First snowstorm across the Sierra Nevada for Halloween

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  1. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    From weather.gov

    SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
    330 PM PDT TUE OCT 28 2014

    NVZ030-031-033>041-291500-
    HUMBOLDT COUNTY-NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-
    RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-WHITE PINE COUNTY-
    NORTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND NORTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
    SOUTHERN LANDER COUNTY AND SOUTHERN EUREKA COUNTY-
    SOUTHWESTERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
    NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...JACKPOT...
    WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...
    SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS....ELY...RUTH...
    MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...
    BATTLE MOUNTAIN...AUSTIN...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...ELKO...
    SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...RUBY VALLEY...PEQUOP SUMMIT...
    TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
    330 PM PDT TUE OCT 28 2014

    ...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON EXPECTED ON SATURDAY...

    MODEL GUIDANCE REMAINS CONSISTENT FORECASTING A STRONG PACIFIC
    STORM SYSTEM TO SWEEP THROUGH NEVADA FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
    NIGHT. MILD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ON HALLOWEEN, WITH STRONG
    SOUTH WINDS GUSTING NEAR 40 MPH THROUGH HALLOWEEN EVENING. WITH A
    SLOWER STORM ARRIVAL, IT IS NOW EXPECTED MOST OF NORTHERN NEVADA
    WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH 11 PM FRIDAY.

    AN INTENSE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH NEVADA EARLY SATURDAY
    MORNING, REACHING THE ELKO/SPRING CREEK AREAS JUST BEFORE SUNRISE.
    A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA FOR
    SEVERAL HOURS SATURDAY MORNING, WITH QUICK ACCUMULATIONS ON MAINLY
    GRASSY AND ELEVATED SURFACES. THE HEAVY SNOW WILL ONLY LAST 3 TO 6
    HOURS AT ANY ONE LOCATION, LIMITING THE TIME FOR SNOW TO
    ACCUMULATE. STILL, THE SEASON`S FIRST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
    WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED. ROAD IMPACTS SATURDAY WILL BE GREATEST
    ABOVE 6000 FEET, WHERE ROAD TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLDER. LIGHT TO
    MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEVADA
    THROUGH SATURDAY, BEFORE TAPERING OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY
    NIGHT.

    THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL ACROSS NEVADA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SHOULD
    MONITOR THE LATEST FORECAST AS THIS STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES. YouHope you guys running 80 have your jewlery on and new gloves and coats! I do!!
     
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