A series of low pressure systems moved across northern Nevada producing winter weather conditions along with very strong winds.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
A series of low pressure systems moved across northern Nevada producing winter weather conditions along with very strong 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 Feb 2, 2:48 AM PST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 248 AM PST Sun Feb 2 2025 .SYNOPSIS...Unsettled weather persists under a moist pattern with chances for precipitation continuing, though brief lulls in activity are expected Monday and Thursday. Strong southwesterly winds and unseasonably warm temperatures are also expected for today and tomorrow. Temperatures begin to cool mid week, increasing the chances for valley snow by the latter portion of the week. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Monday Night Main area of precipitation resides in southern Idaho and Oregon this morning with light showers, low clouds, and patchy fog across northern Nevada while dry weather and partly to mostly cloudy skies reside over central Nevada. The overall synoptic pattern remains relatively unchanged as subtropical moisture continues to stream into the western U.S., guided along a surface boundary associated with a region of robust low pressure centered over B.C. Canada. An upper trof progresses east from the central Pacific, moving closer to the western U.S. Consequently, low and mid level flow turns southwesterly. This advects warmer air into the Great Basin and keeps the frontal boundary that has resided over northern Nevada, just north of the forecast area, along with the main area of precipitation, though showers will be present along and north of the I-80 corridor today as indicated. Snow levels reside much higher under warmer southwesterly flow, rising to 7000-7500 feet and higher by mid day. New valley rainfall accumulations Sunday and Sunday night will range between 0.10 inches and 0.50 inches with the higher end totals near the Idaho and Oregon borders. Biggest concern today however will be strong southwesterly surface winds across the forecast area. Sustained winds 25 to 35 mph are forecast with gusts as high as 50 mph or more in the most wind prone areas under a southwesterly wind. This has prompted a High Wind Warning across most of the forecast area for today. Winds somewhat ease tonight but remain at least breezy. Temperatures will be much warmer than yesterday with daytime highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s. Strong temperature gradient exists across the region and the cooler range of temperatures will be near the Idaho and Oregon borders. Some locales within northern Nye County are expected to reach into the low 60s. Overnight lows will be in the upper 20s to upper 30s. By Monday morning, precipitation will be mostly pushed north and out of the forecast area under continued robust southwesterly flow, providing a brief lull in activity. However, showers look to begin creeping back into Humboldt County and surrounding areas by the late afternoon/evening as the upper trof traversing the central Pacific begins to move into the western U.S. along the southern edge of the deep upper low posted over B.C. Strong southwesterly surface winds will again be a concern Monday with sustained winds 15 to 25 mph and gusts 30 to 40 mph, as high as 45 mph in the wind prone locales. Slightly warmer temperatures Monday with daytime highs mostly in the 50s with some locations within northern Nye County reaching as warm as the mid 60s. This is 15 to 20 degrees warmer than average for this time of year. Overnight lows again reside in the upper 20s to upper 30s. && .LONG TERM...Tuesday through next Sunday. Active pattern continues for Tuesday morning through Wednesday morning as a pacific cool front push through NV as the upper trough that has been responsible for the rain and snow across northern Nevada finally moves through. Once again for this system there will be a sharp gradient for precipitation totals be it rain or snow, as areas north and west of Diamond Valley will see much higher accumulations than areas south and east. Rain accumulations for Tuesday into Wednesday will approach up to 0.50” for Humboldt, Elko, N Eureka, and N Lander counties. Where as S Eureka, S Lander, N Nye, and White Pine counties will average up to 0.15” of liquid. As the front moves through snow levels will drop from 7000 feet to near 5500 feet, this will keep snow accumulations next to nil for the valleys if the precipitation type does change over to snow. The passes may get up to 2”, while the ranges of Humboldt and Elko counties may end up seeing up to 1 to 2 feet of snow by Wednesday evening. After a brief break Thursday, another trough will dig south into Nevada for Friday morning. This system, for now, looks to be more of a widespread event with more of central Nevada getting a chance at decent precipitation amounts through next Saturday, with the exception of N Nye as Tonopah and the US-6 corridor may miss out again. Now for the bad news, Models still remain split on temperatures, timing, and strength. These difference will be key in determining storm track, precipitation amounts, and whether precipitation type will be rain or snow for the valleys up to the passes, so will hold off on finer details with this system until better agreement with the pattern occurs. Temperatures will be on the downward slide for the week as highs will start in the upper 40s to low 60s Tuesday, falling to the upper 20s to low 50s Friday. Lows will see a similar trend starting in the low 30s to low 40s dropping to the mid teens to mid 20s Saturday morning. Winds will be elevated out of the W to SW at 10 to 25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH possible Tuesday through Thursday. Wind shift to be more W to NW Friday and Saturday at 10 MPH to 20 MPH with a few gusts up to 30 MPH possible but this could change if the storm track and timing changes. && .AVIATION...Heavier rain shower activity capable of lowering CIGs and VIS to MVFR and even IFR conditions is expected to taper off by 12Z this morning at KWMC KBAM and KEKO. Lighter rain showers will linger across northern Nevada through this evening, during which time conditions are expected to remain VFR. For KELY and KTPH, dry conditions are expected over the next 24 hours. Southwesterly winds will increase across the region on Sunday, with gusts of 25 to 35 knots at all terminals expect KTPH. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Winter Weather Advisory until 4 AM PST Monday Humboldt... Northern Elko. High Wind Warning from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM PST this evening Humboldt...Northern Elko...Northern Lander and Northern Eureka...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko...South Central Elko...Southeastern Elko...Southern Lander and Southern Eureka...Southwest Elko...White Pine. Winter Storm Warning until 4 AM PST Monday Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko. && 92/98/96
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley, Elevation 6891 ft.
Station (MORN2) Morey Creek, Elevation 5500 ft.
Station (POCN2) Pole Creek, Elevation 8502 ft.
Station (MTHN2) Mather, Elevation 9268 ft.
Station (TEXN2) Texas Spring, Elevation 6162 ft.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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