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FXUS65 KVEF 281719
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1019 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
TODAY 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 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE
LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY FAVOR THE SOUTHEAST
AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. GUSTS WILL PICK UP LATE-AFTERNOON AS
WINDS VEER SOUTH-SOUTHWEST, WITH SPEEDS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS.
EXPECT DIRECTIONAL VARIABILITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BETWEEN 150 AND
220. NO OPERATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE TAF
PERIOD. TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT-OR-ABOVE 100 DEGREES FROM 20 TO 04Z.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND
SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE...SIMILAR
WINDS EXPECTED TODAY AS HAS OCCURRED THE LAST FEW DAYS, WITH
SOUTHERLY WINDS PICKING UP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
INITIALLY FAVOR THE SOUTHEAST BEFORE SHIFTING SOUTHWEST IN THE
LATTER PORTIONS OF THE AFTERNOON AT LAS VEGAS VALLEY AND COLORADO
RIVER VALLEY TAF SITES WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS.
KBIH WILL HAVE A PERSISTENT SOUTHEAST WIND UNTIL SUNSET AND KDAG
WILL HAVE GUSTY WEST WINDS STARTING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. NO
OPERATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT CLOUD COVER THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...STESSMAN
AVIATION...SOULAT
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