621  
FXUS65 KVEF 151030  
AFDVEF  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV  
330 AM PDT MON SEP 15 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
* WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  
 
* CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY  
THROUGH THE WEEKEND, THOUGH DETAILS SUCH AS COVERAGE AND RAINFALL  
AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN.  

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
THROUGH SUNDAY. ANOTHER CALM EARLY MORNING WITH CLEAR  
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS AREAWIDE. THE QUIET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY, ALONG WITH A SLOW WARMING TREND, BUT CHANGES ARE  
STILL ON THE HORIZON. IT WAS NOTED 24 HOURS AGO THAT TROPICAL STORM  
MARIO COULD REGENERATE, AND IT DID SO. EARLY THIS MORNING, MARIO WAS  
CENTERED WELL SOUTHWEST OF CABO SAN LUCAS AND MOVING NORTHWEST. THE  
CUTOFF LOW NOTED YESTERDAY WAS WELL OFFSHORE OF ENSENADA, AND THE  
NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH WAS PASSING BY WELL TO OUR NORTH. AS MARIO  
TRACKS NORTHWEST OVER COLDER WATERS, IT SHOULD LOSE TROPICAL  
CHARACTERISTICS BY WEDNESDAY EVENING, IF NOT SOONER. HOWEVER, ITS  
REMNANTS WILL PUSH PRECIPITABLE WATER OF AROUND 2 INCHES TO THE  
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL AREA, AND PWS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE  
STILL PROGGED TO SURGE UP THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY AND  
THURSDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION,  
BUT THE MAIN QUESTION REMAINS WHETHER THERE WILL BE FORCING TO LIFT  
THE MOIST AIR. THUS, THE 25TH PERCENTILE OF TOTAL NBM QPF SHOWS  
LITTLE OR NO RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE CWA, WHILE THE 75TH PERCENTILE  
SHOWS ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OVER MUCH OF THE  
MOJAVE DESERT AND 1 TO 2 INCHES IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE MOST LIKELY  
TIMING FOR THE RAIN WOULD BE AS EARLY AS THURSDAY IN SAN BERNARDINO  
COUNTY, THEN SPREADING TO THE REST OF THE CWA THURSDAY NIGHT AND  
FRIDAY. AS WE GET CLOSER, THE SMALLER-SCALE DETAILS WILL HAVE A  
BETTER CHANCE OF BECOMING CLEARER.  

 
   
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 12Z FORECAST PACKAGE
 
 
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WITH SPEEDS OF LESS THAN 7 KNOTS CONTINUE THIS  
MORNING. EASTERLY WINDS PICK UP BY LATE MORNING, TAKING A  
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION BY THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS REMAIN UNDER 10  
KNOTS, BUT OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 15 KNOTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  
SKIES WILL BE CLEAR WITH TEMPERATURES UNDER 100 DEGREES.  
 
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST  
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 12Z FORECAST PACKAGE...WINDS WILL GENERALLY  
FOLLOW TYPICAL DAILY DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS WITH SPEEDS OF LESS THAN  
10 KNOTS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SOUTHERLY WINDS PICK UP IN THE  
OWENS VALLEY INCLUDING KBIH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 20  
KNOTS POSSIBLE. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR AREAWIDE.  

 
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT  
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING  
PROCEDURES.  

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...MORGAN  
AVIATION...GORELOW  
 
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