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FXUS65 KLKN 262247
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
247 PM PST WED FEB 26 2020
SYNOPSIS
HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS MILD WEATHER THROUGH FRIDAY. A
COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY AND
BRINGS A SOME RAIN OR SNOW TO THE REGION. COOLER WEATHER IS
EXPECTED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY.
HIGH PRESSURE COVERS THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY BUT MOVES
DOWNSTREAM FRIDAY. THE NEXT TWO DAYS WILL BE SEASONABLY MILD WITH
VALLEY AREAS WARMING INTO THE 60S ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. APPROACHING
TROUGH AMPLIFIES AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE COAST AND IT IS LIKELY
A CLOSED LOW WILL FORM OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA BY SUNDAY. SURFACE
FRONT DEVELOPS ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA ON SATURDAY WITH AN
INCREASING CHANCE OF SHOWERS FORMING ACROSS HUMBOLDT AND ELKO
COUNTIES. BREEZY WSW WINDS FORM IN ADVANCE OF THE SURFACE FRONT
WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING MILD FOR ANOTHER DAY, PARTICULARLY FROM
TONOPAH TO ELY.
LONG TERM
SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY.
SCATTERED SHOWERS SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY FOR MUCH OF OUR
FORECAST AREA WITH SNOW LEVELS LOWERING TO THE VALLEY FLOORS.
IMPACTS MAY BE LIMITED TO THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS AS SNOW MAY MELT AS
IT FALLS, LEAVING ANY ACCUMULATIONS ON GRASSY OR DIRT SURFACES.
MUCH COOLER SUNDAY IN THE POST FRONTAL AIR MASS. THE SCHELL CREEK
AND SNAKE RANGES ABOVE 7500 FEET COULD SEE SIGNIFICANT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS INTO THE 4-8 INCH RANGE.
TROUGH MOVES DOWNSTREAM MONDAY, BUT THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN
INSIDE SLIDER TYPE OF SHORT WAVE ON TUESDAY THAT GENERATES SOME
LIGHT SNOW. DAYTIME TEMPERATURES COOL TO THE 40S NORTH AND LOWER
50S CENTRAL WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE TEENS AND 20S (EXCEPT
COLDER AT WILDHORSE RESERVOIR AREA.)
AVIATION
NO WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY WITH
EXCELLENT VISIBILITY AND WINDS BELOW 10 KTS.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
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