Yet another trough passing by to the north brought another period of high winds to the Spring Mountains.
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Yet another trough passing by to the north brought another period of high winds to the Spring Mountains.
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 Apr 18, 7:38 PM PST, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 838 PM PDT Mon Apr 18 2022 .SYNOPSIS...Breezes will continue tonight with strong and gusty winds in store for Tuesday. Warmest temperatures of the week will occur this afternoon before gradually cooling through the week. Gusty winds will persist for the latter half of the week with an additional storm system bringing gusty winds and shower chances to the region Thursday and Friday. The weekend into early next week will be dry and warmer. && .UPDATE...Mainly high level clouds continue to stream into the Desert Southwest and Great Basin. These clouds will continue to thicken overnight but will remain fairly high. There have been plenty of interesting lenticular clouds across many portions of the forecast area this evening, being favored in the lee of the eastern Sierra. Downslope winds have been generally blowing 35 to 55 mph in the eastern Sierra and down into the Owens Valley. There have been a couple higher gusts, 57 mph at the Oak Creek RAWS and 63 mph at Round Valley. At this point a wind advisory remains in effect across the eastern Sierra and Owens Valley and no changes will be made. The Wind Advisory expands to the south and east on Tuesday morning. && .SHORT TERM...through Wednesday night. Considerable mid/high clouds at times through Tuesday as long fetch of subtropical moisture streams inland along southern periphery of trough moving through the Pac NW/Great Basin. Cross section across the southern Sierra/Owens Valley still shows a window for downslope winds between 4 pm and 9 pm this evening. Signature not as impressive looking as April 11 or April 16. Not much signature showing up for Tuesday based on the cross section with strongest winds not making it down to the lower slopes or across the valley. Elsewhere, strongest belt of southwest winds will occur from the western Mojave Desert northeast into Clark and Mohave Counties tomorrow. Anticipate gust 45 to 55 mph for the Mojave Desert and northwest Arizona, while localized gusts 55 to 65 possible in the Spring Mtns/Red Rock Canyon. Made no change in our suite of products. Region will lie between systems on Wednesday. Warm today with readings around 10 degrees above normal. Its possible a few record warm lows could be set tonight as temperatures will struggle to lower overnight due to elevated winds and more clouds. Not as warm Tuesday or Wednesday as readings edge back closer to normal. .LONG TERM....Thursday through Monday. By Thursday, a potent closed low off the PacNW coast will transition to an open wave, with energy moving through the base of the trough as it digs into SoCal Thursday afternoon. This will lead to increased pressure gradients bringing gusty southwest winds to the region. Additionally, some moisture associated with the low center will increase precip chances ahead of and along the cold front progged to move through Friday. With increased cloud cover and cooler air being advected into the region Friday, Friday will be the coolest day of the week. Cluster Analysis is still indicating some uncertainty with how quickly the trough moves out of the region Saturday, but overall, heights will steadily increase behind the trough increasing temperatures into early next week. && .FIRE WEATHER...Strong southwesterly winds Tuesday with minimum humidity values falling into the single digits across much of the area. This will lead to a period of critical fire weather given that fuels are cured across Southern Nevada and parts of Northwest Arizona. A Red Flag Warning has been posted for 9 am - 9 pm Tuesday to account for the dry and gusty conditions. Additional gusty winds return late in the week with cooling conditions and chances of light showers. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...South to southwest winds are expected to remain in place through Tuesday afternoon. Winds speeds into this evening are expected to remain around 15-25kts and then only decrease slightly overnight with gusts remaining around 18-20kts. Stronger winds are expected Tuesday afternoon, especially between 18z-02Z with southwest winds 30-40kts. Blowing dust will be more of an issue Tuesday with visibility at times dropping to below 6sm. A FEW clouds around 15k feet with SCT-BKN200 through Tuesday. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...South to southwest winds are expected gusty through Tuesday afternoon with speeds this afternoon 15-25kts with potentially higher gusts across the western Mojave Desert were gusts 30-35kts are possible. Winds will remain elevated overnight with gusts continuing between 20-25kts. Stronger winds are expected Tuesday especially across the southern Great Basin and Mojave Desert, especially across San Bernardino, Clark, and Mohave Counties. Southwest winds 35-45kts are likely along with areas of blowing dust reducing visibility to less than 6sm at times. SCT-BKN clouds aoa 20 kft. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && UPDATE...Czyzyk SHORT TERM/FIRE WEATHER...Pierce LONG TERM...Peters AVIATION...Gorelow For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://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.
The peak gust was measured 3 miles NE of Mount Charleston. A piece of a large Ponderosa pine snapped off and landed on a Forest Service building.
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