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FXUS65 KVEF 262037
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
137 PM PDT SUN APR 26 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TODAY AND
MONDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN.
* INCREASING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK WITH A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EASTWARD OUT OF OUR AREA
THROUGH THE DAY TODAY, RESULTING IN LINGERING WRAP-AROUND SHOWER
ACTIVITY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN. THE COLD CORE ALOFT WILL
RESULT IN SLIGHT (10-20 PERCENT) CHANCES OF ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS,
UNDER WHICH WOULD HAVE SLIGHTLY HEAVIER RAIN RATES. OTHERWISE,
EXPECT CLEARING SKIES SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.
SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL LINGER THROUGH MONDAY MORNING, THOUGH MINIMAL
IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED. GUSTY WEST WINDS HAVE CONTINUED IN THE WESTERN
MOJAVE DESERT TODAY, SO THE WIND ADVISORY WAS EXTENDED THROUGH 5 PM.
THIS REMAINS IN GOOD SHAPE.
RIDGING SETS UP OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN CONUS THROUGH THE WEEK, WHICH
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB TO 6-8 DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL
NORMALS BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ON
THURSDAY AS TEMPERATURES COOL SLIGHTLY THANKS TO A CLOSED LOW
PUSHING INTO BAJA CALIFORNIA. THIS LOW WILL USHER IN PWATS 100-150
PERCENT OF NORMAL INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT. THAT SAID, MAY IS THE
SECOND DRIEST MONTH IN THE DESERT SOUTHWEST, SO THESE PWATS ARE
GENERALLY 0.40 TO 0.60 INCHES. AS A RESULT, EXPECT SCATTERED LIGHT
SHOWER ACTIVITY, PARTLY-TO-MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, AND A SLIGHT DIP IN
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY BEFORE CLEAR SKIES AND
WARM TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ROUND OUT THE WORK WEEK.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 18Z FORECAST PACKAGE
GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. THE
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE THIS MORNING THROUGH 21Z WHERE THERE IS A
75% CHANCE OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 25 KNOTS, THOSE GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP TO AROUND 20 KNOTS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY
OVERNIGHT, BUT LIKELY DROP TO AROUND 10-15 KNOTS AFTER 08Z.
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN AFTER 18Z MONDAY, BUT THE
PROBABILITIES OF GUSTS EXCEEDING 20 KNOTS IS AROUND 50%. CIGS AROUND
8-10KFT THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 10-15KFT THIS AFTERNOON. CLEARING
SKIES EXPECTED THIS EVENING.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...WITH THE EXCEPTION ON THE OWENS VALLEY WHERE NORTH
WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED, GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS 20-30
KNOTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WEST GUSTS OVER 30KT WILL CONTINUE IN
THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT THROUGH TODAY BEFORE GUSTS DROP SLIGHTLY
TO 25 KNOTS TONIGHT. WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH IN THE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY AROUND 20 KNOTS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A FEW
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON, BUT GENERALLY AFFECTING AREAS ACROSS CENTRAL
NEVADA AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN INYO COUNTY. RAIN AND SKIES WILL
CLEAR OUT TONIGHT AND WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE
NIGHT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...SOULAT
AVIATION...GORELOW/NICKERSON
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