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KEY MESSAGES

* Quiet mostly sunny weather

* Potential precipitation next weekend

DISCUSSION

(This afternoon through next Sunday)

WEATHER PATTERN OVERVIEW: Current satellite imagery shows mostly clear skies with a few high clouds moving across northern Nevada. An upper level high pressure system off the coast of California will dominate our upper air pattern for the majority of the week, bringing us mostly sunny skies and afternoon highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Winds are expected to remain light, except for the northern most portions of Nevada which could see up to 20 mph gusts Monday afternoon. Low temperatures this week are expected to remain in the 30s, with some areas of higher elevation seeing lows in the upper 20s.

Models continue to show signs of an upper level trough as well as an atmospheric river event coming through later in the coming weekend. With the event being so far out, there is still plenty of uncertainty in the timing, placement, and strength of the event. Model guidance shows signals of potential rainfall and snow showers associated with this trough, we will continue to monitor model trends over the next few days.

FORECAST CONFIDENCE & DEVIATIONS: High confidence in the upper level ridge dominating the forecast for the week. Low confidence on the strength and impacts of the trough next weekend.

AVIATION

VFR conditions remain at all terminals for the next 24 hours.

KBAM remains AMD NOT SKED due to a planned hardware upgrade.

LKN Watches/Warnings/Advisories

None.

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