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FXUS65 KREV 260950
AFDREV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
250 AM PDT SUN OCT 26 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* STRONG BLUSTERY WINDS CONTINUE TODAY, WITH WIND PRONE AREAS
ACHIEVING GUSTS TO 75 MPH WHILE RIDGE GUSTS REACH 100 MPH.
* BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TODAY, WARMING RETURNS
EARLY NEXT WEEK.
* WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS RETURN NEXT WEEK, WITH SOME BREEZY
CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
DISCUSSION
INBOUND SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER OVER THE SIERRA THIS
MORNING, ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL AMPLIFY AHEAD OF DAYBREAK.
WHILE WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTIER THAN YESTERDAY, THE MORE NOTICEABLE
DIFFERENCE WILL BE IN THE WIND PRONE AREAS, WHERE GUSTS TO 75 MPH
ARE POSSIBLE. SIERRA RIDGES ARE LOOKING TO ACHIEVE GUSTS OF 100 MPH,
WHILE WESTERN NEVADA VALLEY GUSTS COULD REACH 50+ MPH. CHOPPY LAKE
WATERS, DIFFICULT TRAVEL FOR HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES, POSSIBLE
BLOWING DUST, AND AVIATION IMPACTS ARE ALL LIKELY TODAY. PLEASE
SEE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.
THE AREA THAT WILL SEE THE MOST MOISTURE REACH THE GROUND WILL BE
FOUND IN NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, WITH LITTLE TO NO SPILLOVER INTO
WESTERN NEVADA. WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES, SNOW LEVELS START THE DAY
AROUND 7500-8500 FEET, THEN FALL TO AROUND 7000-8000 FEET BY
NIGHTFALL. AS SUCH, SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA COULD SEE 1-4" OF SNOW, WHILE LOWER
ELEVATIONS WILL EXPERIENCE A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR ALL RAIN. LIQUID
AMOUNTS WILL BE GENERALLY LIGHT WEST OF US-395 IN NE CA, LESS THAN
0.25". WEST OF US-395 IN NE CA AND ALONG THE HIGHER PEAKS, UP TO AN
INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT IS POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS SYSTEM EXITS
ABRUPTLY THIS EVENING, OPENING THE NEW WEEK FOR A WEATHER REGIME
CHANGE.
MONDAY WILL USHER IN A SLIGHT RIDGING PATTERN THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A
WARMING AND DRYING TREND TO EMERGE. FOR MIDWEEK, A SUBTLE BREAKDOWN
IN THE RIDGE DUE TO A SEQUENCE OF SHORTWAVES WILL BRING BREEZY WINDS
TO THE SIERRA RIDGES, BUT ONLY TO AROUND 25 MPH. THE LONG RANGE
OUTLOOK IS TRENDING EVEN WARMER AND DRIER AS WE LOOK TO CLOSE
OUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. HRICH
AVIATION
AFTERNOON GUSTS UP TO 40 KTS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR KRNO/KCXP/KMEV
TODAY. SIERRA TERMINALS WILL BE LOCALLY LOWER BUT STILL GUSTY; UP
TO 35-40 KTS. WITH STRONG GUSTS ALONG RIDGETOPS, LLWS CAN BE
EXPECTED FOR ALL TERMINALS THROUGH MUCH OF TOMORROW. PERIODS OF
MODERATE TURBULENCE WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS NOTED IN THE
G-AIRMET ISSUED FOR THE SIERRA AND SIERRA FRONT THIS AFTERNOON.
KTRK AND KTVL MAY SEE PERIODS OF MOUNTAIN OBSCURATIONS AND LOWER
CIGS/VIS DUE TO -SHRA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SHOWERS MAY IMPACT
SIERRA FRONT TERMINALS, THOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LITTLE TO
NONE.
-GIRALTE/HRICH
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NV...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING
NVZ001>003.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING NVZ004.
CA...WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM PDT THIS EVENING
CAZ071.
WIND ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING
CAZ072-073.
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