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FXUS65 KLKN 220701 AAA
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1201 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* RECORD TO NEAR RECORD WARMTH IS EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NEVADA EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS
* DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 1201 AM PDT SUN MAR 22 2026
THE CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK. NO UPDATES ARE NEEDED.
DISCUSSION
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: ANOMALOUSLY STRONG EARLY SPRING UPPER
LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN THE DOMINANT PLAYER FOR
WEATHER THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS RIDGE CURRENTLY SITUATED
OVER THE SONORA DESERT OF ARIZONA AND NORTHERN MEXICO WILL KEEP
TEMPERATURES 25 TO 30 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE THIS WEEK. THIS WILL
CONTINUE THE STREAK OF SEEING NEAR RECORD TO RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN NEVADA THROUGH AT LEAST THE
NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THERE WILL DUE TO A FEW DISTURBANCES IN THE
WESTERLY FLOW THAT WILL HELP COOL THINGS OF FOR A DAY OR TWO DURING
THIS PERIOD. HOWEVER, EVEN DURING THOSE DAYS TEMPERATURES WILL STILL
BE NEAR RECORD TERRITORY. THE FIRST OF THESE COOLER DAYS WILL BE
TODAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH FLATTENS THE RIDGE A BIT ALLOWING FOR
INCREASED UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN NV IN THE
WESTERLY FLOW. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE FIVE TO NINE
DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON RANGING IN THE UPPER 60S TO
UPPER 70S. MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, THE RIDGE RESTRENGTHENS,
SENDING TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S. THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY WILL SEE ANOTHER WEAK UPPER TROUGH TRANSIT SOUTHERN
NEVADA AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE RIDGE. THIS WILL AGAIN HELP PUSH
THE RIDGE SLIGHTLY EAST OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY OF FAR SOUTHERN
NEW MEXICO, AS WELL AS FLATTEN THE RIDGE BRIEFLY ALLOWING FOR HEIGHT
FALLS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV AND INCREASING THE UPPER LEVEL
CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT 5 TO 10 DEGREES COOLER, RANGING
INTO INTO THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S BOTH DAYS. HOWEVER, AGAIN THE
RIDGE WILL BE QUICK TO REBUILD NW, ALLOWING FOR A QUICK RECOVERY OF
TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE MID 70S TO MID 80S FOR NEXT WEEKEND. THE
GOOD NEWS IS EVEN WITH THE VERY WARM DAY TIME TEMPERATURES,
OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL AVERAGE INTO THE MID 30S TO MID 40S, WHILE
ANOMALOUSLY WARM THEMSELVES, IT STILL ALLOWS FOR GOOD RECOVERY FROM
HEAT STRESSES ACCUMULATED DURING THE DAY. FOR WINDS DURING THE
THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY PERIOD, THERE WILL BE A SHIFT THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY TO A NORTHWEST DIRECTION, AND AGAIN SATURDAY TO BE OUT OF THE
NE. SPEEDS WILL BE SIMILAR AT 5 TO 15 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR NEAR
RECORD, TO RECORD SETTING TEMPERATURES FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT SEVERAL
DAYS. THERE IS HIGH CONFIDENCE IN THE CONTINUATION OF DRY CONDITIONS
THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION
VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS, WITH BREEZY
SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 10KT TO 20KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30KT
POSSIBLE. INCREASING MID TO UPPER LEVEL CLOUDS WILL LOWER CIGS TO A
MINIMUM OF 15KFT.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...98
AVIATION...98
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