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KEY MESSAGES
* Cooler temperatures this weekend with afternoon breezes gusting up to 25-30 mph.
* 20-50% chance for light rain and high elevation snow showers above 9,000 feet across the eastern Sierra and western Nevada Sunday night into Monday afternoon.
* Ridging returns Tuesday, leading to a warming and drying trend through next weekend.
DISCUSSION
A trough off the west coast will move into central CA today and eventually into southern NV as a closed low on Monday. Ahead of this feature, high resolution models and blended guidance shows a 10-15% chance for light showers in Lassen and northern Washoe counties this morning. These showers then spread into the rest of the inner basin and ranges this evening. Southwest winds gusts today will range from 25-30 mph in western NV and 35-45 mph on the ridges. We will be cooler today, with high temperatures in the mid-70s in western NV and low-60s for northeast CA and the eastern Sierra communities.
Expect reductions in air quality primarily down the US-395 corridor from Walker to Bridgeport. However, said air quality reductions are dependent on smoke production. For details on air quality, please visit www.fire.airnow.gov.
As the low tracks into southern NV today into Monday, we'll see the best chances for showers in the eastern Sierra and western NV. Current blended guidance shows a 20-50% chance for precipitation tonight through Monday afternoon. Total accumulations for this system will be light, generally 0.10" or less. There remains a 40-60% chance to see at least 1" of snow for elevations above 9,000 feet in Mono County.
A ridge pattern returns Tuesday through the end of next weekend. Temperatures will trend between 4-8 degrees above average by Wednesday. Dry weather with light winds will prevail during this timeframe. -McKellar
AVIATION
By this afternoon, KMMH will have southwest winds gusts up 30 kts, while all other area terminals see gusts up to 25 kts. Otherwise, VFR conditions at all area terminals.
FL100 winds will remain south at 30-35 kts, which may produce brief periods of mountain wave turbulence this morning, especially for eastern Sierra terminals. Otherwise, CIGS will stay primarily above 10,000 ft AGL. -McKellar
REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories
NV...None. CA...None.
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