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FXUS65 KVEF 280849
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
149 AM PDT MON JUL 28 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL ATTEMPT TO PUSH INTO THE REGION LATER THIS
WEEK WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHWEST ARIZONA.
DISCUSSION
THROUGH SUNDAY.
RIDGING WILL NUDGE INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW
DAYS BEFORE A SHORTWAVE SWINGS THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ON
WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTHERLY FLOW ALOFT, WHICH WILL HELP
TO FUNNEL MOISTURE UP THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND INTO NORTHWEST
ARIZONA. WHILE THIS MOISTURE INFLUX WILL BE MODEST, WITH
PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND 100% TO 125% OF NORMAL, IT WILL BE
ENOUGH FOR A 15 TO 30% CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK. OUTSIDE OF
THIS POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MOHAVE COUNTY
DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK, WEATHER ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA WILL BE BENIGN WITH SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. DRY WESTERLY FLOW
WILL RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND, SCOURING MOISTURE FROM THE AREA.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 06Z FORECAST PACKAGE
SOUTHWESTERLY
WINDS OF LESS THAN 10 KNOTS DECREASE TONIGHT AND BECOME VARIABLE
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. WINDS SHOULD START TO FAVOR A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION BY THE AFTERNOON WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO
AROUND 15 KNOTS POSSIBLE. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARRIVE IN THE
EVENING, DECREASING AFTER SUNSET. SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR ASIDE
FROM SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES EXCEED 100 DEGREES
BETWEEN 21Z AND 03Z.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 06Z FORECAST PACKAGE...MONDAY'S WINDS WILL
BE SIMILAR TO PATTERNS OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS, WITH SOUTHERLY
WINDS PICKING UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INITIALLY FAVOR
THE SOUTHEAST BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHWEST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AT
LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND COLORADO RIVER VALLEY TAF SITES. KBIH WILL
HAVE A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND STARTING IN THE AFTERNOON,
LASTING INTO THE EVENING. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AT KDAG WILL
DECREASE EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND RETURN IN THE EVENING. SKIES
WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR ASIDE FROM SOME PASSING HIGH CLOUDS.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...STESSMAN
AVIATION...MELTZER
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