An Upper-Level Jet coinciding along the leading edge of a ridge of high pressure, caused breezy conditions across NE Nevada.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
An Upper-Level Jet coinciding along the leading edge of a ridge of high pressure, caused breezy conditions across NE Nevada.
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 Apr 27, 1:39 AM PST, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 239 AM PDT Thu Apr 27 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Temperatures will continue to trend warmer through the weekend. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible Sunday into next week, with breezy southerly winds Monday and Tuesday. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Friday night. Amplified high pressure The ridge axis aligns N-S along the west coast on Thursday, with the upper level jet on the leading edge of the ridge dropping through the inter-mountain west and clipping NE Nevada. This will bring gusty northerly winds to mainly Elko, Eureka and White Pine counties Thursday afternoon and evening. Main concerns through the short term period continue to be the increased rate of snowmelt and resultant rises to creeks, streams and rivers. along the west coast will keep the region dry through the short- term period, with temperatures continuing to trend warmer. Most locations can expect to warm by around 5 degrees above Wednesday's high temperatures, with upper 60s to upper 70s in valley areas. Northerly jet energy clipping Elko county today will result in gusty northwesterly winds. Highest gusts will generally be across summits, mountains, and lee sides of mountains such as Ruby Valley where gusts of 20 to 35 mph are expected this afternoon and early evening. On Friday as the ridge axis shifts east and centers across the inter-mountain west, conditions will remain dry, with high temperatures climbing by another 2 to 5 degrees. Warming temperatures will continue to accelerate the melting of the remaining mountain snowpack, which will keep creeks and rivers running high. .LONG TERM...Friday night through next Wednesday. All model solutions still depict the strong upper ridge over northern and central Nevada. The ridge axis will be right overhead and will help to maximize the temperatures for the forecast area. Friday will see the afternoon high temperatures in the 70s and 80s. The temperatures will be even hotter for Saturday and Sunday with highs in the 80s to even low 90s for the warmest spots. The overnight lows will also be far warmer than normal with 40s on Friday, increasing into 40s and 50s for Saturday and Sunday. Winds will be light across the silver state for Friday and Saturday. However on Sunday the winds will become weakly gusty as the ridge starts to depart. By late Sunday into Monday, the ridge is forecast to leave as a trough drifts east into the western United States. Afternoon highs for Monday will continue to remain warm, though slightly cooler, with readings in the 70s and 80s. Winds will switch to south to southwest and be breezy with gusts in the 20s to 30s mph range. The winds will be stronger in central Nevada compared to the northern parts of the forecast area. The trough will bring moisture across northern NV for Monday and Tuesday. This will lead to showers and even isolated thunderstorms activity mainly during the afternoon and evening hours. The exact intensity of the showers remains illusive as there is still a fair amount of uncertainty with overall instability and moisture associated with this system. That being said the overall trend has been for slightly high amounts of moisture compared to older forecasts. The trough will bring cooler temperatures to the silver state with highs falling back to the 60s and 70s with lows in the 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday. The well above normal temperatures will allow for our well above normal snowpack to begin melting in earnest leading to flood concerns. See the Hydrology section below for more details. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions with sunny skies for all terminals across northern and central NV through Friday. Thursday will see stronger and gusty NW winds for all terminals and across the silver state. Winds will be 5KT to 15KT with a few gusts up to 30KT. && .HYDROLOGY...Rivers, creeks, and streams continue to experience high flows as mountain snow from record breaking snowfall melts. Snowpack remains above 1984 levels in Central Nevada and slightly below 1984 levels in Northern Nevada. More recently, snowpack levels are well above 2017 levels in northern and central Nevada. Warming into the weekend will accelerate snowmelt, elevating the chances for flooding. Flood Warnings continue along the Humboldt at Battle Mountain and Comus and a Flood Watch remains in effect for Martin Creek at Paradise Valley. Flood advisories have been issued for the Bruneau River at Rowland, Maggie Creek Near Carlin and the flood advisory in the Taylor Canyon area along SR-11 southeast of Tuscarora. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None. && 96/86/98
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Mesonet station PEQNV I-80 Pequop Summit, Elevation 6954 feet.
Mesonet station PQRNV I-80 Pequop Summit, Elevation 6954 feet.
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