Active Advisories:    High Wind Warning
  • Currently

    Reported at Elko, Elko Municipal-Harris Field, NV
    6:56 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012
  • 70°F21°C
  • Hazy
    Hazy
  • Feels Like:70°F21°CDew Point:41°F5°CHumidity:35% Winds:W 29 mph G 3847 kph G 61
    Pressure:29.68 in1005 hPaVisibility:5.00 miles8045.00 meters

High Wind Warning


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

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

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING BRINGING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SOME AREAS OF
BLOWING DUST. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH LOWS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING BELOW
FREEZING IN MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS.

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

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

DUCKWATER...CURRANT SUMMIT
608 PM PDT MON JUN 4 2012

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ELKO HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING. THE
WIND ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WINDS: SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. 

* TIMING: STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE COLD FRONT.

* 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 AND INTERSTATE 80. 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 HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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