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FXUS65 KVEF 291751 RRA
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1051 AM PDT TUE JUL 29 2025
KEY MESSAGES
* DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT
WEEK FOR MOST OF THE REGION WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
DISCUSSION
THROUGH MONDAY.
FOR THE MOST PART, DRY CONDITIONS AND SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, AND
NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA AS WE CONTINUE TO FIND OURSELVES UNDER DRY
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. AS WITH MOST THINGS, THERE ARE A FEW
EXCEPTIONS TO THIS STATEMENT, THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL BE THE SIERRA
CREST DURING THE AFTERNOON TODAY AND TOMORROW. OROGRAPHIC UPLIFT
WILL HELP TO INITIATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CREST THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A SHORTWAVE ROLLING THROUGH CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL LIFT ON WEDNESDAY. THE SECOND EXCEPTION WILL BE
MOHAVE COUNTY ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS WHERE THERE IS A 10
TO 20% CHANCE OF AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY SEE A
WEAK AND BRIEF RELATIVE INCREASE IN MOISTURE RESULTING FROM HIGH
PRESSURE ATTEMPTING TO PUSH INTO THE AREA. DRY WESTERLY FLOW WILL
RETURN OVER THE WEEKEND, SCOURING ANY LINGERING MOISTURE FROM THE
AREA AND ENABLING DRY CONDITIONS TO STICK AROUND INTO NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE
LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BRIEFLY TURN SOUTHEAST AROUND MIDDAY,
ALTHOUGH SPEEDS SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN 10 KNOTS. BY EARLY
AFTERNOON, WINDS WILL TURN MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST, AND INTERMITTENT
GUSTS TO 20 KNOTS WILL DEVELOP. GUSTS CONTINUE THROUGH SUNSET
BEFORE BECOMING PREDOMINANTLY SOUTHWEST AS THE GUSTS END. SIMILAR
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TOMORROW, EXCEPT THE SOUTHEAST WINDS DURING
THE LATE MORNING ARE FORECAST TO BE MORE SOUTHERLY. VFR CONDITIONS
PREVAIL THROUGH TOMORROW UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES. TEMPERATURES
THIS AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO EXCEED 100F BETWEEN 20-03Z, PEAKING
AT 105F AROUND 23Z.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE...LIGHT WINDS LATE THIS
MORNING WILL VEER TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION
BY EARLY AFTERNOON, WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15-20KT DEVELOPING.
EXCEPTIONS ARE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE, WHERE WINDS WILL MAINTAIN
MORE OF A WESTERLY COMPONENT, WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25KT DEVELOPING
BY EARLY EVENING, AND IN THE OWENS VALLEY, WHERE SOUTHEASTERLY UP-
VALLEY WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 25KT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
DECREASE BY SUNSET, EXCEPT ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT, WHERE
WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST THROUGH THE EVENING. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL INTO WEDNESDAY.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...STESSMAN
AVIATION...PLANZ
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