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FXUS65 KLKN 201105
AFDLKN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Elko NV
405 AM PDT Mon May 20 2024

.SYNOPSIS...Temperatures continue to trend cooler today, with
scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over portions of
northern and eastern Nevada. Showers end this evening, with dry
conditions across the region on Tuesday.

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.SHORT TERM...Today through Tuesday night. Trough energy continues
to dig south through the Pacific NW and into Nevada bringing
cooler temperatures and gusty northerly winds to the entire
region, with scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms to
portions of northern and eastern NV (mainly in Elko and White Pine
counties) through this evening. Temperatures this afternoon will
be 5-10 degrees cooler than yesterday for most of the region, with
highs generally in the 50s to 60s. Lows tonight will be 2-5
degrees cooler than Sunday night, with 30s across most of northern
NV and 40s across most of central Nevada. A dry northwesterly flow
aloft sets up across NV Tuesday with mild conditions across the
CWA.

.LONG TERM...Wednesday through next Sunday.

Deep closed upper low moves south into northern Nevada Wednesday
with west/northwesterly breezes and gusts around 30 mph. Scattered
rain showers and isolated thunderstorms will also be present with
the bulk of the precipitation remaining north of the I-80
corridor. Any accumulations will be light and around 0.10 or
less. Daytime high temperatures Wednesday will be in the low to
mid 60s along the Idaho and Oregon borders with overnight lows in
the mid to upper 20s. Whereas daytime highs reach the upper 70s
across portions of northern Nye County with overnight lows in the
low to mid 40s, all thanks to a strong temperature gradient
associated with the deep low situated across northern Nevada.

General troffing remains in place thru the long term period with
additional waves skirting northern Nevada. This will bring
probability of precipitation to the region though probabilities
will be low at 20% or less. West/northwest afternoon breezes also
remain in place. Main weather item will be temperatures continuing
to reside colder than average thru the week before rebounding
this weekend. Temperatures around 10 degrees cooler than average
are expected across northern Nevada.

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.AVIATION...VFR conditions will be the primary flight conditions
through Monday, with breezy afternoon WNW winds of 10KT to 20KT
with gusts up to 30 KT possible. -SHRA or VCSH possible at KEKO,
and KELY this evening, and for KBAM. KEKO, and KELY Monday
afternoon.

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.HYDROLOGY...As high elevation spring snowmelt continues, many
streams and creeks coming off snow covered terrain will experience
elevated flows.

Wildhorse Reservoir, Lamoille Creek, and the Jarbidge River near
Jarbidge are all currently at or near action stage, and are
expected to remain at elevated levels over the coming days.

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.LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories...None.

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