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KEY MESSAGES

* Dry conditions through the weekend with around average high temperatures

* Chances of precipitation return Monday and Tuesday

* Slight warming expected after the rain chances followed by cooling in the late work week.

DISCUSSION

Through Thursday.

Spotty showers and storms in Lincoln Co look to dissipate by early Saturday morning as a ridging pattern focuses over the region. This change in pattern will lead to drying conditions and reduce winds through the weekend. Highs look to stay right around average (mid 90s to low 100s) with low temps closer to 5 degrees above average (in the mid 70s to low 80s.)

The ridging pattern looks to quickly switch to a troughing pattern into early Monday bringing breezier winds and chances for showers and possibly a few storms. Rain chances become more widespread through Monday afternoon and evening, but the overall feed of moisture looks to be on the modest side as the trough axis only briefly interacts with the coast before pulling into our area. This means that while our chances for rain look to be good, it looks to not offer much in rainfall amounts. Rain chances look to last through Monday night and into Tuesday morning before pushing northeast.

The upper-level pattern turns more neutral by the mid week, with some slight ridging that could help temperatures increase by only a few degrees. A deeper tough forms along the west coast and begins to approach the region by the late week, offering a slight cool down. This trough looks to break before it can center over Nevada, preventing any chances for rain crossing into the area at the end of the forecast period.

AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 06Z Forecast Package

Expect clear skies and winds under 10 knots throughout the forecast period. Southwesterly winds become light and variable early Saturday morning, followed by light northeasterly winds in the late morning, shifting to the southeast in the afternoon. Tomorrow evening, southwesterly winds will return.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...For the 06Z Forecast Package...Gusty westerly winds at KDAG and gusty northwesterly winds at KVGT start to weaken during the early morning hours. Afterwards, winds follow typical daily directional patterns with sustained speeds below 10 knots for most locations throughout the forecast period. Moderate gusts to around 15 knots out of the north may develop at KIFP in the late morning. Skies will be mostly clear.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT

Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures.