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FXUS65 KVEF 262303
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
400 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 00Z FORECAST PACKAGE
SOUTHWEST TO OCCASIONAL WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST OVERNIGHT WITH
SPEEDS GENERALLY AROUND 10 KNOTS, ALTHOUGH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 16
KNOTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 08Z. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
ONCE AGAIN AFTER 18Z MONDAY, BUT THE PROBABILITIES OF GUSTS
EXCEEDING 20 KNOTS IS AROUND 50%. CIGS AROUND 10-15KFT THIS
AFTERNOON WITH SKIES CLEARING THIS EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 08Z ALONG THE BEATTY AND MORMON MESA
APPROACH CORRIDORS.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE
DESERT WITH KDAG LIKELY SEEING GUSTS OVER 30 KNOTS THROUGH 04Z
BEFORE DECREASING TO AROUND 25 KNOTS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
OVERNIGHT PERIOD. KBIH WILL SEE SOUTH WINDS 10-16 KNOTS THIS EVENING
BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 10 KNOTS WHICH ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY. ELSEWHERE, EXPECT SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
10-18 KNOTS OVERNIGHT BEFORE DECREASING AFTER 12Z TO LESS THAN 10
KNOTS. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RETURN MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL NEVADA,
ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT ANY TAF SITES.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...SOULAT
AVIATION...GORELOW
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