hourly guidance shows 40s during the overnight hours at Ely. The real eye catcher is the strong cold trough that is currently along the southern British Columbia coast and progged to drop southward, reaching the northern California coast by Monday evening. Models begin to diverge on the eastward speed as it transitions to an open wave. There is no question that there will be winter weather impacts as the cold core tracks across northern Nevada. With the deepest moisture and upper level jet positioned over east central Nevada, have elected to issue a Winter Storm Watch for White Pine county. Colder air filters into east central Nevada once Monday’s short wave moves into Utah. Accumulating snowfall is expected throughout northern/central Nevada on Tuesday, so expect additional winter weather highlights as forecast confidence improves regarding timing and snow amounts. .LONG TERM...Tuesday night through next Saturday. The models are in good agreement for the long term period. One storm system will be exiting, ushering in a brief mainly dry period. Then another low pressure trough will move through late in the week. Tuesday night through Wednesday night. This will be an unsettled period. The next low pressure trough will move through the Great Basin. With cold air already in place, snow showers are expected with some light amounts of accumulation. White Pine County could receive a few inches of new snow in the valleys as the front drags through. Thursday through Saturday. This may very well be a dry period for much of the area since there will be a shortwave ridge moving over the state behind the exiting trough. However there could be some showers across northern Nevada in the diffluent flow aloft as another trough of low pressure stands poised to move into the western CONUS. There is still a little discrepancy within the models by next weekend. It appears there will be several weak waves of energy spinning off the low while it sits near the California coast. Each of these waves could bring some showers to northern Nevada and the mean trough may not move through Nevada until late in the weekend. && .AVIATION...Conditions today will remain unstable with some showers at times, though CIGs and VIS is expected to go no lower than MVFR during showers. Precipitation type should be snow in the morning and rain or a rain/snow mix in the afternoon, though forecast confidence in precipitation type is low for today. High confidence, however, that snow level, CIGS, and VIS will drop beginning Sunday night as the next system begins to move in. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Winter Weather Advisory from 6 PM this evening to noon PST Monday for Northern Elko County. Winter Storm Watch from Monday afternoon through Tuesday afternoon for White Pine County. Winter Weather Advisory from noon today to noon PST Monday for Ruby Mountains/East Humboldt Range. && 88/90/90
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Elko NV 613 AM PST Sat Feb 2 2019 NVZ030-031-033>041-031415- 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- 613 AM PST Sat Feb 2 2019 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. Strong gusty winds from south will produce crosswinds across highway 6 and 50 with gusts to 50 mph. Snow will fall in the mountains, but accumulations will be limited above 7500 feet during the day. Snow levels will lower tonight to around 5000 feet, and some snowfall accumulations may occur over the mountain summits. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Monday and Tuesday...Colder with snow likely. Accumulations may occur on both days, but significant snowfall may occur on Tuesday, impacting travel. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are asked to report weather phenomena according to standard operating procedure.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
26 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Eleven inches fell at Granite Peak station, elevation 7800 feet.
Thirteen inches fell at Bear Creek station, elevation 7800 feet.
Twelve inches fell at Draw Creek station, elevation 7200 feet.
Eleven inches fell at Fawn Creek station, elevation 7000 feet.
Ten inches fell at Jack Creek Upper station, elevation 7250 feet.
Ten inches fell at Laurel Draw station, elevation 6700 feet.
Ten inches fell at Seventysix Creek station, elevation 7100 feet.
Thirteen inches fell at Pole Creek RS, elevation 8330 feet.
Fourteen inches fell at Snowstorm Mountain station, elevation 7420 feet.
Seventeen inches fell at Lamoille, elevation 5750 feet.
About 7.9 inches fell at Spring Creek 3.0W, elevation 5475 feet.
About 8.6 inches fell at Spring Creek 4.0 NW, elevation 5349 feet.
Ten inches fell at Corral Canyon station, elevation 8500 feet.
Seventeen inches fell at Dorsey Basin station, elevation 8100 feet.
Seventeen inches fell at Dry Creek station, elevation 6500 feet.
Twelve inches fell at Green Mountain station, elevation 8000 feet.
Nineteen inches fell at Hole-In-Mountain station, elevation 7900 feet.
Nineteen inches fell at Pole Canyon station, elevation 7700 feet.
Fourteen inches fell at Lamoille #3 station, elevation 7700 feet.
Twelve inches fell at Tent Mountain Lower station, elevation 7000 feet.
Seven inches fell at Austin, elevation 6780 feet.
Eight inches fell at Eureka, elevation 6430 feet.
Seventeen inches fell at Berry Creek station, elevation 9100 feet.
Eleven inches fell at Defiance Mines station, elevation 9200 feet.
Twenty-five inches fell at Wheeler Peak station, elevation 10147 feet.
Ten inches fell at Great Basin National Park, elevation 6850 feet.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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