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Winter Weather Advisory - Southwest, South Central Elko (Nevada)

Updated: Tue, 29-Sep-2009 11:00am PDT
EARLY SEASON WINTER STORM TO BRING FIRST SNOW TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE CROSSING NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE
FRONT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...CHANGING OVER TO
SNOW AS COLDER AIR MOVES BEHIND THE FRONT. SNOW LEVELS WILL FALL
TO AROUND 5500 FEET...WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED ABOVE
6000 FEET.

NVZ031-032-034-300930-
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NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY-SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ELKO COUNTY-
RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JACKPOT...WILDHORSE...OWYHEE...ELKO...
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...WELLS...LEE...RUBY LAKE
229 PM PDT TUE SEP 29 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS
EVENING TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM
THIS EVENING TO 11 AM PDT WEDNESDAY FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 6000 FEET.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH NORTHEASTERN NEVADA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN
ALONG AND JUST BEHIND THE FRONT. AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...MUCH
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN CAUSING THE RAIN TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW.
SNOW LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 5500 FEET...WITH ONE
TO THREE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ABOVE 6000 FEET.

AREA ROADWAYS WHICH WILL BE AFFECTED IN ELKO COUNTY INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 80...US HIGHWAY 93...ALTERNATE US HIGHWAY 93...AND
NEVADA STATE HIGHWAYS 225 AND 229. WITH WET ROADWAYS AND RAPIDLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT...THESE AREA ROADS COULD
BECOME SLUSHY. HIGHLY TRAVELED LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK FOR
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS INCLUDE PEQUOP SUMMIT ON INTERSTATE 80...HD
SUMMIT ON US HIGHWAY 93...WHITE HORSE PASS ON ALTERNATE US
HIGHWAY 93...ADOBE SUMMIT ON NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 225...AND
SECRET PASS ON NEVADA STATE HIGHWAY 229. THESE PASSES MAY BECOME
SLICK WITH WET AND SLUSHY SNOW...CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

That storm that blew in wasn't as bad as predicted. Here we had a dusting of snow on the ground, and across the Pequop Summit there were close to 4 inches of snow on the ground. No snow on the interstate, but trees and surrounding ground cover was white.

Now it's back in the 60s in the daytime and 20s at night.

Martin