One final low pressure system after a series of multiple systems, moves over northern Nevada, bringing another round of winter weather and high winds.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
One final low pressure system after a series of multiple systems, moves over northern Nevada, bringing another round of winter weather and high 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 6, 2:37 PM PST, 10 hours earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 237 PM PST Thu Feb 6 2025 .SYNOPSIS...Look for one final system impacting the state tonight bringing in valley rain and mountain snow into mainly northern Nevada. A cold front will move through the region tomorrow bringing widespread gusty west to southwest winds to much of central and northern Nevada during the afternoon. Temperatures turn colder but dry conditions are expected for the weekend into Monday with more active weather and potential for accumulating valley snow by midweek. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Friday night. Current radar loop is showing weak echos across portions of northern and central Nevada. No precipitation has yet been detected from remote observation platforms yet though cloud heights appear to be around 5000 to 6000 feet at a minimum. Winds are fairly light over northern Nevada and gusts to 30 mph in central Nevada. For tonight, look for clouds to lower continuously with light precipitation expected later in the evening and just after midnight. Overnight lows will be in the 20s and 30s with temperatures rising through the night as a warm front moves north. This will allow snow levels to temporarily rise before sunrise Friday morning. By Friday and Friday night, model simulations have again come in with less snowfall over northern Nevada. In addition, strong winds will again develop with speeds gusting to 50 mph. A wind advisory was previously issued and no updates are needed. The winter weather advisory will also be allowed to continue in Humboldt county above 5000 feet though forecast amounts have lowered to one to four inches above this elevation. Afternoon high temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s with the warmest temperatures seen in central Nevada. Snow amounts will generally be a half inch to two inches in northern Elko county with up to a half inch in the valleys in the north. For central Nevada, not much if any is expected. Look for the showers to diminish to mainly isolated by the early evening with overnight lows in the teens and 20s. .LONG TERM...Saturday through next Thursday Post frontal regime conditions Saturday AM behind a cold front that will lower temperatures over the weekend back into the 20s and 30s for highs. The area resides in the zonal flow of an upper level long wave trough that will continue to push wave after wave through the area through the long term period. The first of said waves will push through quickly Saturday night into Sunday but with a moisture starved atmosphere overhead will have little impact save for slightly cooler temperatures on Sunday. Relatively quiet but cold weather persists until Tuesday when yet another shortwave, this time extremely positively tilted and amplified, treks through the region. Timing of this wave is forecast to be Tuesday evening. Precipitation with this system will be a mix of snow and rain as temperatures struggle into the 30s Tuesday afternoon. More accumulation appears to be focused on western central NV than this side of the state through a trace to a few hundredths over central and northern NV can't be ruled out. The larger impact of the Tuesday system will be the northerly flow behind the wave that leads to overnight lows Wednesday morning in the teens to potentially negative temperatures over northeast NV. The main feature of the long term period is the stronger shortwave that will impact the region late in the work week. Model runs have pushed timing of this system closer to the weekend but current prognosis has a boundary that resembles a warm front lifting through the area Thursday. This will raise afternoon highs on Thursday back into the 30s. Under a tightening pressure gradient strong winds are anticipated Thursday afternoon. Moisture increase from west to east Thursday with PW values rising into the 0.25-0.35 range (slightly above normal for this time of year). As the shortwave and associated cold front push into the region Thursday evening precipitation will initiate over the area. By Friday morning 24-hr snowfall probabilities of an greater than 2 inches is as follows: Spring Creek - 55% Ely - 40% Eureka - 40% Austin - 35% Elko - 25% Tonopah - 20% Winnemucca - 15% Battle Mountain - 10% && .AVIATION...Increasing clouds and lowering CIGS accompany precipitation Thursday evening leading to momentary MVFR and IFR conditions tonight and Friday for northern terminals and KELY. Gusty winds at all terminals this evening will increase through Thursday night to 40-45KTS out of the west. A mix of mainly rain and some snow will continue into Friday afternoon as a cold front pushes through the area. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Winter Weather Advisory until 1 PM PST Friday Humboldt. Wind Advisory from 7 AM to 4 PM PST Friday Humboldt. Wind Advisory from 7 AM to 7 PM PST Friday Northern Elko... Northwestern Nye...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko...South Central Elko...White Pine. Wind Advisory from 10 AM to 7 PM PST Friday Northern Lander and Northern Eureka...Southeastern Elko...Southern Lander and Southern Eureka...Southwest Elko. && 86/99/99
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (MORN2) Morey Creek, Elevation 5500 ft.
Station (MTHN2) Mather, Elevation 9268 ft.
Station (MPVN2) Martin Creek, Elevation 6439 ft.
Station (TMBN2) Timber Mountain, Elevation 9000 ft.
Station (POCN2) Pole Creek, Elevation 8502 ft.
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