weather that may affect Saline passes
Posted by Rusty Scout on February 01, 2004 at 07:00:13:
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
400 AM PST SUN FEB 1 2004
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DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOJAVE-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-
LAS VEGAS VALLEY-LINCOLN COUNTY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-
NORTHWEST DESERTS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-SHEEP RANGE-
SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-
400 AM PST (500 AM MST) SUN FEB 1 2004
...A POWERFUL PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM IS DEVELOPING AND HEADING
TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT...
A VERY STRONG PACIFIC STORM IS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER THE
EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN AND MOJAVE DESERT AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM INTO THE
AREA...AS WELL AS COOLER TEMPERATURES.
AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE AREA...RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL
OVER MUCH OF THE REGION. BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...TOTAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OVER THE VALLEY LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A
QUARTER OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLY APPROACHING
HALF AN INCH.
MEANWHILE...SNOW LEVELS WILL BE LOWERING MONDAY NIGHT WITH SNOW
POSSIBLY DOWN TO NEAR THE 3000 FOOT LEVEL BY TUESDAY MORNING...
WHICH WILL PUT A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE WEST SIDE OF THE LAS VEGAS
VALLEY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN NEVADA MOUNTAINS
ABOVE 5000 FEET MAY BE BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS SOURCE AS THIS STORM CONTINUES TO
DEVELOP.
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EDIS-02-01-04 0409 PST