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FXUS65 KREV 270856
AFDREV

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Reno NV
1256 AM PST Thu Nov 27 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

* A mild and dry Thanksgiving Day with above average temperatures
  continuing through Friday afternoon.

* Cooler, increasing breezes this weekend with light shower
  chances (10-15%) on Sunday near the NV-OR border.

* A cold front may bring additional cooling, breezy winds, and light
  showers around the middle of next week.

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.DISCUSSION...

Thanksgiving Day will be mild and dry, with afternoon highs
warming into the upper 50s to mid 60s across the E.Sierra and
W.Nevada. Temperatures will stay about 10 degrees above normal in
the Sierra and Sierra Front, thanks to persistent valley
inversions. Winds remain light for most areas with high clouds
decreasing through the afternoon.

Ridgetop winds will become gusty tonight into Friday morning with
gusts nearing 40-50 mph as a weak weather system passes just to
our north. Aside from higher elevations winds, Friday remains
mild and dry, but temperatures will trend down to season averages
by Saturday. The remainder of the weekend continues to trend
drier with only a 10-15% chance of stray showers near the NV-OR
border on Sunday.

Next week, the E.Pacific basin develops an Omega block pattern
leaving the western U.S. in a cooler, troughing pattern which may
allow periodic slider-like lows to drop in from the north. These
inland trajectories do not favor any significant moisture but
could provide increasing chances for light showers and a cool down
by the middle of next. Fuentes.

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.AVIATION...

* High pressure will provide VFR conditions through the weekend.
  Valley inversions may yield minor reductions to slant-wise
  visibility today for KRNO, KCXP, and KMEV.

* Areas of light-moderate mountain wave turbulence are possible
  east of Sierra after 18z Thursday through 21z Friday as W-SW
  wind gust at ridgetop level (FL100) increase to 40-50 kts.
  Fuentes

&&

.REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
NV...None.
CA...None.

&&

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