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FXUS65 KLKN 231730
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1030 AM PDT FRI OCT 23 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* UNSEASONABLY COOL THIS AFTERNOON
* VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ENDING THIS EVENING
* WARMING TREND SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY
* SLIGHT CHANCE OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IN NORTHERN
NEVADA MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
DISCUSSION
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: HIGH TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL NEVADA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE AROUND TEN DEGREES BELOW
NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE
SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. AS A RESULT, PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE THIS
AFTERNOON, BEFORE ENDING THIS EVENING. MINIMUM APPARENT
TEMPERATURES IN THE COLDEST VALLEYS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA
WILL BE IN THE TEENS TONIGHT.
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN
NEVADA SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY, RESULTING IN A WARMING TREND. BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON, HIGH TEMPERATURES IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NEVADA WILL BE NEAR SEASONAL VALUES. A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA MONDAY EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ANY PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE WILL REMAIN NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: HIGH FORECAST CONFIDENCE
REGARDING UNSEASONABLY COOL CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH
FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW ENDING THIS
EVENING. MODERATE FORECAST CONFIDENCE REGARDING A WARMING TREND
SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. LOW FORECAST CONFIDENCE IN THE
POSSIBILITY OF VALLEY RAIN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW IN NORTHERN NEVADA
MONDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NO DEVIATIONS FROM THE
NBM MODEL OUTPUT.
AVIATION
MVFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THIS EVENING. SKIES WILL GRADUALLY CLEAR TONIGHT. VFR CONDITIONS
WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING.
FIRE WEATHER
A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE SOUTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT,
PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON, BEFORE ENDING
THIS EVENING. MINIMUM APPARENT TEMPERATURES IN THE COLDEST
VALLEYS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEVADA WILL BE IN THE TEENS
TONIGHT. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
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