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FXUS65 KVEF 021126
AFDVEF
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
426 AM PDT SAT MAY 2 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS, COOLER CONDITIONS, AND LIGHT PRECIPITATION
CHANCES RETURN TO THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURES CLIMB TO OVER 10 DEGREES ABOVE-NORMAL LATE-WEEK.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS
RIDGING PERSISTS OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL BE BRIEF, AS
THE START OF THE WORK WEEK WILL FEATURE AN 8 TO 12 DEGREE
TEMPERATURE DROP AS A CLOSED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RIDES ALONG THE
CALIFORNIA COAST BEFORE PUSHING INLAND. IN ADDITION TO A TEMPERATURE
DROP, THE REGION CAN EXPECT GUSTY SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON
SUNDAY, WITH 50 TO 70 PERCENT CHANCES OF WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH
ACROSS ESMERALDA, INYO, AND WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES AS WELL
AS ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. AS A RESULT, A WIND ADVISORY IS
IN EFFECT FOR THESE LOCATIONS ON SUNDAY, WITH WESTERN SAN BERNARDINO
COUNTY PERSISTING THROUGH MONDAY. FINALLY, THIS SYSTEM WILL USHER
0.30-0.50 INCHES OF PRECIPITABLE WATER INTO THE REGION, WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR SOME LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE MOJAVE
DESERT ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS THE CENTER OF THE LOW PUSHES
OVERHEAD. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY REMAIN BELOW A TENTH
OF AN INCH, WITH GREATER VALUES UNDERNEATH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT
FORM.
MID-TO-LATE WEEK, RIDGING RETURNS OVER THE REGION, RESULTING IN
TEMPERATURES CLIMBING TO OVER 10 DEGREES ABOVE-NORMAL. MODERATE HEAT
RISK WILL SPREAD ACROSS DESERT VALLEYS ON FRIDAY, INCLUDING LAS
VEGAS, DEATH VALLEY, THE MOAPA VALLEY, THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY,
AND SOUTHERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID...FOR THE 12Z FORECAST PACKAGE
LIGHT
AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID- MORNING WHEN WINDS
WILL SETTLE IN FROM THE NORTHEAST. THESE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT, 8 KNOTS OR LESS, AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WHEN WINDS WILL SWING AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST IN A TYPICAL
DIURNAL FASHION. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL WITH FEW TO BKN
CLOUDS AT OR ABOVE 12KFT.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 12Z RECAST PACKAGE...WINDS WILL GENERALLY
REMAIN LIGHT, 10 KNOTS OR LESS, AND WILL FOLLOW TYPICAL, DAILY
DIRECTIONAL TRENDS. ONE EXCEPTION WILL BE IN THE OWENS VALLEY,
INCLUDING KBIH, WHERE BREEZIER UP-VALLEY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
PICK UP AROUND MID-MORNING, CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE
COLORADO RIVER VALLEY, INCLUDING KIFP, IS ANOTHER EXCEPTION AS
BREEZY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS MORNING, CONTINUING INTO
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DROPPING OFF. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
WITH CLOUD BASES REMAINING AT OR ABOVE 12 KFT.
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR IMPACTS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES.
DISCUSSION...SOULAT
AVIATION...STESSMAN
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