766 FXUS65 KLKN 230913 AFDLKN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 113 AM PST Sun Feb 23 2020 .SYNOPSIS...It will be mostly sunny today with mild temperatures and afternoon breezes. A cold front will move through the area tonight and into Monday morning bringing a few light snow showers to northern Elko County. Breezy northwest winds are expected on Monday, with a bit cooler temperatures for Monday and Tuesday. There will be a warming trend through the remainder of the week along with continued dry conditions. && .SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday afternoon Today will be a dry day with mostly sunny skies and above normal temperatures in the 50's to the lower 60's in the warmer valleys. Bumped high temperatures up a bit for today with the NBM running a few degrees cool lately. It will also be a bit breezy this afternoon ahead of a cold front that will move through the state this evening through Monday morning. There may be a few snow showers in northern Elko county as the front passes through. Breezy northwest winds are expected later tonight through Monday behind the front in the eastern half of Nevada, though will remain below advisory thresholds. Highs will be about 5-10 degrees cooler on Monday behind the cold front. Northwest flow will continue on Tuesday bringing similar temperatures as Monday with continued dry conditions and lighter winds. .LONG TERM...Tuesday night through next Friday. Much of the long term is continuing to be dominated by a large upper level ridge in the mid to upper levels. Confidence is increasing that this will bring several days of dry and benign weather across northern and central Nevada. In addition, this will allow for high temperatures to warm to well above normal for late February. By the mid to latter portions of the week, this will mean highs in the mid 50s to low 60s for many valley locations. Winds under the ridge will be rather light with limited cloud cover. This pattern will put much of central and northern Nevada further into a water year deficit through the end of the month. A change in the pattern may occur during next weekend with the possible return of colder and wet weather as the ridge progress eastward and a trough enters Western CONUS. && .AVIATION...VFR at all terminals for the next 24 hours. There will be gusty winds during the day for all terminals. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ 90/99/99 |