Wind Advisory

...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE PACIFIC ON
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...STRONG WINDS
OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG WILL
MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...AND WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
DUST.

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SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY-RUBY MOUNTAINS/EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE-
NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY-NORTHEASTERN NYE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...SILVER ZONE PASS...

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

TONOPAH...ROUND MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
239 AM PDT MON JUN 4 2012

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

A WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE RUBY
MOUNTAINS AND EAST HUMBOLDT RANGE.

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 3 AND 7 PM.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: SILVER ZONE PASS...WEST WENDOVER...SECRET
PASS...LAMOILLE CANYON...HARRISON PASS...TONOPAH...ROUND
MOUNTAIN...DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT

* IMPACTS: DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT PARTICULARLY FOR HIGH PROFILE
VEHICLES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG EAST-WEST
HIGHWAYS SUCH AS U.S. HIGHWAY 6. BLOWING DUST WILL ALSO REDUCE
VISIBILITY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND IT MAY
LOCALLY FALL BELOW ONE HALF MILE FOR A PERIOD.

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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Hazardous Weather Outlook

354 AM PDT MON JUN 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
NEVADA AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEVADA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A COLD FRONT APPROACHING THE REGION WILL BRING VERY GUSTY WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY TO THE GREAT BASIN TODAY. WINDS MAY GUST TO 55
MPH...WHICH WILL RESULT IN DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS
PARTICULARLY ALONG EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS INCLUDING INTERSTATE 80 AND
U.S. HIGHWAY 50. THE WINDS WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING DUST WHICH CAN
LOCALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS ONE HALF MILE. THE GUSTY
WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGER. A WIND ADVISORY AND RED FLAG WARNING ARE IN EFFECT
FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT WEATHER PHENOMENA ACCORDING TO
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Lamoille, Nevada.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Lamoille, Nevada.