Active Advisories:    Wind Advisory
  • Currently

    Reported at Winnemucca, Winnemucca Municipal Airport, NV
    6:56 AM PDT SUN JUN 3 2012
  • 63°F17°C
  • Clear
    Clear
  • Feels Like:63°F17°CDew Point:36°F2°CHumidity:37% Winds:S 8 mph 13 kph
    Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters

Wind Advisory


...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE PACIFIC ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG AND
GUSTY WINDS WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS
STRONG WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST.

NVZ030-033>041-032145-
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HUMBOLDT 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 FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...

PARADISE VALLEY...GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS...

WEST WENDOVER...SECRET PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...

ELY...MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...

BATTLE MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN SUMMIT...

EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...ELKO...SPRING CREEK...

CARLIN...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...

DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
237 AM PDT SUN JUN 3 2012

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...

WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM PDT MONDAY. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN WHITE PINE COUNTY.

* TIMING: MIDDAY THROUGH MID-EVENING ON MONDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: WINNEMUCCA...MCDERMITT...PARADISE VALLEY... 
GOLCONDA SUMMIT...SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...ELY... 
MCGILL...CONNORS PASS...GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK...SECRET 
PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...AUSTIN...AUSTIN 
SUMMIT...EUREKA...DIAMOND VALLEY...PINTO SUMMIT...BATTLE 
MOUNTAIN...EMIGRANT PASS...WELLS...PEQUOP SUMMIT...ELKO... 
SPRING CREEK...CARLIN...TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN... 
DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT 

* IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS SUCH AS
INTERSTATE 80...U.S. HIGHWAY 6 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 50.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE
DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE
EXTRA CAUTION.

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