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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
207 PM PDT MON APR 13 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL PRODUCE MINOR TRAVEL IMPACTS,
PRIMARILY ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA.
* GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER IN PLACE FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY
* NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN DURING THE MONDAY TIMEFRAME
DISCUSSION
(THIS EVENING THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: FAIRER WEATHER IN PLACE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY AS THE FORECAST AREA RESIDES IN BETWEEN WEATHER PRODUCERS.
AFTERNOON INSTABILITY TYPE SHOWERS EXPECGTED OVER THE HIGH
TERRAIN OF ELKO AND WHITE PINE COUNTIES TUESDAY AFTENOON WITH
WESTERLY BREEZES PRESENT ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA, GUSTS AROUND 25
MPH. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 20S TONGIHT WITH
UPPER TEENS IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS. DAYTIME HIGHS TUESDAY
RESIDE IN THE LOW 50S TO LOW 60S.
INCREASING WEST-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WDNESDAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL
TROF AND ADDENDENT SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST.
FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE IN TO HE FORECAST AREA WEDNEDAYU NIGHT,
EXITING TO THE SOUTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT. A BAND OF LIGHT TO
MODERATE SNOW WILL BE EMBEDDED ALONG THE FRONT AS IT TRAVERESES
THE FORECAST AREA. GREATEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE SITUATED
OVER NORTHERN ELKO COUNTY, WEST OF US-93. 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
CURRENTLY FORECAST. A SKIFF TO 3 INCHES ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED
ELSWHERE.
DRY WEATHER EXPECTED FRIDAY WITH NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES PRESENT AS
A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
U.S. GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER DEFINED BY WARMING TEMPERATURES
AND AFTERNOON BREEZES WILL BE PRESENT THRU THE WEEKEND.
NUMERICAL MODEL SOLUTIONS DEPICT A DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROF AND COLD
FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY. THIS LOOKS TO BRING
ADDITIONAL RAIN AND SNOWIN THE REGION ALONG WITH GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS.
FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: HIGH FORECAST CONFIDENCE THRU
THIS WEEKEND WITH MODERATE CONFIDENCE PERTAINING TO ANOTHER
FRONTAL PASSAGE NEXT WEEK MONDAY. MINIMAL DEVIATION FORM THE NBM.
AVIATION
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THRU
THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. MAIN CONCERN WILL BE WESTERLY AFTERNOON BREEZES
ACROSS NORTHERN TERMINALS KWMC, KBAM, KEKO, AND KENV. GUSTS LOOK
TO BE AROUND 20KT.
LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
DISCUSSION...92
AVIATION...92
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