S. pushed a cold front over the state producing high winds ahead of the front.
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A low pressure system over the northwestern U.S. pushed a cold front over the state producing high winds ahead of the front.
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 Jan 3, 2:14 PM PST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 214 PM PST Fri Jan 3 2025 .SYNOPSIS...A weather system pushes through the Silver State Friday night and Saturday bringing windy conditions and a dusting of snow to valleys and additional snow to mountain tops. The frontal system will help drop high temperatures from the 40s and 50s we've enjoyed late this week back into the 30s and low 40s this weekend. && .SHORT TERM...Friday into Sunday morning Ridging through Friday afternoon aloft gets pushed eastward this evening by a trough and associated low pressure system that will impact the state tonight and Saturday. The axis of the trough dragging a cold front will traverse the region between 06z and 15z Saturday. Moisture is already advecting into the area Friday on southwest flow in the ridge/trough transition and will be available for frontal forcing along and ahead of the boundary dragging through tonight and tomorrow morning. Snow levels are forecasted to drop from 6500-7000 feet to valley floors with front progression. Precipitation will develop over western NV this afternoon and spread to the east across the area this evening. Heaviest precipitation (relatively speaking) will be just ahead and along the boundary where 0.5-0.6 inches of PW exist though lingering moisture behind the front will keep snow showers over mainly northern NV in the forecast through mid day on Saturday. QPF estimates for valleys range in the few hundredths to 0.15 with this system which will translate to a dusting to an inch of snowfall possible before noon on Saturday. Rain and a mix of rain/snow for northern NV Friday night will transition to snowfall for areas along and north of US-50 by Saturday morning as snow levels drop with frontal passage. Upslope regions of the Rubies/E Humboldt ranges as well as areas along SR-225 in northern Elko county could see 1-3 inches of accumulating snow by Saturday morning. Impacts from the system are anticipated to be minimal though travelers should take caution Saturday morning especially on elevated roadways and mountain passes in the area. Behind the front temperatures will struggle into the 30s Saturday afternoon with windy conditions subsiding gradually as the system heads east to cause greater havoc over the Plains later this weekend. NW flow in a post frontal regime settles into the profile over the state by Saturday night and continues into Sunday morning as the area wakes up to overnight lows in the 20s by sunrise. .LONG TERM...Sunday through next Friday. Models are depicting northwest flow over the forecast area with an upper level trough waiting in the wings over the Pacific Northwest states. Isolated, light showers are expected mainly during the afternoon hours across the northern portions of the region. Snow levels which are forecast to be around 5000 feet so expecting the precipitation type to be mainly snow or a rain/snow mix. Highs will be in the 30s and 40s with winds less than 10 mph. The upper level system will continue its dive to the southeast during the Sunday night to Monday period. Snow levels are expected to remain at or above 4500 feet in the north with precipitation type remaining snow to a rain/snow mix. Accumulations will remain on the light side during the overnight with lows in the 20s and 30s. The system will stick around Monday and Tuesday morning before exiting into Arizona. Overall storm totals for this system continue to be on the light side with valleys, passes, and roadway summits getting between a trace up to 0.15” of water equivalent, including up to 0.5” of snow on grassy surfaces, while mountain ranges look to get about 0.10” to 0.40” of water equivalent with 1” to 4” of mountain snow above 6000 feet. Highs on Monday will be in the 30s and 40s with overnight lows in the teens and 20s. By Tuesday the upper low is forecast to be across central Nevada. A cold north to northeast flow will develop. Winds could be fairly brisk Tuesday across portions of central Nevada as some guidance is hinting at winds of 15 to 25 mph and gusts to 35 mph. Highs will be in the 30s. Here are some probabilities of seeing maximum temperatures greater than 40 degrees for select locations across northern and central Nevada for Tuesday afternoon: Austin - 15% Battle Mountain - 80% Elko - 15% Ely - 10% Eureka - 4% Jackpot - 3% Jarbidge - 0% Owyhee - 4% Ruth - 2% Spring Creek - 4% Tonopah - 70% Wells - 5% West Wendover – 45% Wildhorse Res - 0% Winnemucca - 90% Skies are expected to clear Tuesday evening with mostly clear conditions for the overnight. Overnight lows will be in the single digits and teens. Here are probabilities of seeing minimum temperatures less than 10 degrees for select locations across northern and central Nevada for the overnight: Austin - 0% Battle Mountain - 10% Elko - 45% Ely - 75% Eureka - 15% Jackpot - 20% Jarbidge - 0% Owyhee - 3% Ruth - 15% Spring Creek - 35% Tonopah - 0% Wells - 25% West Wendover – 1% Wildhorse Res - 40% Winnemucca - 4% Wednesday through Friday continues to show a rex-block type pattern establishing itself over northern and central Nevada. Though no precipitation is expected with mostly sunny skies, winds will be out of a northerly direction, which will help to keep a lid on temperatures. A slow warmup is expected through the end of next week. Highs Wednesday will be in the 30s to low 40s, warming into the upper 30s to mid 40s on Friday. Overnight lows will remain in the teens and 20s. && .AVIATION...Look for VFR conditions across the region through the latter portions of the afternoon and evening though lowering CIGs can be expected later this evening as an upper low moves closer to the area. This will bring MVFR/IFR conditions to the terminals. -SHRA will spread in across northern Nevada this evening with CIGs lowering to MVFR levels. Expect a transition to -SHSN as a cold front tracks east. The transition is expected around 01-03Z at WMC and 04-05Z at KBAM. -SHSN is expected to begin at KEKO around 03-04Z and 08-09Z at KELY. KTPH is expected to remain dry through the period. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && 99/86/86
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (MTHN2) Mather, Elevation 9268 ft.
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