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FXUS65 KVEF 190800
AFDVEF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
100 AM PDT Sun Apr 19 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Warming and dry conditions will continue through Monday with above
  normal high temperatures today and tomorrow.

* Gusty winds will pick up on Tuesday, with unsettled weather
  continuing through the middle of the week.

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.DISCUSSION...through next weekend.

A transient ridge will move through the region today and tomorrow,
strenghtening as it moves overhead. This will allow for dry
conditions to continue through Monday with temperatures continuing
to increase each day. Temperatures will top out around 4 to 8
degrees above normal this afternoon. Breezy southerly-to-
southwesterly winds will pick up across the region on Monday
afternoon as our next weather system approaches the West Coast.
These winds will allow for better mixing on Monday, which when
combined with the higher than normal 500 mb heights will allow for
temperatures 6 to 12 degrees above normal on Monday afternoon.

Winds will increase and become more widespread on Tuesday as the
aforementioned weather system begins to push into the region.
Currently, there is around a 70 to 90% chance for wind gusts of 40
mph or greater on Tuesday across the western Mojave Desert, through
Death Valley, and into the southwestern Great Basin. Given these
high probabilities for wind gusts hitting Wind Advisory Criteria,
wind headlines will likely be issued within the next 24 to 36 hours.
On Wednesday winds will be lighter with elevated southwesterly wind
lingering across the Mojave Desert into northwestern Arizona. In
addition to gusty winds, the higher terrain of Inyo County and the
southern Great Basin will see increased precipitation chances
accompany this system Tuesday into Wednesday. Precipitation totals
will remain light with 0.50 to 0.75 inches of precipitation possible
in the upper-elevations of the Eastern Sierra and less than half an
inch elsewhere. Speaking of the Eastern Sierra, snow levels will be
around 7,000 to 8,000 feet, allowing for a couple inches of new snow
accumulation. Outside of the Eastern Sierra, snow accumulations will
be minor, if any accumulates at all across the higher terrain of the
southern Great Basin. Temperatures will cool to around 5 to 10
degrees below normal by Wednesday, as the system exits the Great
Basin. Beyond Wednesday, troughiness will linger through the end of
the week, but temperatures will gradually rebound back up to above
normal.

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.AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 06Z Forecast Package...Light
southwest winds will persist through most of the night before
becoming light and variable before daybreak. Winds will remain less
than 8 knots through the morning. Winds will favor a southeast
direction during the afternoon, although speeds should remain light
with only a 20 percent chance of isolated gusts to 12 knots after
20Z. Light and variable winds will return by late evening Sunday.
VFR conditions will prevail through Sunday night with SCT to BKN
clouds with bases AOA 15kft AGL at times.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...For the 06Z Forecast Package...Southerly winds gusting
to around 20 knots will persist across the northern Owens Valley,
including KBIH, through midnight before decreasing to less than 8
knots for the remainder of the night. Winds will increase out of the
south at KBIH Sunday afternoon, with occasional gusts to 30 knots
possible. Elsewhere across the region, light winds can be expected
overnight, followed by moderate southerly breezes developing in most
areas tomorrow afternoon. VFR conditions will prevail in all areas
through Sunday evening, with SCT to BKN clouds with bases AOA 15kft
AGL at times.

&&

.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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