543  
FXUS65 KREV 061920  
AFDREV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV  
1220 PM PDT MON OCT 6 2025  
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
* BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES TODAY, THEN A WARMING TREND ARRIVES  
TUESDAY INTO AT LEAST THURSDAY, WITH DRY WEATHER.  
 
* ANOTHER SYSTEM BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT CONFIDENCE IN THE  
SPECIFICS REMAINS LOW.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
BELOW AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL INCREASE TO ABOVE  
NORMAL BY WEDNESDAY, BRINGING OVERNIGHT LOWS UP AS WELL. WEDNESDAY  
LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH VALLEY HIGHS IN THE  
UPPER 70S AND SIERRA HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. OVERNIGHT  
LOWS WILL FLIRT WITH SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES ALONG THE SIERRA  
AGAIN TONIGHT BEFORE INCREASING INTO THE MID 30S BY MIDWEEK. DRY  
CONDITIONS WILL ACCOMPANY THESE WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH AT  
LEAST THURSDAY.  
 
A TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN MIDWEEK, BRINGING IMPACTS TO THE  
AREA BY FRIDAY. IMPACTS INCLUDE WIDESPREAD SHOWER CHANCES, GUSTY  
AFTERNOON WINDS, AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. HOWEVER, WHILE  
MODELS ARE STARTING TO RESOLVE THE UNCERTAINTY A BIT WITH THE  
LATEST RUN, THERE'S STILL AMBIGUITY ON THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM.  
REGARDLESS, THOUGH, SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO START IN NE CA  
BEFORE PUSHING INTO THE SIERRA SOUTH OF THE TAHOE BASIN AND INTO W  
NV. FRIDAY LOOKS TO BE THE WINDIEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH GUSTS  
UPWARDS OF 60 MPH ALONG THE RIDGES.  
 
THERE'S EVEN SOME POTENTIAL FOR SOME SNOW FLURRIES ALONG THE TAHOE  
BASIN ON FRIDAY! SNOW LEVELS DROP TO 7-8 KFT FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND  
INTO THE EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP, AS WELL, WITH  
"CHILLY" AFTERNOONS SETTLING BACK IN (HIGHS IN THE LOW 60S AND LOW  
50S FOR VALLEYS AND MOUNTAINS, RESPECTIVELY). THIS SYSTEM MIGHT  
JUST BE THE THING THAT FIRMLY SOLIDIFIES "FALL" ACROSS MUCH OF THE  
AREA.  
 
-GIRALTE  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
 
VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH MUCH OF THIS WEEK FOR ALL TERMINALS WITH  
LIGHT WINDS. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE KTRK WHERE FZFG IS  
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 07/11Z-07/16Z.  
 
-GIRALTE  
 
 
   
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
NV...NONE.  
CA...NONE.  
 
 
 
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab NV Page
The Nexlab CA Page
Main Text Page