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FXUS65 KREV 031918
AFDREV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
1218 PM PDT FRI APR 3 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* WIDESPREAD FREEZING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED AGAIN TOMORROW ACROSS THE REGION.
* WINDS FROM THE EAST TO NORTHEAST TODAY, WITH LIGHTER EAST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
* A SIGNIFICANT WARMING TREND STARTS TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES WELL
ABOVE AVERAGE THIS WEEKEND, THEN COOL AIR ARRIVES EARLY WEEK
AHEAD OF EVEN COOLER AND SHOWERY CONDITIONS RETURN MID-WEEK.
DISCUSSION
THE CLEARING SKIES OVERHEAD LOOK ENTICING FROM THE INSIDE OF A
BUILDING, BUT THE EAST TO NORTHEAST BREEZES AND CHILLY START TO
THE DAY HAVE THIS FORECASTER REMAINING IN SWEATER MODE. TODAY'S
BREEZES WILL TAPER IN INTENSITY AS THE AFTERNOON GROWS INTO
EVENING. WE WILL HAVE LIGHTER EAST TO NORTHEAST BREEZES THROUGH
THE WEEKEND. THIS ALSO GIVES US A HINT AT THE OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, WHILE NOT QUITE AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT, WILL
STILL PROVIDE WIDESPREAD FREEZING AND BELOW TEMPERATURES THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING.
THOSE OF US STILL IN SWEATER MODE AFTER TOMORROW WILL NEED TO
RECONSIDER OUR WARDROBE CHOICES BY THE AFTERNOON, AS THE WARMING
TREND RETURNS UNDER A TRANSIENT HIGH PRESSURE DOME. THAT TRANSIENT
NATURE WILL ALLOW THE RIDGING TO BRING ABOVE AVERAGE WARMING
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE TREND FOR WARMING WILL
RELAX BY EARLY NEXT WEEK DUE TO A MINOR DEFLECTION OF A SHORTWAVE
IN THE FLOW THAT WILL KEEP OUR TEMPERATURES FROM CLIMBING FURTHER.
DESPITE THE DEFLECTING SHORTWAVE THAT WILL LIMIT OUR WARMING
TREND, WE WILL STILL REMAIN ABOVE AVERAGE INTO THE EARLY WEEK.
OUR EYES ARE TRAINED ON THE NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER-MAKER WHICH IS
TAKING AIM AT NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY.
CURRENT GUIDANCE IS BRINGING 10-30% CHANCES BY EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING TO NORTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, WITH PRELIMINARY LOOKS AT THE
SNOW LEVELS AROUND 8000 FEET TO START THE SHOW. THERE ARE VARIOUS
SOLUTIONS AS TO WHERE THIS GOES FROM THERE AND WHAT IT COULD
BRING, BUT FOR NOW, THERE COULD BE SNOW OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX
RETURNING TO THE SIERRA TO KICK OFF THE NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION
VFR CONDITIONS, WITH EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT THE SURFACE THAT
WILL TREND LIGHTER INTO THE WEEKEND. TODAY'S GUSTS WILL APPROACH
20 KTS EARLY TODAY, BUT WILL RELAX INTO 00Z THIS EVENING. FL100
WINDS MAY ALSO APPROACH 35 KTS EARLY TODAY, BRINGING POCKETS OF
LLWS AND TURBULENCE, BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO RELAX INTO 00Z.
REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NV...NONE.
CA...NONE.
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