A southwesterly flow pattern over Nevada produced strong gusty winds.
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A southwesterly flow pattern over Nevada produced strong 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 Feb 3, 3:05 AM PST, 6 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 305 AM PST Mon Feb 3 2025 .SYNOPSIS...Brief break in precipitaton today for northern Nevada with low probabilities of precipitaton relegated to Humboldt County and surrounding areas. Though conditions will be windy across the forecast area under strong southwest winds. Unsettled weather continues thru the week with another brief break in precipitation Thursday. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday night Robust cut off low resides along the B.C. coast this morning as a shortwave progresses east from the central Pacific, moving along the southern periphery of the cut off. This synoptic setup will turn flow more southwesterly today. Forecast region will be mostly dry with a low probability, around 10%, of light valley rain and high mountain snow across northwest Humboldt County. Probability of precipitation increases to 30% to 40% for Humboldt County and northwest Elko County by the late afternoon/evening as showers move back in from the northwest along a weak boundary associated with the progression of the shortwave. However, main concern today will again be strong southwesterly winds with gusts 30 to 40 mph, and as high as 50 mph or more for the wind prone areas. This has prompted a wind advisory for much of the forecast area beginning at 1000AM PST this morning and ending at 1000PM PST this evening. Patchy blowing dust will be possible throughout central Nevada where little to no recent precipitation has been observed and dust moving northeast from the Carson sink may again reach locations between Carlin and Winnemucca this afternoon. Temperatures creep a few degrees warmer today under continued warm southwesterly flow with daytime highs mostly in the low 50s to low 60s, which is 15 to 20 degrees warmer than normal. Overnight lows reside in the 30s. Robust cut off low along the B.C. coast begins to meander south with latest numerical solutions positioning the low offshore of Washington State by sunrise Wednesday. This will begin to move a modest cold front into the forecast area Tuesday afternoon. After another brief break in precipitation that is expected Tuesday morning, precipitation associated with the cold front looks to begin spreading from northwest to southeast across the forecast area. Snow levels remain high, between 7000 feet and 7500 feet. Front continues to progress thru the forecast area Wednesday while also weakening with the greatest precipitation accumulations to be focused within the northwest quadrant of the forecast area. South-southwest winds remain strong Tuesday with gusts 30 to 40 mph across central Nevada, 20 to 30 mph across northern Nevada. Strong 130kt to 140kt jet also moves into central California and Nevada as the pattern evolves on Tuesday. This will keep winds elevated thru Tuesday night with gusts in the 25 to 35 mph range. Daytime high temperatures will be in the upper 40s to upper 50s with overnight lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s. && .LONG TERM...Wednesday through next Monday Next shortwave trough will be actively moving across Nevada Wednesday, pushing through a Pacific cool front. Rain and snow showers will continue through early Thursday morning. As has been the theme this Winter, temperatures don’t favor snow accumulations below 6000 feet, as the combination of SW flow, warm lower level temperatures and weakening dynamic lift will conspire to keep significant accumulations for the mountain ranges. As for the mountain they could expect another 6”-16” of snow with the ranges of Humboldt and Elko County receiving the lions share. Central Nevada ranges will see 2” to 8”, with the Snake rage being the big winner. Moving down to between 5000 feet to 6500 feet, which cover most roadway summits and passes, a mix of rain and snow will add up to about 0.25” to 0.50” of water, included in that total up to 2” to 3’ of snow. Finally for elevations below 5000 feet, which includes most valley floors, mostly rain will fall, although a transition to snow is possible during the overnight Thursday into Friday, amounts of 0.05” to 0.40” of water will be possible, with lower amounts across central Nevada and the higher end of the range favored across the I-80 corridor. After a brief break Thursday afternoon, another trough following on the heels of the first dig south into Nevada for Friday morning. This system, which earlier had the potential of being a more widespread event. Models have now trended away from that possibility favoring a system track that is more like the previous storms, meaning once again NE Nevada will see W to SW flow aloft with weak warm air advection. This translates to mountain snow and valley rainfall again with snow levels hovering around 6000 feet. A key difference is that models do show a transition to all snow on the back side of this shortwave, but the best moisture and lift will already be on their way out of the area by the time cold air filters in. Amounts so far look to be slightly lower than Wednesdays system with the potential of up to 0.30” of water across northern Nevada, with up to 0.15” for central Nevada, with up to another 8” to 14” of snow for the mountain ranges. Temperatures will be on the downward slide for the week as highs will start in the upper 40s to upper 50s Wednesday, falling to the upper 20s to low 50s Friday through Monday. Lows will see a similar trend starting in the low 30s to low 40s dropping to the mid teens to mid 20s for Saturday through Monday.. 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. && .AVIATION...Dry with VFR conditions at all terminals today. Winds will increase later this morning and remain breezy this afternoon and evening. Most TAF sites can expect southwesterly winds with gusts of 20-30 knots today. KEKO is expected to be the outlier, with lighter winds closer to 10 knots. By around 06Z this evening light shower activity will approach KWMC KBAM and KEKO from the north, resulting in a 15% chance of rain at each site. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Wind Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 10 PM PST this evening Humboldt...Northeastern Nye...Northern Lander and Northern Eureka...Northwestern Nye...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko...South Central Elko...Southern Lander and Southern Eureka...White Pine. && 92/98/96
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (POCN2) Pole Creek, Elevation 8502 ft.
Station (TMBN2) Timber Mountain, Elevation 9000 ft.
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