S. bringing in more snow and high winds over the silver state.
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The episode as NWS LKN wrote it up.
On-and-off winter weather pattern persisted over the western U.S. bringing in more snow and high winds over the silver state.
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 18, 12:18 AM PST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 118 AM PDT Tue Mar 18 2025 .SYNOPSIS...Look for off and on snow showers throughout northern and central Nevada through this afternoon. Little to no accumulations are expected in the valleys with up to an inch possible on the higher summits and passes. The next storm system will impact Northern Nevada Thursday, resulting in light snowfall. The majority of this snow will remain north of Interstate 80. Temperatures will generally be in the 30s and 40s today, warming into the 40s and 50s on Wednesday. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Wednesday night. Snow shower activity is currently moving through northern and central Nevada this morning. This is due to an upper level trough moving through the region. The flow is out of the northwest at this time and will remain through today. Strong northwest winds will once again develop across portions of northern and central Nevada later this morning and afternoon. Wind speeds will be from 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph, though in portions of Elko and Nye counties, stronger winds with gusts to 50 mph are possible. In those areas where those gusts will be felt, issued a wind advisory for most of Elko county along with northern Nye county through 8PM this evening. Expect a continuation of the light snow showers through today as the upper low drifts to the east and out of the area. High temperatures will be well below normal with readings in the 30s and 40s. Here are some probabilities of temperatures exceeding 40 degrees for select locations across northern and central Nevada for this afternoon: Austin - 0% Battle Mountain - 55% Carlin - 20% Elko - 5% Ely - 0% Eureka - 0% Jackpot - 0% Jarbidge - 0% Owyhee - 0% Ruth - 0% Spring Creek - 0% Tonopah - 65% Wells - 0% West Wendover – 35% Wildhorse Res - 0% Winnemucca - 100% Winds will diminish later this evening with light winds over all locations by midnight. The snow showers will also dissipate by the evening as well with clouds scattering out. Overnight lows will be in the teens and 20s. On Wednesday and Wednesday night, upper level ridging during the day will bring quiet weather to northern and central Nevada. Winds will be on the light side with highs in the 40s and 50s. Winds will become breezy during the afternoon with gusts to 20 to 25 mph. A shortwave trough will move into the north Wednesday night bringing isolated to scattered snow showers to locales north of the I-80 corridor. Overnight lows will be in the 20s to low 30s. .LONG TERM...Thursday through next Tuesday Zonal flow in the axis of a broad upper level trough over the northern Rockies resides over the area on Thursday. The trough amplifies overhead by Thursday afternoon tightening the pressure gradient enough to produce gusty winds in the 30-35 mph range for northeast NV. While the bulk of the system resides north of the state sufficient PVA and boundary forcing coupled with enough moisture availability (0.25-0.3 PW values across northern NV) will produce snow shower activity mainly north of I-80 to the tune of 0.5-1 inch of accumulation by Friday morning for valley floors. Brief ridging behind the exiting system gets de-amplified into a more zonal pattern in which a very weak shortwave will traverse across the northern portions of the state. The wave will bring a mix of light snow and rain shower activity Friday afternoon and evening to the region. The story of high temperatures is a tale of two CWAs in the early part of the period. Northern NV will see highs through Saturday in the 30s under more cloud cover and precipitation that central and east central NV which will see highs ascend into the 50s through Saturday under more pleasant conditions. Saturday another trough attempts to drag its axis through the northern counties of the state but which each model run the system gets pushed further north. Current model guidance has the system producing minimal accumulations north of I-80. By Sunday a larger upper level ridge begins to build into the SW CONUS removing precipitation chances from the remainder of the long term period. High temperatures next Monday and Tuesday will reach into the 60s and potentially 70s for central NV under fair weather conditions and southern flow in the western flank of the transient ridge pushing through the Great Basin and into the Four Corners region by Wednesday morning. && .AVIATION...Dry with VFR conditions expected at all terminals today. There will however be some light snow showers in mountains across portions of northern and central NV through this afternoon. Winds will be the main concern today with northwesterly winds gusting to around 25kts at all terminals, except KTPH where gusts of 35 to 40kts are expected through this evening. KWMC and KTPH remain AMD NOT SKED. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Wind Advisory until 8 PM PDT this evening Northeastern Nye... Northern Elko...Northwestern Nye...Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range in Elko...South Central Elko...Southeastern Elko. && 86/99/96
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Station (RBVN2) Ruby Valley, Elevation 6891 ft.
Station (SPGN2) Spring Gulch, Elevation 5470 ft.
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