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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
355 AM PDT SAT MAY 23 2026
KEY MESSAGES
* DRY CONDITIONS AND WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
* BREEZY WINDS AND COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO THE REGION
BEGINNING TUESDAY.
DISCUSSION
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY
WEEKEND, WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUR AROUND 2 TO 5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE MAY. OUTSIDE OF A SLIGHT CHANCE
(LESS THAN 20%) OF ISOLATED SHOWERS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN THIS AFTERNOON, DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEVADA, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA, AND
NORTHWESTERN ARIZONA THROUGH THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BREEZY
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PICK UP EACH AFTERNOON IN THE COLORADO RIVER
VALLEY, RESULTING IN CHOPPY WAVES ON LAKE MOHAVE.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO DROP INTO THE REGION FROM THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY, RESULTING IN AN UPTICK IN SOUTHERLY-TO-
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER THE GREAT BASIN AREA FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE
EVENTUALLY CLEARING OUT LATE NEXT WEEK. IN ADDITION TO AN UPTICK
IN WINDS, THIS SYSTEM WILL ALSO BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE
REGION WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED DURING THE SECOND
HALF OF THE WEEK AS THE LOW HANGS AROUND. PRECIPITATION CHANCES
WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOK TO REMAIN LIMITED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
INYO COUNTY AND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN WHERE
THERE IS A 15 TO 30% CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
AVIATION...FOR HARRY REID
FOR THE 12Z FORECAST
PACKAGE...SOUTHERLY WINDS (170 TO 210 DEGREES) WILL PERSIST
THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE TAF PERIOD, WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED
FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNSET. OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 20
KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 18Z. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT, AND
LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY MORNING. VFR
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL, WITH ONLY A FEW MID- AND HIGH-LEVEL CLOUDS
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, THEN MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THEREAFTER.
FOR THE REST OF SOUTHERN NEVADA, NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST
CALIFORNIA...FOR THE 12Z FORECAST PACKAGE...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS
ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY, WITH AFTERNOON GUSTS
TO AROUND 20 KNOTS EXPECTED IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE EXCEPTION IS THE
KDAG AREA, WHERE LIGHT EASTERLY BREEZES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
UNTIL THE TYPICAL WESTERLY PUSH ARRIVES BY EARLY EVENING. MOSTLY
CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MOJAVE DESERT, BUT ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND VIRGA PRODUCING LOCALIZED GUSTY WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND SIERRA.
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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