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FXUS65 KVEF 280750
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
1250 AM PDT TUE APR 28 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY IN THE SIERRA
AND SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN.
* WARMING TREND WILL COMMENCE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH AFTERNOON HIGH
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH MONDAY.
LINGERING TROUGHING WILL KEEP THE REGION RELATIVELY COOL AGAIN
TODAY WITH A SMALL SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL CALIFORNIA POTENTIALLY
SPARKING A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS ACROSS THE SIERRA AND ESEMRALDA
COUNTY. NOT EXPECTING MUCH PRECIPITATION FROM THAT ACTIVITY BUT A
FEW HUNDREDTHS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER SHOWERS AND SOME
BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. ELSEWHERE, DRY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH
LIGHTER WINDS EXPECTED COMPARED TO MONDAY.
A WEAK TROUGH AXIS WILL REMAIN BROADLY OVER THE WESTERN US THROUGH
MIDWEEK AND MODEST HEIGHT RISES WILL ALLOW FOR SLOWLY WARMING
TEMPERATURES, THOUGH AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL STILL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. SLOW WARMING WILL
CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND AS A WEAK RIDGE AXIS BEGINS TO NUDGE
INTO THE MOJAVE DESERT. THE NEXT POTENTIAL WEATHER SYSTEM TO
IMPACT OUR FORECAST AREA WILL DROP DOWN THE CALIFORNIA COAST LATE-
WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, WITH A RENEWED ROUND OF WIND
AND SHOWER CHANCES POSSIBLE.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 06Z FORECAST PACKAGE
IN THE
WAKE OF AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY, ELEVATED NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BETWEEN
10-12KT WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST HOUR OR TWO OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD BEFORE BACKING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND DECREASING TO AROUND
8KT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FURTHER OVERNIGHT, BECOMING LIGHT AND
VARIABLE EARLY IN THE MORNING, THEN SETTLING OUT OF TYPICAL DAILY
DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS THEREAFTER. WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN UNDER 8KT
TUESDAY MORNING ONWARD, WITH PASSING BANDS OF MID- LEVEL AND HIGH
CLOUDS WITH BASES AT OR ABOVE 10KFT. VFR CONDITIONS PREVAIL.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 06Z FORECAST PACKAGE...LINGERING OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN NEVADA HAVE RESULTED IN
NORTHWESTERLY TO NORTHERLY WINDS IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY, WHICH
WILL CONTINUE EARLY IN THE FORECAST PERIOD. OVERNIGHT, WINDS
AREAWIDE SETTLE OUT OF TYPICAL DAILY DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS, WITH
WIND SPEEDS DROPPING TO AROUND 5-10KT. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL
BE ACROSS THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT/KDAG, WHERE ELEVATED WESTERLY
WINDS BETWEEN 12-15KT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MID-
MORNING, WITH GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS RETURNING DURING THE MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONALLY, KBIH IN THE NORTHERN OWENS VALLEY
COULD HAVE A PERIOD OF INTERMITTENTLY GUSTY UP-VALLEY WINDS
DURING THE AFTERNOON, BEFORE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH AFTER
SUNSET. BANDS OF MID-LEVEL AND HIGH CLOUDS WILL STREAM OVER THE
REGION, WITH BASES GENERALLY AT OR ABOVE 10KFT, SLIGHTLY LOWER TO
THE LEE OF THE SIERRA.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...OUTLER
AVIATION...PHILLIPSON
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