Isolated thunderstorms and showers across central and eastern Nevada, caused gusty outflow winds.
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Isolated thunderstorms and showers across central and eastern Nevada, caused gusty outflow 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 May 10, 1:04 PM PST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 204 PM PDT Wed May 10 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to dissipate this evening as an upper-level trough exits the region. High pressure builds over the region for the later part of the week bringing increasing temperatures and dry conditions to central and northeastern Nevada. More active weather returns early next week with potentially a multi-day period of widespread showers and thunderstorms across much of the state. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Thursday night. Ongoing showers and thunderstorms across much of central and eastern Nevada will persist through the late afternoon hours. Convection allowing model guidance indicates a downward trend in shower intensity after sunset with dry condtions statewide tonight. Wetting rains are not likely with only a 25% chance at best of greater than 0.10" in favorable higher terrain areas. Dry conditions and partly cloudy skies are expected Thursday as ridging begins to build over the region. A light northerly wind will persist across the area through Thursday with occasional gusts of 20 mph or so in the afternoon. Temperatures will continue an upward trend Thursday with highs in the 60s to lower 70s in valleys. Lows tonight primarily in the 30s will be a few degrees warmer Thursday night where 40s begin to show up across the lower valleys to the west and south. .LONG TERM...Friday through Wednesday night Friday and Saturday look to be quiet with a strong and highly amplified ridge in control over the western US. However, also on Saturday, models are showing that another piece of upper level energy will drop south out of Canada into the long wave trough over the inter mountain west. This extra energy will act to form a second upper low located over Utah Saturday afternoon. This low will retrograde into the great basin and undermine the upper ridge, forcing the ridge north over BC Canada. Models still differ on the strength and timing of the low with the ECMWF faster and weaker, and the GFS slower and stronger. By early as late Saturday or Sunday the low will start to influence NV. With favorable moist flow both aloft and at the surface it looks like scattered to numerous shower and thunderstorm chances will be possible during the afternoons each day Sunday through Wednesday as this low slowly drifts from east to west across the area. With respect to potential amounts not everyone will see precipitation, for those who do amounts will range from 0.05” to 0.30”. Temperatures will depend on clouds and precipitation in the later half of the period, but generally daytime highs see a gradual warming trend each day. Highs will generally range in upper 60s to upper 70s Friday warming into the upper 70s to upper 80s Tuesday. Overnight lows will start in the upper 30s to 40s, then warm into the mid 40s and 50s by Tuesday morning. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions will be the dominant flight level at all terminals through Thursday. Isolated thunderstorm chances will be possible this afternoon and evening for eastern NV terminals of KBAM, KEKO, and KELY. Impacts should a terminal see a shower or storm would be brief heavy rain, small hail, along and gusty outflow winds. Flight levels given associated CIGs could drop to MVFR for brief periods. Winds will be light to breezy with variable winds at 10KT to 20KT with gusts up to 30KT possible. KTPH remains AMD NOT SKED due to site maintenance. && .HYDROLOGY...Rivers, creeks, and streams continue to show elevated flows as snowpack continues to melt from central and northern Nevada mountains. Showers through this evening are not expected to impact basin runoff so threat of rapid increases in stream flows is not expected. Temperatures are expected to increase notably at the end of the week and through the weekend with warmer than average temperatures forecast. This will increase mountain snowmelt and subsequently increase flow rates and heights of area rivers and creeks. A more active weather pattern next week could reintroduce hydrologic impacts and runoff from rainfall and rain on snow. Flood Warnings are in effect for the Humboldt River at Battle Mountain and Comus while a Flood Advisory continues for the Marys River Near Deeth. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 93/98/98
The Elko radar (KLRX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (SPMN2) Spruce Mountain Raws, Elevation 6296 feet.
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