904  
FXUS65 KLKN 112006 AAA  
AFDLKN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV  
106 PM PDT THU SEP 11 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1257 AM PDT THU SEP 11 2025  
 
* A STRONG UPPER TROUGH WITH PACIFIC MOISTURE WILL PUSH IN FROM  
THE NW BRINGING A RETURN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, AS WELL  
AS COOLER TEMPERATURES THROUGH SATURDAY.  
 
* A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN SETS UP OVER THE SILVER STATE BEYOND THE  
WEEKEND.  
 
 
   
UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 106 PM PDT THU SEP 11 2025  
 
THE CURRENT FORECAST REMAINS ON TRACK AT THIS TIME. NO UPDATES ARE  
NEEDED.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
(TODAY THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY)  
 
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: THE LPC OF AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL  
MEANDER OVER THE STATE THURSDAY AND MAINTAIN POSITION OVER THE  
AREA THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE A SLOW MIGRATION OUT OF THE  
GREAT BASIN TO THE EAST. THIS WILL KEEP SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IN  
PLACE OVER NV. STRONGEST WIND SPEEDS CONTINUE TO RESIDE OVER WHITE  
PINE COUNTY THOUGH INCREASED RH OVER THE STATE WILL KEEP FIRE  
WEATHER CRITERIA FROM BEING MET. SHOWERS AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY  
WILL INITIATE ALONG A CORRIDOR FROM NORTHWESTERN NYE COUNTY UP  
THROUGH NORTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY ON THURSDAY. WHILE CAPE VALUES OF  
50-300 J/KG EXIST OVER A REGION ENHANCED BY GOOD FRONTOGENESIS  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON PW VALUES THAT STRUGGLE TO REACH 0.65 WILL KEEP  
ACTIVITY MAINLY DRY. IF PW NUMBERS CAN INCREASE CLOSER TO 0.7 A  
CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF MORE DRY THAN WET CONVECTION IS POSSIBLE  
LATER IN THE DAY.  
 
FRIDAY THE SETUP IS SIMILAR THOUGH THE FOCUS OF CONVECTIVE  
ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SLIGHTLY EASTWARD AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO  
MIGRATE OUT OF THE STATE. PFR CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE BY SATURDAY  
AHEAD OF A RIDGE THAT WILL HELP TEMPERATURES REBOUND SLIGHTLY BY  
THE START OF NEXT WEEK. CURRENT MODEL GUIDANCE HAS A TROUGH AND  
ASSOCIATED LPC EJECT TOWARDS THE GREAT BASIN FROM THE PARENT  
TROUGH FURTHER TO THE NORTHWEST. THE CURRENT RUN, HOWEVER, KEEPS  
THE STORM TRACK FOR THIS SYSTEM TO THE NORTH OVER THE NORTHERN  
ROCKIES. THE LOW WILL DEEPEN AND EXPAND TUESDAY PUSHING PERHAPS  
SOME VORTICITY AND INCREASED FORCING CLOSER TO THE SILVER STATE.  
THIS MAY INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES ALONG THE NORTHERN BORDER  
THOUGH MUCH OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN DRY. ZONAL FLOW ALOFT WITH  
BUILDING RIDGING OVER THE SW CONUS TAKE POSITION BY LATE WEEK.  
 
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: SOME DRY THUNDER WAS ADDED TO  
GRIDS FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS NBM FAILED TO MATCH  
AREAL COVERAGE OF DRY CONVECTION WHERE RELIABLE MODEL GUIDANCE  
HELD SUFFICIENT INGREDIENTS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRATION OF DRY  
STORM ACTIVITY.  
 
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL BE THE PREDOMINANT FLIGHT RULE THROUGH  
THURSDAY NIGHT. A WEATHER SYSTEM SPINNING OVER THE REGION WILL  
CREATE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THAT WILL AFFECT KBAM,  
KEKO, AND KENV TERMINALS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FALLING PRECIPITATION  
IN AND NEAR THIS ACTIVITY MAY CAUSE MOMENTARY MVFR OR EVEN IFR  
CONDITIONS. AFTERNOON GUSTY WINDS AT THE KELY TERMINAL WILL GUST  
NEAR 20KTS BEFORE SUBSIDING AFTER SUNSET THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER ALL FIRE WEATHER  
ZONES WILL INITIATE AROUND MIDDAY AND START OUT AS MOSTLY DRY  
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS THE ASSOCIATED WEATHER SYSTEM CARRIES  
WITH IT INSUFFICIENT MOISTURE. A CHANGEOVER TO A MIX OF MORE DRY  
THAN WET WILL OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON BUT THE BULK OF STORM  
ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN DRY. EASTERN PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE  
425 WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS NEAR 30 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON BUT RH  
VALUES STAY ABOVE FIRE WEATHER CRITERIA AS THE SYSTEM PUSHES  
THROUGH THE REGION.  
 
FRIDAY A SIMILAR SETUP EXISTS AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY MEANDERS TO THE  
EAST THOUGH THE FOCUS OF SHOWER AND STORM ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT TO  
MORE EAST-CENTRAL AND EASTERN NV OMITTING FOR THE MOST PART FIRE  
WEATHER ZONES 424 AND 437 BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
 
 
   
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NONE.  
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...99  
AVIATION...99  
FIRE WEATHER...99  
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