Persistent southwest winds ahead of a digging trough produced gusty winds and areas of dust.
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Persistent southwest winds ahead of a digging trough produced gusty winds and areas of dust.
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 May 6, 2:09 PM PST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 309 PM PDT Fri May 6 2022 .SYNOPSIS...An active weather pattern continues across the region. Primary impact will be from the gusty winds through the weekend along with periods of blowing dust. Better chances for rain and snow along with much cooler temperatures are expected Sunday into Monday. Accumulating snow is expected mainly north of I-80. Chances for rain and snow continue into late next week as a stubborn upper-level trough remains over the region. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday night Persistent and strong west-southwest flow aloft will continue to bring gusty afternoon winds to most of the state through the end of the week. Advisory level winds, especially across northwestern Nevada will continue into the evening hours. Blowing dust is also likely this evening across western and central Nevada. Winds will subside this evening below advisory levels but west winds in many locations could remain elevated through tonight. Large scale height falls associated with a large upper-level trough across the region will result in steadily declining temperatures over the weekend. Highs are expected to be 10-15 degrees cooler Saturday in the 50s and 60s. Similarly, lows will fall from the 40s tonight to the 30s Saturday night. Rain and higher elevation snow begins to move in late Saturday night across northern Nevada. .LONG TERM...Sunday through Thursday The progressive, active pattern continues into the long term as a large-scale blocking pattern remains dominant of the synoptic pattern. A shortwave clipping northern Nevada as it ejects into the northern Plains ushers moisture into northern Nevada. Showers are expected to last through late Sunday night, but the next shortwave encourages shower activity to resume during the overnight hours and into Monday evening. This is expected to be a messy wave of weather. Colder air brings snow levels down close to valley floors, but recent warmer weather will make accumulation difficult initially. Highest snowfall totals currently expected in northern Elko county and northeastern Humboldt county with 2 to 5 inches the most likely range of totals. Elsewhere across northern Nevada may see just under and inch. Monday night into Tuesday sees a short break from precip but on-and-off rain and snow shower activity returns Tuesday onward. Strong, gusty winds look likely, especially for central Nevada, on Sunday. These winds could kick up some areas of blowing dust, resulting in visibility reduction and creating hazardous driving conditions. Winds weaken going into the nighttime hours, but become breezy during the afternoon of each day during the week. This pattern pulls cold air into the region as well, with highs on Sunday and Monday anywhere from the 40s in northern Nevada to the 60s in south-central Nevada. Temperatures trend warmer through the long term after Tuesday. && .AVIATION...Mainly VFR conditions expected through the period. Gusty winds continue at all sites through tonight. Expect sustained winds out of the S and SW of 15 to 25 kts with gusts up to 35 kts. Gusts may occasionally be stronger than 35 kts at northern sites KWMC, KBAM, and KEKO. Blowing dust and haze are possible from these winds, potentially leading to MVFR VIS this evening. SCT-BKN clouds move in later tonight but stay AOA 150k feet. && .FIRE WEATHER...A windy weather pattern will continue through the weekend. Elevated fire weather conditions are expected across the US-50 corridor and points south mainly in fire weather zones 427, 425 and 426 through the weekend. Single digit RH values are expected along with gusty winds from generally from the west through the weekend, despite steadily falling temperatures. Rain and snow showers are expected late Saturday night into Sunday across northern Nevada primarily north of I-80 where areas of wetting liquid equivalent precipitation are expected. Fairly cool conditions along with higher humidity is expected early next week along with chances for additional rain and higher elevation snow showers. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Wind Advisory until 9 PM PDT this evening for Humboldt County- Northern Elko County-Northern Lander County and Northern Eureka County-Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range-Southern Lander County and Southern Eureka County-Southwest Elko County. Wind Advisory from 11 AM to 8 PM PDT Sunday for Northeastern Nye County-Northwestern Nye County-White Pine County. && 93/84/84/93
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (DBLN2) Double H Raws, Elevation 6379 feet.
Station (MPVN2) Martin Creek Raws, Elevation 6438 feet.
Station (POCN2) Pole Creek Raws, Elevation 8501 feet.
Station (UR002) 7.9 ENE Clover Valley, Elevation 5686 feet.
Station (RBYNV) 4.1 SW Ruby Valley, Elevation 6213 feet.
Station (CMP26) Warm Springs Summit, Elevation 7549 feet.
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