Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Elko, NV
Issued by NWS Elko, NV
013 FXUS65 KLKN 300749 AFDLKN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Elko NV 1249 AM PDT Thu May 30 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A cool start today across the forecast area under northwest flow aloft. Afternoon highs are forecast to trend upwards into the weekend, before moderating through early next week as a couple disturbances aloft reach Nevada. A well defined warming trend will emerge by the middle to latter portion of next week as a ridge of high pressure builds over the Intermountain West. && .SHORT TERM...Thursday. Another chilly start is expected across Central and especially northeastern Nevada today. Morning lows in the low to mid 30s are likely to occur across Elko County, with other parts of the forecast area seeing lows around 40 degrees. The cold morning start will give way to a more moderate afternoon. Afternoon highs are projected to rise a few degrees versus yesterday with partly cloudy skies. Afternoon highs today will generally range from the upper 60s to upper 70s across the district. No precipitation is forecast to occur today in either Central or Northern Nevada. .LONG TERM...Friday through next Wednesday. A west to east flow is expected across northern and central Nevada for Friday. An isolated shower/virga is possible in far eastern Nevada as a convergent boundary sets up across the eastern part of the US Highway 50 corridor through White Pine county. Other areas will be partly to mostly sunny skies with highs in the 70s and 80s. Winds will generally be light. Quiet and dry conditions will be prevalent during the overnight with lows in the 40s and 50s. A weak upper trough will begin to move east on Saturday. Not much moisture is associated with this feature and some very light but showers/virga/dry thunderstorm is possible in eastern and northeastern Nevada for Saturday. Winds will be out of the west and southwest a breezy with gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon. Highs will generally be in the 80s. Look for a return to quiet weather for the night time portion with lows in the 40s and 50s. The trough will pass over the area Sunday but not too much will be associated with it weather-wise. Winds will again be breezy during the afternoon with gusts of 25 mph. Highs will be a little cooler with readings in the 70s and 80s. Skies will be partly cloudy with lows in the 40s and 50s for the night period. An upper trough will move across northern British Columbia, Canada for Monday. The forecast area will be at the southernmost tip and light isolated to scattered showers are expected mainly north of I-80. Highs Monday will be in the 80s with lows in the 40s and 50s. Look for quiet weather returning Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 40s. && .AVIATION...VFR conditions expected for the next 24 hours at all terminals. Scattered to broken upper level clouds will be across the area through Thursday with light afternoon WNW winds of 5-15 knots. && .HYDROLOGY...Flows on many small creeks and streams remain elevated. The lower Humboldt continues to run strong with Battle Mountain currently in action stage and Comus forecast to enter action stage later in the coming days. Wildhorse Reservoir resides in action stage and is forecast to remain in action stage for the next several days. Humboldt River at Battle Mountain remains in action stage and is forecast to slowly fall below action stage later today. Finally, Lamoille Creek will be hovering around action stage for the next couple days and may even increase as temperatures slowly climb higher in the afternoon period. && .LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories... None. && $$ 95/86/90