Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Elko, NV
Issued by NWS Elko, NV
786 FXUS65 KLKN 211924 AFDLKN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 1224 PM PDT Fri Mar 21 2025 .SYNOPSIS... Light precipitation ahead of a storm system will overspread Northern Nevada this afternoon. This light precipitation will taper off tonight, before ending Saturday morning. A warming trend is expected Saturday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. Near record warmth is anticipated across Northern and Central Nevada Wednesday afternoon. && .SHORT TERM...Tonight through Saturday night Light precipitation in Northern Nevada will increase in aerial coverage this afternoon. Snow levels will rise to about 6,500 feet this afternoon. This light precipitation taper off tonight, prior to ending Saturday morning. One inch or less of snow is expected over passes and summits in Northern Nevada. Higher snow amounts are anticipated in the Jarbidge Mountains and Ruby Mountains, but the amounts will not trigger any winter weather products. Less than one tenth of an inch of rainfall is expected in the valleys of Northern Nevada. High temperatures throughout Northern and Central Nevada Saturday afternoon will be near normal for this time of year. A trough of low pressure will move southward across Southern Nevada Saturday night. .LONG TERM...Sunday through next Friday Look for warmer and drier weather conditions to take hold over Nevada through the week as an upper level ridge expands over the southwestern U.S. keeping moisture further north. Temperatures will be on a warming trend with highs starting in the 50s to 60s Sunday, warming into near or record high temperatures in the 70s Monday through Wednesday with light winds each day except for Wednesday, seeing breezy southwesterly winds at 15-20 mph (20-30 over western Humboldt County, gusts 35-40 mph). By late week, models are showing another low pressure system moving over northwestern U.S. reaching into Nevada Thursday, however there are discrepancies on the timing and strength of the system. The system will help bring chances up to 20-50% of precipitation back across northern Nevada north of US-50 corridor (below 20% south of US-50 corridor). The system will help bring in cooler temperatures with highs in the 60s and overnight lows in the 30s. By Friday morning, some lingering showers expected over northeastern Nevada and clear out by the afternoon. Temperatures expected even cooler in the 40s over northern Elko County, 50s everywhere else (60s in northeastern Nye County). Breezy westerly winds expected both days with Thursday being stronger at 20-30 mph, gusts 25-40 mph. Friday winds a little lighter at 10-20 mph. && .AVIATION... VFR conditions expected at all terminals with northern terminals KWMC, KEKO, and KBAM temporarily seeing -SHSNRA conditions impacting MVFR and IFR conditions with lower CIG levels. VCSH conditions at KELY this afternoon. Precipitation is expected to remain in the forecast through the evening. Breezy westerly/northwesterly winds at 10-15 kts dissipating this afternoon to below 10 kts across all terminals. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && $$ 87/97/97