Cold low pressure approaching from the northwest brought high wind to portions of the Mojave Desert.
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Cold low pressure approaching from the northwest brought high wind to portions of the Mojave Desert.
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 Dec 1, 12:50 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 1250 PM PST Thu Dec 1 2022 .SYNOPSIS...The first of a couple of winter storms will move into the region through Friday morning bringing heavy snow at times for the Sierra and lesser amounts in the White Mountains. A second system will move into the Sierra Saturday through Sunday night bringing additional snow to the Sierra along with rain to the Owens Valley. Some scattered showers will also be possible in the higher elevations elsewhere. Temperatures will remain close to slightly above normal into next week. && .SHORT TERM...Today and Tonight. Latest radar imagery showing a pretty good swath of moisture pushing into central California with widespread rain and mountain snow. There has been some light snow activity reaching the southern Sierra, but the majority of the heavy snow is expected to reach that area late afternoon and evening. Latest hires models have not changed with regards to the timing and snow amounts expected for the Sierra, but it may be a little harder to receive the amount of snow expected for the White Mountains as most of the precipitation should get wrung out before heading east. It's still possible to see a few inches of snow, but overall amounts do not look as impressive as previous model runs. Not going to make any changes to the Advisory in place at this time. As the trough pushes east, there could be a few rain/snow showers developing over the far northern areas of Nye and Lincoln Counties. Amounts do not look significant and any snow amounts should remain less than 2 inches and generally remain in the higher elevations. Winds have started to increase across the area with the strongest winds expected across the western Mojave Desert and into portions of the southern Great Basin. There shouldn't be too many significant impacts with these winds, but will need to watch for the downslope potential off the Spring Mountains as those south/southwest winds could impact travel between Indian Springs and Mercury/Desert Rock on US 95 this afternoon and evening. .LONG TERM...Friday through Wednesday. After a brief break in the action Friday afternoon and evening, the next impressive trough will be positioned off the west coast with light precipitation potentially occurring along the southern Sierra crest by daybreak Saturday. This system looks to be a slow-mover, meaning it will have more time to reinvigorate an AR directing it into central California Saturday and Saturday night. Orographic lift combined with improved lift from the stronger wave increase confidence in greater precipitation amounts in the Sierra than indicated 24 hours ago. As mentioned before, this next system is expected to be a slower mover and will likely produce decent amounts of snow for the Sierra once again. Because of this, we have gone ahead and issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Sierra, generally above 7000 feet from early Saturday morning through early Monday morning. Precipitation may begin early Saturday morning as snow in the Owens Valley, but will quickly change to rain after sunset. Accumulations are not expected in the valley, but the Sierra could see a storm total between 12-18 inches above 7000 feet. More uncertainty exists the first half of next week as models suggest some form of a trough lingering over Nevada and California potentially keeping some light precipitation in the mountains through Tuesday. Temperatures forecast to warm Saturday and Sunday ahead of the incoming trough then be at or below normal Monday- Wednesday. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...Gusty southwesterly winds will persist through the afternoon, lasting through early tomorrow morning. Peak gusts should be around 25 knots in the early morning hours. Scattered clouds around 6kft may develop later Friday morning and last for a few hours, but VFR conditions are expected to prevail. At that time winds will also decrease and begin to shift to the west. Winds will become lighter and shift to the northeast in the afternoon, then become variable overnight. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Gusty southwesterly winds are expected across most of the forecast area this afternoon and evening. Afterwards, winds should follow a diurnal pattern by Friday morning. The possibility for light showers, some of which may be mixed with snow, remains through the afternoon and evening for the Owens Valley including KBIH. Aside from the Owens Valley, mid and high clouds will filter through the area with minimal impact on aviation. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && SHORT TERM...Gorelow LONG TERM...Pierce/Gorelow AVIATION...Meltzer 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.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
These gusts occurred 3 miles NE of Mt. Charleston.
This gust occurred at Mercury-Desert Rock (KDRA).
This gust occurred 1 mile W of Summerlin.
These gusts occurred at Blue Diamond.
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