Nine inches of snow reported at Mt. Rose

A photo the National Weather Service office in Reno posted on Twitter on Tuesday.

The Associated Press

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

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The view from the front door of NWS Reno shortly before 1AM this morning as the cold front moved through the area. Lots of swirling snow in the breezy conditions. #cawx #nvwx pic.twitter.com/Jl9n03pFkg
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) February 15, 2022

RENO — High temperatures in the mid-60s on Monday gave way to a sudden return to winter conditions overnight with 9 inches of snow on the top of the Mount Rose ski resort on the edge of Reno and Tuesday morning lows in the teens south of Carson City.

Here are the highest wind gusts over the past 24-hours. There were disruptions to road and air travel region-wide due to crosswinds, blowing dust, and turbulence. pic.twitter.com/AExvrapSiR
— NWS Reno (@NWSReno) February 15, 2022

Three inches of snow was recorded early Tuesday in Reno, where the mercury reached 67 degrees on Monday, the National Weather Service said.
About 3 inches fell at South Lake Tahoe and Homewood, California on Lake Tahoe's west shore and about an inch in Sparks and Carson City.
Minden reported a low of 18 Tuesday morning after reaching a high of 64 the day before.
High temperatures in the Reno area were forecast to slowly warm to the mid-40s Tuesday afternoon, about 50 on Wednesday and return to near 60 by Friday.
In Southern Nevada, a wind advisory remains in effect until 4 a.m. Wednesday for western Clark and parts of Nye, Lincoln and Esmeralda counties with northwesterly winds up to 30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph.

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