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FXUS65 KVEF 052104
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
204 PM PDT Sun May 5 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
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Winds will decrease tonight along with rebounding
temperatures Monday and Tuesday before another upper low drops into
the region and brings gusty north winds and a quick cooldown by
Wednesday. Temperatures will remain a little below normal through
Friday then a ridge of high pressure and a warming trend will
build in over the weekend.
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.SHORT TERM...
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Through Tuesday night.

Northwest winds behind the cold front pushing through southern
Nevada were producing gusts 40 to 50 mph across the Las Vegas
Valley, but these speeds will be brief and a decreasing trend will
develop between 3 and 5 pm PDT. A band of showers extending from
around Pahrump and Death Valley Junction across the Spring Mountains
into Lincoln County will also dissipate between 3 and 5 pm PDT as
the front pulls away across Southwest Utah and Northwest Arizona.
Wind speeds will drop off to between 5 and 15 mph after sunset
across most of the region leading to a cool night with lows in the
lower 40s to lower 50s across the Mojave Desert zones.

Fairly light winds and temperatures rebounding around 10 degrees
can be expected across the region Monday under a light northwest
flow in the wake of the large upper low lifting across the Rockies
into the Northern Plains. Model ensembles show a shortwave sliding
from the Pacific Northwest across northeast Nevada into Utah Tuesday
which will produce gusty north winds working their way down through
our region late Tuesday night.

.LONG TERM...Wednesday through Sunday.

The latest model ensembles indicate Wednesday will be a fairly windy
day as north winds 20 to 25 mph develop across in response to a
strong shortwave sliding down the back side of the large upper low
centered over the Northern Plains. Gusts over 40 mph will be likely
along the Colorado River Valley and temperatures will drop 6-8
degrees from Tuesday`s highs. This shortwave will cause the upper
low to retrograde over the Great Basin and linger through Friday...
keeping temperatures below normal. A ridge along the West Coast is
then forecast to move inland over the weekend with temperatures
climbing to between 90 and 100 degrees across the desert zones.
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.AVIATION...
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For Harry Reid...Gusty northwesterly winds behind a
cold front passing through the Las Vegas Valley will continue
through the afternoon. Gusts over 40kt are likely as the front
passes. Following the front, winds will remain northwesterly and
gradually decrease through the evening hours. Wind will become more
westerly during the late evening below 10kt until around 15Z Monday
when northerly wind resumes. Periods of light and variable wind are
possible during the early morning hours. No significant clouds are
expected with clear skies to start the day and a few high clouds
moving in later Monday.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...Most of the area will see diminishing winds this
evening after the cold front passes through. Northwesterly wind of
20-30kt gusting to over 40kt at times will follow the front. During
the late evening hours, gusty winds will diminish, leaving wind less
than 10kt at most TAF sites overnight. Mostly clear skies will give
way to high clouds AOA 20kft during the afternoon hours Monday.
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.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report
any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating
procedures.

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SHORT TERM/LONG TERM...Adair
AVIATION...Berc

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