A strong low pressure system brought locally strong winds to the Mojave Desert.
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A strong low pressure system brought locally strong winds to 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 Mar 28, 2:58 PM PST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV Issued by National Weather Service Flagstaff AZ 358 PM PDT Mon Mar 28 2022 .SYNOPSIS...A weather system will move into the region today bringing cooler temperatures, gusty winds, and widespread minor to moderate precipitation through Tuesday. A quick turnaround back to above normal temperatures looks to return Wednesday. A weak weather system may influence our weather late week, bringing some slight chances of precipitation, breezy north winds and cooler temperatures. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Tomorrow. Main impacts associated with the weather system currently moving in the SoCal coast will continue to be in the form of wind through this evening. Southerly winds across the region have been gusting to 35-45 mph with some localized areas seeing gusts over 50 mph. A Wind Advisory will remain in effect until 7pm this evening. Based on current trends and the latest hires models, the better moisture and scattered showers are currently moving across western San Bernardino County and Inyo County. This band will continue to spread eastward through the region, moving into southern NV by 23-00Z. Based on mesoanalysis, there will be enough instability across eastern San Bernardino, southern NV, and northwest AZ to allow for isolated thunderstorms. Overall, precipitation amounts are expected to be light, providing only minimal or minor impacts. At this point, the better moisture will likely be seen across the higher elevations, and across Mohave and Lincoln Counties, where multiple rounds of showers are possible. Storm total rain amounts are fairly lack-luster, with lower deserts seeing anywhere from 0.05" to 0.25" and higher elevations 0.30" to 0.50", with locally higher amounts possible across the higher terrain in Mohave and Lincoln County. While there was little changes in the forecast QPF, there are quite a few variables that could lead to snow amounts overachieving. Yes, the period of snowfall should be fairly brief (around 6 hours), the IVT magnitude is meager, and snow levels should be fluctuating...we also have an ideal orographic orientation lifting parcels both dynamically and convectively in a saturated deep moisture environment during that time (through 06Z). We also know the NBM has trouble resolving the complex terrain effects of the Springs, especially among its inputs that are synoptic. As such, a Winter Weather Advisory for the Springs is currently in effect. Admittedly, this product has about as much chance to be cancelled as it does to verify, but the late season snowfall could catch many commuters off guard regardless. Beyond the Springs, the better ingredients for precip continue to be focused across Mohave county this evening and overnight. The aforementioned ingredients phase most favorably after 00Z along the CO River Valley and lead to 0.25-0.50 of precip generally across much of the county. If this occurred during the day, might be more concerned for heavier rain rates, but decreasing instability into the night time hours should temper rain rates and keep things mostly moderate. Precip should be exiting Tuesday morning to the east with PoPs falling below 10% CWA wide by 00Z Wednesday. As the low weakens and moves overhead Monday night into Tuesday morning, instability associated with the low-center may bring some isolated lightning with some of the stronger overnight showers. The low and associated moisture will quickly move southeast Tuesday, leaving much of the region mostly dry by Tuesday evening. Temperatures will be near seasonal normal for this time of year Monday and Tuesday. .LONG TERM...Wednesday through next Monday. Dry, northwesterly flow will settle in over the region on Wednesday the low pressure system clears out of the Intermountain West and ejects into the Great Plains Region. As a result, Wednesday will be a dry and mild day with temperatures rebounding back up to above average values. As we head into the latter half of the week, we turn our attention to the next system with the potential to impact the area on Thursday and Friday. This second system is shaping up to be more of an insider slider with relatively low moisture associated with it. The most recent ensemble runs have this disturbance trending further to the east, which can be seen reflected in the PoPs from the latest run of the NBM for the Thursday/Friday timeframe. The 15-30% PoP values have pushed further to the northeast and are mainly in northern Mohave County and the panhandle of Lincoln County; whereas in previous model runs these values extended as far south and west as Las Vegas. As this system trends further to the east, the most likely impacts will be breezier north winds and slightly cooler, but still above average, temperatures. Forecast uncertainty increases as we head into the weekend with 500 mb Height Cluster Analyses showing that some flavor of ridging is likely to set up over the West Coast this weekend. However, it appears as though this ridging may be short lived as some clusters are hinting at another early week system approaching the West Coast towards the end of the weekend. Due to this occurring at the end of the forecast period and significant disagreements between deterministic and ensemble mean solutions, it is too soon to determine what exact impacts, if any, may accompany this potential system. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...A storm system approaching the area today will result in lower clouds developing with ceilings forecast to stay above 10 kft until late afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible in the late afternoon and evening. Gusty southerly winds to around 30 to 35 kts will develop later this morning and continue through the afternoon with locally higher gusts possible near any shower or thunderstorm activity. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...An approaching storm system will produce gusty south to southwest winds across the region today with gusts up to 40 kts possible in northwest Arizona and southern Nevada. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will develop late this afternoon over southeast California then spread east into southern Nevada and northwest Arizona during the late afternoon and evening hours. Ceilings could lower to 4-6 kft AGL at KBIH and KDAG. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && SHORT TERM...Peters/TB3 LONG TERM...Stessman AVIATION...Salmen/Woods For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
145 PM PDT MON MAR 28 2022
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1255 PM DUST STORM 8 NE DOLAN SPRINGS 35.69N 114.18W
03/28/2022 MOHAVE AZ PUBLIC
VIDEO SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS INTENSE
DUST STORM NORTH OF DOLAN SPRINGS ALONG
PIERCE FERRY ROAD. VISIBILITY APPEARS TO BE
NEAR ZERO IN THE VIDEO. EXACT TIME AND
LOCATION IS ESTIMATED FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA
POST.
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LAWRENCEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
304 PM PDT MON MAR 28 2022
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1241 PM NON-TSTM WND GST 12 SW ELGIN 37.25N 114.71W
03/28/2022 M69 MPH LINCOLN NV MESONET
KANE SPRINGS RAWS IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY
IN NEVADA GUSTED ABOVE 58 MPH FROM 1241 TO
1341 WITH A PEAK GUST OF 69 MPH AT 1241.
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VARIANThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew a strip mall sign onto a vehicle 2 miles WNW of Green Valley.
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