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FXUS65 KLKN 271930
AFDLKN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
1230 PM PDT MON OCT 27 2025
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1201 PM PDT MON OCT 27 2025
* COOLER TEMPERATURES TO START MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL WARM UP TO
SEASONAL NORMS BY THROUGH THE WEEK
* DRY CONDITIONS MONDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND UNDER BUILDING HIGH
PRESSURE
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: AFTER A WET END TO THE WEEKEND THE
REGION WILL DRY OUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. RIDGING OVER THE
PACIFIC WILL BUILD INTO THE WESTERN CONUS THIS WEEK. NORTHWEST
FLOW THROUGH THE PROFILE IN THE NORTHEASTERN FLANK OF THE RIDGE
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NV COOL THROUGH
TUESDAY.
BY WEDNESDAY FLOW OVER THE AREA TAKES A MORE ZONAL COMPONENT
ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM GRADUALLY THROUGH THE REST OF THE
WEEK TO NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S.
THE BUILDING RIDGE AND ASSOCIATED HIGH PRESSURE CENTER ARE
PERSISTENT, TAKING POSITION OVER THE SOUTHWEST CONUS INTO NEXT
WEEKEND. ENSEMBLE CLUSTERS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT THE RIDGE
WILL MAINTAIN ITS PLACE OVER THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. ENSEMBLES
DON'T SHOW ANY MOVEMENT OF THE RIDGE OR POTENTIAL WEATHER PATTERN
CHANGE UNTIL MIDDLE OF THE WEEK NEXT WEEK.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: HIGH CONFIDENCE IN DRY
CONDITIONS AND WARMING TEMPERATURES AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO
THE WESTERN CONUS THIS WEEK. NO GRID EDITING NECESSARY AT THIS
TIME.
AVIATION
LOOK FOR VFR CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE
NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD ACROSS ALL TERMINALS.
FIRE WEATHER
UNDER STRENGTHENING HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT
BASIN THE REGION WILL DRY OUT AS TEMPERATURES WARM GRADUALLY
THROUGH THE WEEK. LIGHT WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL FIRE WEATHER
ZONES THROUGH MID WEEK. PRECIPITATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED IN THE
SHORT OR LONG-TERM FORECAST.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...99
AVIATION...86
FIRE WEATHER...99
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