A low pressure moving across Nevada produced moderate snowfall and high winds.
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A low pressure moving across Nevada produced moderate snowfall 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 Mar 1, 12:44 PM PST, 16 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 1244 PM PST Sat Mar 1 2025 .SYNOPSIS...It will be quiet night but a pattern change is in storm for the area as low pressure brings winter back to northern and central Nevada tomorrow. Look for increasing chances of rain, turning to snow later in the afternoon and overnight periods. Temperatures will be cooler on Sunday but much cooler starting Monday. Another storm system is expected mid-week, bringing another chance for light accumulating snow to northern and central Nevada. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Sunday night. Skies are mostly sunny this afternoon with mainly high clouds seen over the region. It will be a quiet night with light winds and overnight lows in the 20s and 30s. A pattern change is knocking on the front door for northern and central Nevada for Sunday. Things will start out fairly quiet but upper level low pressure out in the eastern Pacific will cross into northern California by the afternoon hours. In addition, a 700 mb circulation will begin to develop in northern Nevada and shift to the east in the afternoon. 700mb frontogenetical forcing combined with strong convergence will help to bring increasing chances for showers. Temperatures will warm into the 50s but are expected to fall as the winds shift to the northwest after the frontal passage. Winds will be breezy though locally windy in central Nevada though wind advisory criteria is not expected to be widely met there. Due to the dynamic nature of this system, snow amounts have come in higher than previous runs with southern Lander/Eureka seeing forecast amounts of 5 to 10 inches and these look reasonable with higher amounts a good possibility on windward facing slopes. Therefore, have upgraded the advisory to a winter storm warning for zone 037, and will be keeping the timing the same. Other headlines remain as-is for now. Look for rain and snow showers to persist during the overnight with snow levels dropping to the valley floors by Monday morning. Overnight lows will generally be in the 20s to low 30s. .LONG TERM...Monday through next Sunday Strong upper level storm system will be making its way through the Silver state Monday into Tuesday morning bringing a mix of valley rain and mountain snow. By Monday morning it is expected that most precipitation will be transitioning to snowfall for all but the lowest elevation valleys, with accumulating snows above 5500 feet in elevation. Temperatures Monday will range in the upper 20 to low 40s for highs, and given the dynamic nature of this system the temperature and precipitation type, could vary depending on precipitation intensity with stronger convective bands of precipitation triggering wet bulbing of temperatures and transitions between rain, snow and graupel pellets. By Monday even the upper low will be over head with p-types expected to be a mix of snow and graupel, also given the forecast instability a few rumbles of thunder could occur over western and central Nevada with the highest intensity precipitation. By Tuesday morning this system will be shifting east, and precipitation will transition to more of showers with showers becoming isolated by the Afternoon. Over all amounts look to be good area wide with storm total QPF estimated to be around 0.15” to 1.65” of water. As for snow amounts valleys could see between a trace to 3” of snow, with areas above 5500 feet seeing higher totals, the passes and roadway summits could see between 3” and 8” of snowfall, The mountain ranges and the highest elevation summits like Austin and Pinto along US 50 could see between 7” and 14” with the Ruby Mountains receiving up to 1’ to 3 feet on snowfall. As such A Winter Weather Advisory are in effect for areas above 5500 feet in elevation for northern Eureka and northern Lander counties from 4 PM Sunday to 4 AM Tuesday for 3” to 5” of snowfall. A Winter Weather Advisory for northern and SW Elko County for snowfall of 3” to 5” with local higher amounts is also in effect for the same time-frame. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect from 4 PM Sunday to 4 AM Tuesday for snowfall accumulations for 5” to 15 “ for southern Lander and Eureka counties and for snowfall of up to 2 feet plus for the Ruby Mountain/E Humboldt range. After a brief break in the action for Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday morning the next strong upper level system will move into the Great Basin region. Precipitation will again see a mix of valley rain and mountain snowfall before transitioning to all snow by Thursday evening then exiting the region Friday morning. All in all models are handling this system very similar to Monday and Tuesdays system showing a near equal intensity, and evolution as the prior system with daytime highs in the upper 20s to upper 40s and lows in the 20s and 30s. The only slight difference is the slightly more southerly track that will only lead to slightly higher amounts for central NV and slightly lower total for western Humboldt county. As of now models show the potential for another good wetting storm with 0.10” to 1.70” of water with this system including an additional trace to 2” for the valleys, 3” to 6” for the passes and road summits, and up to 1’ to 2 feet on new snow for the mountain ranges. After Friday afternoon high pressure will look to build in across the area. This will bring a break in the action through Sunday with temperatures warming back into the mid 40s to mid 50s. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions forecast to be the primary flight conditions at all terminal sites with light winds with SCT to BKN, 20kFT ceilings through Sunday. Look for ceilings to drop to 10kFT Sunday evening as an upper level system approaches the region for Monday. KWMC is AMD NOT SKED due to communication disruption. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Winter Weather Advisory from 4 PM Sunday to 4 AM PST Tuesday Northern Elko...Northern Lander and Northern Eureka...Southwest Elko. Winter Storm Warning from 1 PM Sunday to 4 AM PST Tuesday Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko. Winter Storm Warning from 4 PM Sunday to 4 AM PST Tuesday Southern Lander and Southern Eureka. && 86/98/98
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 heavy snow, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Co-op observer station ASTN2 0.7 N Austin reported 8.1 inches.
Snotel (BCSN2) Big Creek Summit, Elevation 8684 ft, Snow 19 inches.
Snotel (LWPN2) Lewis Peak Snotel, Elevation 7357 ft, Snow 18 in.
Snotel (DPKN2) Diamond Peak Snotel, Elevation 8016 ft, Snow 12 in.
Snotel (VCSN2) Vacarro Spring Snotel, Elevation 7867 ft, Snow 8 in.
Tonopah Airport (KTPH) station.
Station (MTHN2) Mather, Elevation 9268 ft.
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