Downslope winds east of the Ruby Mountains caused gusty conditions.
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Downslope winds east of the Ruby Mountains caused gusty conditions.
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NWS Elko, NV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 2:37 AM PST, 6 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 237 AM PST Fri Jan 5 2024 .SYNOPSIS...An active weather pattern continues to bring multiple rounds of snow, and gusty winds today through the weekend. The active weather continues next week with more rounds of snow and colder temperatures gripping the state. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Saturday night. Current water vapor and radar returns show moisture continuing to stream across northern Nevada. Snow showers commenced around midnight, with light snow showers at Winnemucca and visibility under 2 miles at the airport. Current radar returns seem stronger than the system that occurred Thursday night, and may have pockets of moderate snowfall within them. An apparent weak convergence zone near Elko, may give showers a little extra vigor early this morning. Today these snow showers will continue into the late morning before they are expected to taper off heading into the afternoon. The most intense snowfall looks to occur during the morning commute or 4-10 am. Valleys can expect an additional half inch to an inch of snow, with higher mountain passes and summits across I-80 such as Emigrant Pass and Pequop Summit picking up 1-2 inches. Across US-50, valleys can expect similar snowfall between a half and 1 inch. Higher passes and summits such as near Austin, in Lander County, as well as Pinto Summit in Eureka County; could see an additional 2-3 inches through 10 am. Elsewhere, higher mountains such the Jarbidge Wilderness area, and the Ruby Mountains can see an 2-8 inches of new snowfall. Elevations between most valleys and the mountains such as Pine Valley, Grass Valley, could see 1-3 inches. Winter Weather Advisories across Northern Elko county as well as the Ruby Mountains expire at 10 am this morning. However winds will pick up this morning and strengthen heading into the afternoon hours. As such wind advisories go into effect for all of Elko county except southwestern Elko, at 10 am, and continues through 10 pm this evening. Northwest winds of 15-25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph may make travel difficult and may also produce blowing and drifting snow. Winds will be strongest across NE Elko county in northern Nevada as well as the Ruby Mountains. As such a separate wind advisories for those areas are in affect, with strong northwest winds of 20-30 mph possible, with gusts up to 50 mph. This also goes through 10 pm this evening. Highs today will generally be in the 30s. Skies will start to clear out briefly this evening. This, with northwest winds will allow for not only colder air to work its way into the area, but also allow for whatever little daytime heating the area gets, to radiate back out to space, making it colder. Lows will be in the single digits to teens for most. Some unlucky folks across the US-50 corridor may dip below zero. Saturday, a 535-dm upper level low will move into the state giving the Silver State another round of snow showers and cold temperatures. Currently, these snow showers are expected to commence late Saturday morning and continue at least through Sunday morning. Current indications are that this system will pack the biggest punch out of the last three. Valleys across the US-93, I-80 corridors could see 1-4 inches of snowfall, with mountains seeing 4-14 inches of snowfall. Similar totals are possible across the US-50 corridor, with the bulk of that weather occurring later in the afternoon an into the evening (mainly after 3 pm). Highs Saturday will be in the 30s for most, with overcast skies through the day. Winds will again be breezy, with gusts across much of the state 25-35 mph. The cold air will stick around with lows in the single digits to teens for most, with colder spots approaching or dipping below zero. .LONG TERM...Sunday through next Thursday. New snowfall from Saturday will be hard to get rid of as highs on Sunday only climb into the 20s for most locations. Additionally, light snowfall continues into Sunday morning over much of northern and central NV before gradually diminishing through the day. Valley locations will receive between a trace and a half inch of additional snow through Sunday evening. Heaviest snow on Sunday will be over the mountains of Elko county where 2-5 inches of new snow is expected. N-NW winds will be gusty on Sunday as well, and combined with the recent snow and sub-freezing temperatures there will be a good chance of blowing and drifting of snow through midnight over the eastern 2/3s of the CWA. Sunday night into Monday in the wake of the exiting system, strong northerly flow aloft will usher in cold dry air across NV. Lows early Monday morning will be in the single digits for most locations, with below zero temperatures possible mainly in higher elevation valleys of central NV, which include the Ely and Austin areas. Highs Monday will be in the mid 20s to low 30s. Other than a few mainly mountain snow flurries across northern Humboldt and Elko counties, the CWA will be dry on Monday. Increasing clouds spreading in from the NW will help limit the drop in temperatures Monday night, however central and eastern portions of the CWA may still drop into the single digits overnight into Tuesday morning. Low confidence in these temperatures for now as the timing of the incoming clouds will have a significant impact. Increasing clouds and snow shower activity on Tuesday as the next system continues it's NW to SE progression across the Great Basin region. Highs Tuesday rebound back up into the mid to upper 30s. Valleys across the northern half of the CWA will receive between a trace and 1 inch of new snow on Tuesday, with a few more inches likely for the mountains of Humboldt and Elko counties. At this time the southern half of the CWA looks dry on Tuesday. Broad trough energy over the western US will continue to sag southward Tuesday night, with the jet stream sitting over NV. Snow shower activity expands southward Tuesday night into Wednesday with snow reaching all of Lander, Eureka and White Pine counties, and possibly the mountains of far northern Nye county. The string of systems continues into the latter half of next week with northwesterly flow aloft pushing more cold air, snow and breezy winds into NV. && .AVIATION...Cloud cover will continue to increase along with lowering CIGs and reduced visibility from west to east as a cold front moves into northern NV. TAF sites start out with VFR conditions, however light snow showers will produce intermittent MVFR and IFR conditions at KWMC and KBAM during the overnight, impacting KEKO around 12Z. Conditions improve to VFR around 18Z Fri with CIGs staying above 5KFT. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Winter Weather Advisory until 10 AM PST this morning Northern Elko County...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range. Wind Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 10 PM PST this evening Northern Elko County...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range. Wind Advisory from 7 AM this morning to 10 PM PST this evening South Central Elko County...Southeastern Elko County. && 91/96/91
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Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley Raws, Elevation 6900 feet.
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