Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Elko, NV

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
302 PM PDT WED MAY 1 2013

...CLIMATOLOGICAL SUMMARY FOR APRIL 2013 ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND
CENTRAL NEVADA...

THE AVERAGE WEATHER PATTERN DURING APRIL 2013 FEATURED A DEEP
TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND NORTHERN ROCKIES. THIS KEPT
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA COOL. HOWEVER...A RIDGE WHICH DOMINATED OVER
THE EASTERN PACIFIC JUST OFF THE WEST COAST PROVIDED ENOUGH
INFLUENCE TO WARM UP PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEVADA. THE TROUGH
PROVIDED PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEVADA WITH JUST ENOUGH PRECIPITATION
TO BE CONSIDERED `NEAR NORMAL`...WHILE THE REST OF THE REGION WAS
CONSIDERABLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE MONTH.

TEMPERATURE DEPARTURES RANGED FROM -0.8 DEGREES IN ELKO...TO -0.6
DEGREES IN WINNEMUCCA...TO +0.5 DEGREES IN ELY...AND +2.6 DEGREES
AT TONOPAH AIRPORT. THE LAST DEPARTURE WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE APRIL
2013 THE WARMEST ON RECORD AT TONOPAH AIRPORT. A STRONG COLD FRONT
DURING THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH USHERED IN SOME BITTERLY COLD
AIR FOR APRIL...AND TIED RECORD LOWS IN ELKO (15
DEGREES)...WINNEMUCCA (13 DEGREES)...AND AT TONOPAH AIRPORT (21
DEGREES)...ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 18TH. THESE WERE THE ONLY DAILY
RECORDS SET DURING THE MONTH.

PRECIPITATION DEPARTURES RANGED FROM -0.09 INCHES IN ELY...TO
-0.27 INCHES AT TONOPAH AIRPORT...TO -0.34 INCHES IN
WINNEMUCCA...AND -0.49 INCHES IN ELKO. THIS WAS LESS THAN 50% OF
NORMAL FOR THE MONTH AT BOTH TONOPAH AIRPORT AND IN ELKO. AS WOULD
BE EXPECTED DURING A DRIER-THAN-NORMAL MONTH...NO DAILY
PRECIPITATION RECORDS WERE SET IN APRIL 2013.

SNOWFALL WAS SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL IN ELY THANKS TO TWO OF THE
STORMS WHICH CROSSED THE REGION DURING THE EARLY AND MIDDLE
PORTIONS OF THE MONTH...PARTICULARLY THE SECOND SYSTEM. ELSEWHERE
SNOWFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. DEPARTURES RANGED FROM +1.3 INCHES IN
ELY...TO -1.6 INCHES IN WINNEMUCCA...AND -1.9 INCHES IN ELKO. NO
DAILY SNOWFALL RECORDS WERE SET DURING APRIL 2013.

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