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AFOS product AFDLKN
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Product Timestamp: 2015-05-01 17:50 UTC
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062 FXUS65 KLKN 011750 AFDLKN AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV 1050 AM PDT FRI MAY 1 2015 .SYNOPSIS...ANOTHER WARM SPRING WEEKEND WITH MILD TEMPERATURES FOR THE SEASON EVEN AT NIGHT. THE WARMTH AND SOME MOISTURE WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL...EASTERN...AND NORTHEAST NEVADA EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY. A COOLING TREND WILL COMMENCE MONDAY WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING TO NORMAL. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK. && .UPDATE...EXTENDED SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE INTO NORTHEAST NEVADA AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN NYE COUNTY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 510 AM / UPDATE...THE ASOS AT WINNEMUCCA IS NOW FULLY OPERATIONAL. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 227 AM / SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PER THE LATEST SATELLITE LOOP...SOME DEBRIS CLOUD IS PUSHING THROUGH NORTHERN NEVADA AT THIS TIME. NOTHING IS NOTED ON RADAR. FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW NORTHERN NEVADA SITTING BETWEEN AN UPPER RIDGE OFF TO THE EAST AND A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE EAST PACIFIC. A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY CAN BE SEEN IN THE LOW-LEVEL WIND STREAMLINES...STRETCHING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL NEVADA. SOME WEAK INSTABILITY IS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF CONVERGENCE. AS A RESULT...EXPECTING ANOTHER DAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THIS AREA. THERE COULD BE A FEW BREEZES DURING THE AFTERNOON IN WHITE PINE AND NORTHERN NYE COUNTIES...BUT THE REST OF THE AREA SHOULD SEE LIGHT WINDS. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL RISE INTO THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S...WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. 500MB HEIGHTS WILL DECREASE DURING SATURDAY...BUT TEMPERATURES STILL WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S. THE NEVADA CONVERGENCE ZONE IS FORECAST TO SET UP DURING THE AFTERNOON...FAIRLY CLOSE TO ITS POSITION ON FRIDAY. AGAIN...WITH WEAK INSTABILITY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER WARM OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH DEBRIS CLOUDS. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 30S TO MID 40S. DID NOT MAKE TOO MANY CHANGES TO THE FORECAST FOR SUNDAY WITH THE CONVERGENT AXIS STILL SETTING UP ACROSS NORTHERN NEVADA. THIS WILL MEAN ANOTHER AFTERNOON OF ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEVADA. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S. LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE 12Z MODELS WERE IN MUCH BETTER AGREEMENT...HOWEVER NEW 00Z EC MODEL DIVERGES SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER TUESDAY...HAVE OPTED TO STICK WITH GFS AND GEFS SOLUTION AS THE PREFERRED LONG TERM MODEL OF CHOICE THIS PERIOD. MORE OF AN EARLY SUMMER PATTERN WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW DOMINATING SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PW'S WILL BE AROUND .50" WHICH IS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HOWEVER NOT A LOT OF RAINFALL EXPECTED WITH MOST OF THESE SHOWERS. LI'S EACH AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM -1 TO -3. BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK TOWARDS THE GREAT BASIN WITH AN INCREASE IN PRECIPITATION AND COOLER TEMPERATURES. SNOW LEVELS WILL BE NEAR 7000 FEET...BUT A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL ON THE DETAILS OF HOW THIS LOW PRESSURE WILL EVOLVE. AVIATION...SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE NEAR KELY AND KEKO WITH GUSTY WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THESE STORMS...DRIER CONDITIONS AT KWMC AND KTPH. EQUIPMENT...THE ASOS AT WINNEMUCCA IS STILL EXPERIENCING A COMMUNICATIONS PROBLEM. AT AND T IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT. TIME ESTIMATED BACK TO SERVICE IS NOT KNOWN. && .LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$ 98/99