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FXUS65 KREV 150939  
AFDREV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV  
139 AM PST SAT FEB 15 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
* MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL YIELD A POTENTIAL FOR PATCHY ICE  
SATURDAY MORNING.  
 
* DRY CONDITIONS RETURN SATURDAY, THEN A COUPLE OF WEAK STORMS  
ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY THROUGH MIDWEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL BE NOTICEABLY COLDER THAN PREVIOUS  
DAYS, SO BE CAREFUL IF YOU'RE OUT DRIVING OVER HIGHER ELEVATION  
ROADS/PASSES AS THEY MAY BE ICY! A NARROW RIDGE WILL PASS THROUGH  
TODAY, GIVING OUR REGION A BRIEF BREAK FROM THE ACTIVE WEATHER.  
LIGHT WINDS AND CLOUDY SKIES WILL BE THE SCENE TODAY, BEFORE WE GET  
A COUPLE MORE STORMS ROLLING THOUGH.  
 
SUNDAY, THAT SAME RIDGE WILL GET FLATTENED BY AN INCOMING SHORTWAVE,  
WHICH WILL GIVE WAY TO 30% POPS ALONG THE SIERRA CREST AND NE CA  
FROM THE MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE  
LIGHT AND ISOLATED, WITH A 90% CHANCE OF LESS THAN 1" EXPECTED. MORE  
OF THE SAME STORY ON MONDAY, ONLY THIS TIME THE SHOWERS WILL BE  
CONTAINED TO NORTHERN WASHOE COUNTY AND SURPRISE VALLEY.  
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN CLOSE TO AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH  
HIGHS NEAR 50 AND LOWS NEAR 30 FOR LOWER VALLEYS AND A JUST COUPLE  
DEGREES COOLER FOR COMMUNITIES IN THE SIERRA.  
 
WE WILL HAVE A SLIGHTLY STRONGER FORCED UPPER LEVEL LOW COME IN  
OFF THE PACIFIC COAST ON WEDNESDAY, ALTHOUGH POSITIONING AND  
AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN. THE CURRENT SPREAD IS ANYWHERE FROM 1  
TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG THE SIERRA CREST AND 0 TO 0.20" OF RAIN  
ALONG THE EASTERN SIERRA. STAY TUNED THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT  
WEEK FOR MORE DETAILS.  
 
-JUSTIN  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL BE SEEN AT KTRK THIS MORNING WITH PERIODS  
OF LIFR CONDITIONS THROUGH ABOUT 17Z. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS  
TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND AN OVERCAST OF MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS.  
 
ISOLATED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS (70% CHANCE TRACE) WILL BE POSSIBLE  
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR SIERRA TERMINALS.  
 
-JUSTIN  
 
 
   
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NV...NONE.  
CA...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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