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KEY MESSAGES

* Daylight savings time begins at 2am this morning...please remember to set your clocks one hour ahead today!

* Rex Block pattern over the west coast for the weekend

* Warming trend will continue through this week

* Near record high temperatures are possible across portions of northern and central Nevada during the afternoon each day through next week

UPDATE

Issued at 1215 AM PST Sun Mar 8 2026

Patchy freezing fog and low clouds have formed across portions of northern Elko county. Have put patchy freezing fog in the valleys through the early morning. Otherwise, no other changes were made to the forecast.

DISCUSSION

(This evening through next Friday)

Quiet weather with warming temperatures and party to mostly clear skies will continue for the Silver State this week. What has been the theme for this Winter, a REX blocking pattern is taking shape off the west coast. This pattern featuring a cutoff low off the northern coast of Baja California and a capping shortwave ridge of high pressure due north off the coast of Eureka, California will keep the pattern dry, and unseasonably warm. Temperatures will be warming back into the upper 50s to upper 60s by Monday, which will be close to a few records across central Nevada. Tuesday a weak northern stream trough will dig far enough south over the Pacific NW to break the REX block, by forcing the Ridge over northern Nevada west out to sea, and by picking up the cutoff low and bringing it into the main westerly flow. This trough, will also push a cool front into northern Nevada, which will knock temperatures down a few degrees, and act to enhance westerly winds to 15 to 25 MPH with gusts up to 35 MPH possible, as an upper level jet stream tries to shift south into Nevada. Unfortunately, this system will pass through dry, as any moisture looks to remain over ID. Wednesday the ridge of high pressure will start to build back anew, over much of the SW US. This will lead to a new round of warming temperatures through the following weekend with temperatures possible reaching back into record territory with highs in the low 60s to low 70s by Friday of next week. With the exception of Tuesday afternoon, Winds will be light to breezy out of the west to SW at 5 MPH to 15 MPH with gusts up to 25 MPH possible during the afternoons. As for our next chance of precipitation, models are hinting at a upper trough clipping northern Nevada with a few isolated showers late Saturday, at the very edge of this forecast period, but confidence is very low at this time.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS:

There is high confidence in a quiet pattern continuing through Monday of next week.

There is moderate confidence for a upper trough pushing a cool front through northern Nevada bringing stronger west winds and increasing clouds.

There is high confidence in the potential for near record to record temperatures for this weekend, and again from Wednesday through Saturday next week.

There is low confidence for a weak system bringing isolated light rain showers for northern Nevada late Saturday of next week.

AVIATION

VFR conditions are forecast through Sunday evening with light to breezy west to southwest winds of 5KT to 15KT with gusts up to 25KT possible, and CIGs above 15kFT.

KENV remains AMD NOT SKED due to communication disruption.

LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories

None.