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FXUS65 KLKN 221033
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
233 AM PST TUE JAN 22 2019
SYNOPSIS
A WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A FEW LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS TO THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY.
OTHERWISE, EXPECT GRADUALLY WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WITH DRY CONDITIONS.
SHORT TERM
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. DRY CONDITIONS UNDER
PERSISTENT NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK
SHORT WAVE ALONG SOME MOISTURE WILL BRING A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF FAR NORTHERN NEVADA WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE, DRY
CONDTIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY. SOME SNOW MELT TODAY MAY
ALONG WITH A BUILDING RIDGE AND SUBSIDENCE INVERSION COULD
PROMOTE THE FORMATION OF MORNING VALLEY FOG EARLY FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. COLD NIGHTS AND COOL DAYS ARE IN STORE THROUGH THURSDAY.
LONG TERM
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. RIDGE ALONG THE
WEST COAST THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A DRY
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER NV. THE RIDGE WEAKENS ON SATURDAY THEN
REBUILDS ONCE AGAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST LATE SUNDAY. JET ENERGY
SLIDES DOWN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE RIDGE AND OVER NV SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO A LITTLE LIGHT PRECIPITATION OVER
NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY. OTHERWISE DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WITH
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.
AVIATION
LOW CHANCE OF FOG IN VC OF KEKO & KELY BEFORE SUNRISE
THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL STATIONS THROUGH
TONIGHT.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
93/96/96
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