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FXUS65 KREV 220838
AFDREV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1238 AM PST SAT FEB 22 2025
SYNOPSIS
* A WARMING TREND WILL RESULT IN SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES THIS
WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK.
* A PAIR OF WEAK STORMS WILL BRING INCREASED WINDS AND LIGHT
SHOWERS TO NORTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST NEVADA SUNDAY AND
MONDAY.
* NO SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS EXPECTED THROUGH THE END OF
FEBRUARY WITH A MORE ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN LIKELY TO RING IN
EARLY MARCH.
DISCUSSION
SPRINGTIME LOVERS REJOICE! YOUR FIRST TASTE OF SPRING ARRIVES
TODAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN COMFORTABLY IN THE 60S ACROSS WESTERN
NEVADA WHILE LOCATIONS IN WESTERN NEVADA BASIN AND RANGE WILL BE
FLIRTING WITH 70. SIERRA COMMUNITIES CAN EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID
50S FOR THE NEXT WEEK.
LIGHT SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL UNFORTUNATELY (OR FORTUNATELY,
DEPENDS ON YOUR PREFERENCE) ACCOMPANY OUR SPRING-LIKE TEMPERATURES
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A BRIEF SYSTEM SUNDAY WILL CONSTRAIN LIGHT
SHOWERS ALONG THE OR BORDER AND NE CA, HOWEVER, THERE IS A 30%
CHANCE COMMUNITIES IN THE TAHOE BASIN WILL SEE SHOWERS. ANOTHER
BRIEF SYSTEM WILL PRIMARILY IMPACT NE CA AND THE OR BORDER MONDAY.
ANY ACCUMULATIONS WITH THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BE LIGHT. ADDITIONALLY,
SNOW LEVELS REMAIN ABOVE 7000 FT.
MONDAY WILL BE THE WINDIEST DAY WITH AREAS IN NE CA AND N WASHOE
COUNTY SEEING A 50% CHANCE OF MAX WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH.
RIDGES ALONG THE SIERRA WILL ALSO SEE STRONG WIND GUSTS MONDAY
(GUSTS 65-85 MPH). RIDGING BUILDS BACK OVER THE AREA TUESDAY AND
WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. HOWEVER, ANOTHER
STORM LOOKS TO BE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR TO RING IN MARCH. STAY
TUNED.
-GIRALTE
AVIATION
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR ALL TERMINALS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS POSSIBLE FOR KTRK/KTVL EARLY SUNDAY AND INTO
THE AFTERNOON HOURS, HOWEVER, LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED.
-GIRALTE
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NV...NONE.
CA...NONE.
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