837  
FXUS65 KLKN 160912  
AFDLKN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV  
212 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
UPDATED AT 1242 AM PDT TUE SEP 16 2025  
 
* MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY AND WEDNESDAY  
 
* CLOUDS PUSH UP INTO CENTRAL NEVADA THURSDAY WITH A 25% CHANCE OF  
RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY THURSDAY NIGHT  
 
* MOSTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY WITH A 20% CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS  
NORTHERN NV AND A 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR CENTRAL NV  
 
* DRIER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST ON SATURDAY, WITH A 10  
TO 25% CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS, HIGHEST ACROSS EASTERN NV  
 
* MOSTLY SUNNY SUNDAY  
 

 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
(TODAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)  
 
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: SHORTWAVE ENERGY EXITING NORTHEASTERN NV  
INTO UT EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LEAVE A COOL AND DRY NORTHERLY  
FLOW OVER NV. COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL BE ACROSS  
ELKO COUNTY WHERE MANY VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL DROP INTO THE 30S.  
AREAS SUCH CLOVER VALLEY AND RUBY VALLEY JUST EAST OF THE RUBY  
MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATION VALLEYS ACROSS  
ELKO COUNTY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH LOW 30S JUST BEFORE SUNRISE THIS  
MORNING. LOW TEMPERATURES FOR MOST OF THE REST OF NORTHERN AND  
CENTRAL NV WILL BE IN THE 40S TO LOW 50S THIS MORNING. HIGH  
PRESSURE BUILDS IN ACROSS THE INTER-MOUNTAIN WEST LATER TODAY AND  
ON WEDNESDAY WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP INTO  
SOUTHERN CA ON THURSDAY WHICH WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS TO  
CENTRAL NV. THIS APPROACHING LOW WILL SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE  
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES ACROSS CENTRAL NV THURSDAY NIGHT WHERE  
THERE WILL BE A 25% CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS  
THE REGION ON FRIDAY, WITH A 40% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A 10%  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NV AND A 20% CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS OVER NORTHERN NV. INCREASING UNCERTAINTY ON SATURDAY WITH  
RESPECT TO HOW MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ADVECT INTO NV FROM THE WEST.  
NBM SEEMS A LITTLE AGGRESSIVE WITH BOTH THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND  
ALSO THUNDERSTORMS INTO HUMBOLDT AND WESTERN ELKO COUNTIES  
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE REALISTIC WOULD BE A 10-20% CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM TO AREAS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR  
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AND MAYBE A 15% CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UP INTO  
NORTHERN WHITE PINE AND SOUTHEASTERN ELKO COUNTY. EXPECT THE LOW  
OVER SOUTHERN CA TO CENTER ITSELF SLIGHTLY OFFSHORE OF THE CA  
COAST ON SUNDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL  
NV.  
 
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: ALTERED THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY  
EVENING WIND FORECASTS USING A 2 TO 1 BLEND OF NBM AND NBM90PCT.  
NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE GRIDS AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER SATURDAY POPS  
AND PROBTS SEEM A LITTLE HIGH ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN NV.  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT ALL TERMINALS THROUGH  
TUESDAY EVENING UNDER HIGH PRESSURE AND QUIET WEATHER. AFTERNOON  
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AT ALL TERMINALS WITH NO WINDS FORECAST ABOVE  
11KTS.  
 

 
   
FIRE WEATHER
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE GREAT BASIN KEEPS A STABLE  
ATMOSPHERE OVER THE AREA AND A FORECAST VOID OF THUNDERSTORM  
ACTIVITY BEFORE FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND. AFTERNOON WINDS WILL BE  
RELATIVELY LIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY FOR ALL FIRE WEATHER ZONES  
WHILE AFTERNOON RH VALUES DRY OUT UNDER SUNNY SKIES.  
 

 
   
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
NONE.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...96  
AVIATION...99  
FIRE WEATHER...99  
 
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