An overnight frontal passage of an occluded front caused stong sustained and gusty winds.
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An overnight frontal passage of an occluded front caused stong sustained and gusty winds.
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 Jun 23, 1:19 AM PST, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 219 AM PDT Fri Jun 23 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Fair and mild weather is expected across the region, with isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms across northern Nevada throughout the day. Scattered showers and thunderstorms return again Saturday across northern Nevada. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Saturday. A trough will transit the area today leading to some breezy westerly winds and a 20-30% chance of isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. These showers and storms will be in Elko county, with greater likelihood across northern Elko county to the Idaho boarder. Elsewhere, fair and mild weather is expected across the region. Highs will be in the 60s and 70s for most, with lows tonight in the 40s for most. Saturday a west east setup of a positively tilted trough over the Pacific, with weak ridging over the intermountain west, may create isolated showers and thunderstorms across northern Nevada. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s, with lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s. The positively tilted trough may play a role in some further active weather early next week. .LONG TERM...Sunday through Friday. Southwest flow resides over the region Sunday as another upper trof sets up along the coast. Afternoon instability is indicated to be great enough that isolated rain showers and thunderstorms will be present north of the I-80 corridor. Progs indicate PWATs to be greatest across Humboldt County with the potential for more consistent activity here. That being said, PWAT values are not robust by any means and ran totals will be generally around 0.10” or less, with the possibility of slightly greater totals under a prolonged or stronger storm. Central Nevada will be dry with breezy afternoon winds. Upper trof will be slow to progress thru the forecast region Monday and Tuesday with WPC forecast surface analysis indicating a surface dryline to move across the forecast area in conjunction with the trof. PWAT values will marginally increase as a modest amount of additional moisture moves in along the leading edge of this feature. This will provide an increase in shower and thunderstorm activity Monday and Tuesday afternoons. However, areal coverage will remain mostly focused across northern Nevada. Central Nevada remains dry. Breezy conditions will be present across the the region. The trof moves east and out of the region mid week. Isolated showers may linger along the OR/ID border Wednesday afternoon but weather will be dry Thursday and Friday. The set up looks to be high pressure building off of the California coast with upper waves progressing across the Canadian Provinces. This will place the forecast region under modest westerly flow. Although there still remains some spread in numerical guidance as some models go as far as to build an upper ridge over the western U.S. the latter half of the week. Either way, weather will be dry and fair. Daytime high temperatures Sunday look to be in the mid 70s to mid 80s with overnight lows in the low 40s to low 50s. Temperatures cool Monday and Tuesday in conjunction with the upper trof moving thru. Temps are to reside 5 to 10 degrees cooler than average Tuesday before warming thru weeks end. Temps look to be slightly warmer than average Friday, a welcome notion as the cooler pattern finally breaks. && .AVIATION...Unsettled weather across northern Nevada this morning with a 10% chance of showers at KWMC KBAM and KEKO. Dry this afternoon at all terminal, though there may be showers and thunderstorms east of Elko toward SLC late this afternoon through the early evening hours. Westerly winds of 10-15kt gusting 20-25kt are likely at all terminals today from the late morning to early evening hours. && .HYDROLOGY...Portions of the Humboldt River continue to run elevated and a Flood Warning remains in effect for the Comus location. Flood Advisories are still in effect for the Humboldt River. River forecasts show gauge levels trending down, marking the near end of the spring runoff period. Lamoille Creek may still spike with higher temperatures next week, but levels remain near steady but below action stage. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 91/92/96
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (KTPH) Tonopah Airport Asos, Elevation, 5426 feet. Sustained winds were also 40 mph.
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