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FXUS65 KREV 032026  
AFDREV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV  
126 PM PDT FRI OCT 3 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
* SHOWERS CONTINUE TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE  
REGION.  
 
* TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK, WITH  
TODAY SEEING THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH LIGHT SNOW ABOVE  
8000 FT.  
 
* DRIER AND COOL CONDITIONS PREVAIL THIS WEEKEND THROUGH EARLY  
NEXT WEEK. WARMING LATE WEEK, AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE  
REGION.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
AS THE RECENT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MIGRATES ACROSS THE  
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA BORDER THIS AFTERNOON, SHOWERS AND SNOW CHANCES  
WILL PERSIST. SNOW IS POSSIBLE ABOVE 8000 FEET, WITH SOME LIGHT  
ACCUMULATIONS (0.5" UP TO 3" FOR THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS) FOUND ALONG  
THE SIERRA FROM THE TAHOE BASIN SOUTH INTO MONO COUNTY. SNOW SHOWERS  
WILL TAPER THIS EVENING, LIFTING INTO THE GREAT BASIN OVERNIGHT.  
 
THE EXIT OF THE LOW WILL ALLOW FOR SOME DRIER AIR TO FILTER IN  
BEHIND THE SYSTEM. THE TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW AVERAGE FOR  
THE WEEKEND AND EARLY WEEK, WITH COOL NORTHWESTERLY BREEZES  
REMAINING THROUGH SATURDAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN LARGELY NORTHERLY  
INTO SUNDAY, ENSURING WE KEEP THE COLDER AIR IN PLACE. OVERNIGHT  
LOWS WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS IN SIERRA VALLEYS,  
WHILE LEESIDE VALLEYS HANG ONTO LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S.  
 
BY MIDWEEK, THE LOW IS TRYING TO ESCAPE THE WESTERN REGION, WHICH  
ALLOWS FOR SOME WARMING AS A MINOR RIDGING PATTERN ATTEMPTS TO TAKE  
HOLD. BEYOND MIDWEEK, ENSEMBLE GUIDANCE INDICATES A RETROGRADING  
TROUGH MAY ARRIVE FOR THURSDAY, BRINGING AROUND MORE CHANCES FOR  
SHOWERS. AS CAN BE THE CASE WITH GUIDANCE THIS FAR OUT, DETAILS WILL  
BECOME CLEARER AS WE GO FORWARD IN TIME. THE MAIN TAKEAWAY IS THAT  
WE ARE IN A FALL PATTERN, WHICH CAN PROVIDE A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS  
IN THE ENSEMBLES. HRICH  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
* SCATTERED HIT/MISS RAIN SHOWERS WITH MVFR TO LOCAL IFR FOR WESTERN  
NV TERMINALS ARE LIKELY AFTER 18Z THROUGH 03-06Z. SNOW IS POSSIBLE  
ABOVE 8,000'. FOR KMMH, THIS WILL LEAD TO MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS  
AS WELL AS MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS.  
 
* WINDS ARE OVERALL LIGHT FOR ALL TERMINALS TODAY, WITH SUSTAINED  
WINDS AROUND 10 KTS AND GUSTS TO 20 KTS. SOME MINOR TURBULENCE  
AND LLWS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE EASTERN SIERRA  
TERMINALS. -MCKELLAR/HRICH  
 
 
   
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NV...NONE.  
CA...NONE.  
 
 
 
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