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KEY MESSAGES

* Heatwave continues into next week.

* Breezy winds this afternoon will bring recreation impacts to lakes in northwestern Nevada.

* The forecast remains dry through next week, but there are hints of cooler and wetter weather to kick off April.

DISCUSSION

* I'd say rinse and repeat, but we aren't seeing any moisture to speak of. Bottom line: The unusual March heat continues. While it's not as hot as say yesterday when we set a new all-time record high of 88 degrees for the month of March at KRNO, high temperatures continue to be near or above record levels through the middle of next week.

* Our slight "cooldown" this weekend is thanks to an area of low pressure brushing through the northwest CONUS, leading to a flattening of the potent ridge that is entrenched over the west. With this comes an uptick in afternoon westerly breezes today, with the strongest gusts for areas of northwest Nevada north of US- 50. With wind gusts around 35 mph, Pyramid Lake and Rye Patch/Lahontan Reservoirs will see choppy conditions this afternoon.

* Ensembles and AI deterministic forecast models are hinting at troughing moving into the west to start April. While roughly 80% of meteograms are showing cooler conditions and some rain and even mountain snow, this signal continues to be pushed back. We first saw it showing up around March 25-27, then each day it was later and later, now around April 1-3. Time will tell...

-Dawn

AVIATION

* Potential exists for mountain wave turbulence today with the increased FL100 winds around 25-30 kts. Otherwise, anticipate wind gusts of 20-30 kts at terminal sites 19z-03z this afternoon.

* Ongoing heatwave isn't quite hot enough for major density altitude concerns, but it's still abnormal to even need to consider than one in March!

* VFR conditions to continue with typical diurnal wind flow.

-Dawn

REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories

NV...Lake Wind Advisory until 8 PM PDT this evening NVZ004.

CA...None.