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FXUS65 KVEF 172326
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
326 PM PST MON NOV 17 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* WIDESPREAD RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW RETURNS TO THE REGION TODAY
AND TONIGHT, WITH PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL PERSISTING
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WET SOILS AND BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD RAPID
RUNOFF AND AREA OF FLOOD POTENTIAL IN LOW LYING AND SENSITIVE
BASINS.
* HEAVY SNOW REMAINS EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SPRING
MOUNTAINS, SIERRA, WHITE MOUNTAINS, AND PEAKS IN THE SOUTHERN
GREAT BASIN.
DISCUSSION
THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUES AS ANOTHER RATHER DEEP
CLOSED LOW DIGS SOUTH INTO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS
548DM LOW IS SPREADING HEAVY SNOW INTO THE SIERRA AT THIS HOUR
WITH SOME LIGHT SPILLOVER RAINFALL REPORTED INTO THE OWENS VALLEY
AND AROUND BISHOP AS WELL. AS THE LOW DROPS FURTHER SOUTH TONIGHT,
INCREASING DIFFLUENT SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE MOJAVE
DESERT AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN, WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS BREAKING OUT PRIOR TO DAYBREAK AND SPREADING NORTH
IN SEVERAL ROUNDS THROUGH THE DAY. AS THE LOW SLOWLY PIVOTS EAST
INTO THE MOJAVE AND SONORAN DESERTS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY,
PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EASTWARD BUT SOME LINGERING
LIGHT SHOWERS MAY PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY UNDER THE COOL WRAP-
AROUND FLOW ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE DEPARTING LOW.
FOLLOWING THE WIDESPREAD AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OBSERVED
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND - SOILS ARE SATURATED
AND WILL HAVE AN ADDED SENSITIVITY TO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. LATEST
NBM/HREF PROBABILITIES FAVOR NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND THE COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY WITH THE HIGHEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS EXCEEDING 1
INCH, WITH PROBABILITIES RANGING FROM 25-50 PERCENT. SOME POCKETS
OF HEAVIER RAINFALL EXCEEDING 2 INCHES ARE EVEN SUGGESTED ACROSS
PARTS OF MOJAVE COUNTY. MEANWHILE, PROBABILITIES FOR OVER 0.50
INCHES REMAIN ELEVATED ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEVADA AND MUCH OF
INYO COUNTY, WITH TOTALS THAT COULD END UP BEING COMPARABLE TO THE
WEEKENDS WET STORM SYSTEM. GIVEN SOME OF THE FLOOD IMPACTS
WITNESSED OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE EXPECTATION FOR ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL, DREW A BROAD FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF THE AREA STARTING
LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
FINALLY, HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO BE A CONCERN IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. OVERALL, NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXPECTATIONS IN THE
SIERRA/WHITE MOUNTAINS, BUT TRENDS TOWARDS SLIGHTLY HIGHER SNOW
LEVELS DO HAVE SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING MOUNTAINS AND
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AREAS. OVERALL, SNOW LEVEL WITHIN THE DEEP
SOUTHERLY FLOW TUESDAY WILL CLIMB TO 7000-8000 FEET ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEVADA MUCH OF THE DAY, RESULTING IN A RAIN OR RAIN-SNOW
MIX WITHIN THAT ELEVATION RANGE THAT WILL LIMIT SNOW TOTALS
THROUGH THE DAY. COOLER AIR WILL FILTER IN AFTER SUNSET TUESDAY
ALLOWING SNOW LEVELS TO FALL CLOSER TO 6000 FEET, AND WHEN THE
MORE IMPACTFUL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN. SPECIALLY, KYLE CANYON IN THE SPRING MOUNTAINS MAY REMAIN
MORE RAIN THAN SNOW FOR MOST OF THE DAY BEFORE THE SNOW LEVEL
FALLS IN THE EVENING.
AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT WEDNESDAY EVENING, ANOTHER STORM
SYSTEM WILL DROP SOUTH BEHIND IT. LATEST TRENDS CONTINUE TO
SUGGEST THIS SYSTEM WILL TREND FURTHER WEST AND SOUTH, LARGELY
BYPASSING OUR FORECAST AREA - HOWEVER, THERE REMAINS THE CHANCE OF
SOME LIGHT SHOWERS AND COOLER TEMPS AS IT MOVES OFF THE COAST.
MEANWHILE, A MUCH ANTICIPATED BREAK IS EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND AS
RIDGING BUILDS IN TEMPERATURES SLOWLY MODERATE.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 00Z FORECAST PACKAGE
SOUTHEAST BREEZES CONTINUE FOR A FEW MORE HOURS, WEAKENING AND
TURNING MORE EASTERLY AFTER SUNSET. PRECIPITATION MOVES IN AFTER
MIDNIGHT, BRINGING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND LOWERING CIGS THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CHANCES FOR CIGS BELOW 6KFT EXCEED 50% BY
08Z, WITH A 50% CHANCE OF CIGS BELOW 3KFT BY 18Z TUESDAY.
PROBABILITIES FOR CIGS BELOW 1KFT ARE ~25% FROM 18Z-00Z.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ABOVE 50% FROM 12Z TO 03Z. WINDS TONIGHT AND
TOMORROW REMAIN LIGHT, FAVORING AN EASTERLY DIRECTION.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 00Z FORECAST PACKAGE...SOUTHERLY TO EASTERLY
BREEZES CONTINUE THIS EVENING, PARTICULARLY IN THE OWENS VALLEY AND
SOUTHWESTERN GREAT BASIN. PRECIPITATION HAS ALREADY BEGUN TO MOVE
INTO OUR WESTERN ZONES, AND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD
OVERNIGHT. EXPECTING WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION ON TUESDAY, MAINLY
ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA, AND INYO COUNTY. WHEN
PRECIPITATION IS ONGOING OR NEARBY, EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES, LOW
CIGS, AND SIGNIFICANT TERRAIN OBSCURATION.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...OUTLER
AVIATION...WOODS
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