A cold front produce high elevation snow and gusty winds from thunderstorm outflows as it progressed across the state.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A cold front produce high elevation snow and gusty winds from thunderstorm outflows as it progressed across the state.
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 Mar 22, 12:34 PM PST, 11 hours 26 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 134 PM PDT Fri Mar 22 2024 .SYNOPSIS...A few light rain showers are expected across the area this afternoon ahead of a Pacific storm system. A low pressure system and cold front will make progress through the state tonight through Saturday bringing widespread rain and higher elevation snow to the area tonight with less than one half inch accumulation in some valleys by Sunday morning. Lingering light snow showers will persist into early next week under a cooler northwest flow. Mostly dry conditions across the region Wednesday but another, potentially impactful weather disturbance is expected to move in late Wednesday into early Thursday. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday night. Virga observed on radar within a broad mix of cirrus and mid-level cloud cover continues to move through northern Nevada this afternoon. It is doubtful that this will contribute to a measurable rain event with probabilities of 0.01" or greater less than 30% in eastern Elko county. Cloud cover and non-trivial winds will keep overnight lows above freezing in the mid 30s for much of the area. The cold front accelerates southeastward through the state Saturday morning through the afternoon bringing with it gusty winds up to 30 mph along with rain and eventually a rain/snow mix or snow in higher elevations. Short term model guidance suggests a narrower band of precipitation at least as it is transiting northern Nevada before slowing down once reaching White Pine county. Higher precipitation amounts are expected through Saturday night across White Pine county. This is where impacts are most likely expected after midnight Saturday with some slushy higher elevations roads developing. Otherwise, minimal expected impact from snow to most roadways below 5500 feet area wide. Temperatures will plummet more than 10 degrees area wide from highs in the 60s this afternoon to 40s and 50s Saturday. Lows Saturday night in the upper 20s and lower 30s will facilitate snow accumulation on some surfaces and higher elevation roads but valley roads should have minimal impacts. .LONG TERM...Sunday through next Friday Active weather will continue through the extended forecast period, although there will be a brief break in precipitation Tuesday night through Wednesday morning. The deterministic and ensembles are in general agreement with the synoptic pattern, so confidence is high in the overall long term forecast. After the cold front exits the region Saturday night, a northwest flow aloft will continue to bring scattered to numerous snow showers (rain/snow mix in Humboldt County) along with breezy west to northwest winds Sunday through Tuesday. Snow amounts will be light Sunday through Monday. The 48-hour total accumulations will be one inch or less in the valleys and 1-3 inches in the mountains. Based on NBM probabilities, the higher peaks of Elko County have a 60 pct chance of 4 inches but only 30 pct chance of 6 inches of new snow from Sunday through Monday. On Tuesday, precipitation will be more widespread north of HWY 50 with a 30-50 pct chance of snow south of HWY 50. An upper level jet positioned over NV will provide the upper level support for widespread light to moderate snow. Snow accumulations will once again be light in the valleys as afternoon temperatures will be in the upper 30s to upper 40s. There is some uncertainty on snow accumulations in the mountains, but the most likely snowfall will be an additional 1-3 inches. The remainder of the week will be met with a strong low pressure system developing off the eastern Pacific on Wednesday, traveling across the western U.S. Wednesday night and Thursday. This will be followed by another strong low pressure system off the OR/CA coast on Friday. This will continue active spring weather. Snow levels will rise briefly to around 6000-7000 feet late Wednesday but will lower down to the valley floors (4500-5000 feet) Thursday. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions will be the primary flight conditions through early Saturday morning. CIGs are lowering to around 7000 feet across N NV. Light -RA showers will begin for terminals along the I-80 corridor around 06 to 07Z Saturday with VCSH reaching KTPH and KELY at about 17Z to 20Z. Flight conditions will steady worsen Saturday with MVFR to IFR conditions as -RA changes over to -SN behind a cold front that will shift winds out of the NW at 5KT to 15 KT with gusts up to 30 KT. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 93/99/99
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 heavy snow, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Nine inches fell at site (MTLN2) Summit Lake Snotel, Elevation 7613 feet. This occurred between 12 AM on 3/23 and 7 AM on 3/23.
Station (MTHN2) Mather Raws, Elevation 9268 feet.
Ten inches fell at site (BRCN2) Berry Creek Snotel, Elevation 7613 feet. This occurred between 12 PM on 3/23 and 7 PM on 3/23.
Eight inches fell at site (DEFN2) Defiance Mines Snotel, Elevation 9304 feet. This occurred between 7 AM on 3/23 and 7 PM on 3/23.
Ten inches fell at site (WHPN2) Wheeler Peak Snotel, Elevation 10,067 feet. This occurred between 11 AM on 3/23 and 8 PM on 3/23.
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