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KEY MESSAGES
* Unseasonably warm today and Saturday
* Strong, gusty winds Saturday
* Much cooler Sunday
* Near freezing temperatures in the coldest valleys of Northern and Central Nevada Sunday night
DISCUSSION
(Today through Thursday)
WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: Warm weather conditions expected to be the dominant factor today, with high temperatures several degrees above normal to near 90 degrees. By Saturday, strong, gusty winds are anticipated as the surface pressure gradient tightens, with sustained wind speeds up to 20-25 mph and gusts near 45 mph. High temperatures will still be a few degrees above normal, but cooler air begins to move in, keeping highs in the 80s with much of the cold air reaching by midnight as lows drop into the 40s with a few valleys into the 30s. Sunday, winds will be much weaker with a few breezy gusts up to 20 mph in the afternoons. Temperatures shift to the opposite spectrum with highs now expected to be several degrees below normal this time of year with highs in the 60s-70s (80s for parts of central Nevada in N. Nye County and White Pine County). Overnight lows drop to near freezing temperatures in the 30s and 40s with some valleys below freezing. Monday is expected to see much the same as Sunday with highs several degrees below normal and overnight lows in the 30s to 40s. By Tuesday and into mid- week, temperatures will slightly warm up but stay within normal.
AVIATION
Look for VFR conditions at all terminals over the next 24 hour periods, with some southwesterly winds up to 10-12 kts and gusts of 20-25 kts.
FIRE WEATHER
A Fire Weather Watch is in effect throughout Northern and Central Nevada from 11 AM PDT Saturday morning until 11 PM PDT Saturday evening due to southwest wind gusts near 45 mph and minimum relative humidity values as low as 9 percent. A cooling trend is expected this weekend. By Sunday afternoon, high temperatures will be around five degrees below normal for this time of year.
LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories
Fire Weather Watch 18Z Saturday until 06Z Sunday for zones 424, 425, 426, 427, 437, 438, 469, and 470.
Wind Advisory from 11 AM to 11 PM PDT Saturday NVZ030-031-035.
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