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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
323 AM PST Tue Dec 9 2025

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Warmer than normal temperatures will continue through the week, 
  with periods of breezy northerly winds down the Colorado River 
  Valley today and again on Wednesday.

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.DISCUSSION...through next Monday.

Breezy northerly winds are expected again this afternoon in the 
Colorado River Valley, with 25 to 35 mph wind gusts anticipated 
between Laughlin/Bullhead City and Needles, and 1 to 2 foot waves on 
Lake Mohave. These northerly winds will linger into Wednesday before 
decreasing for the second half of the week and the weekend. 
Otherwise, warmer than normal temperatures along with dry conditions 
will persist through the end of the week as a ridge of high pressure 
builds over the Western US. Temperatures will gradually increase 
each day through mid-to-late week, with multiple high maximum and 
high minimum temperature records in jeopardy Wednesday through 
Friday. See the CLIMATE section for more information regarding 
records. By this weekend, the ridge will flatten as a shortwave 
moving through the mean flow passes across southern California, 
Arizona, and northern Mexico. While no precipitation is anticipated 
with this feature, an increase in high cloud cover is expected, 
which will also help lower temperatures several degrees. 

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.AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 12Z Forecast Package...Winds  
will follow typical diurnal directional patterns through the 
forecast period, remaining light with speeds around 6KT or less. 
VFR conditions prevail with a few high clouds around 25kft
expected to move into the area this evening.


For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...For the 12Z Forecast Package...Winds today will
remain around 5-10KT, following typical diurnal directional
patterns with some variability. The exception will be portions of
the Colorado River Valley in the vicinity of IFP, where elevated
northerly winds are expected through the period, with intermittent
gusts to 20-25KT. VFR conditions prevail.

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.CLIMATE...Numerous climate locations across the region have a 
forecast high temperature and/or forecast warm low temperature 
within 3 degrees of the daily record Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
 
The table below  shows the daily record maximum temperature and the 
year the record was last set. An asterisk (*) denotes which records 
are in jeopardy (within 3 degrees of the forecast). A double 
asterisk (**) denotes which sites have forecast values that will tie 
or break the existing record. 

MAX            WED, DEC 10  THU, DEC 11  FRI, DEC 12
               Record(Yr)   Record(Yr)   Record(Yr)

Las Vegas      74(1950)     72(1939)*    74(1958)
Bishop         72(1958)*    78(1958)     74(1953)
Needles        80(1934)*    78(1958)**   80(1958)*
Daggett        77(2015)     79(1958)     83(1958)
Kingman        75(1950)     77(1950)     72(1950)**
Desert Rock    68(2015)**   68(2010)**   72(1988)*
Death Valley   80(1911)*    81(1914)*    79(1924)**

The table below shows the daily record warm minimum temperature and 
the year the record was last set. An asterisk (*) denotes which 
records are in jeopardy (within 3 degrees of the forecast). A double 
asterisk (**) denotes which sites have forecast values that will tie 
or break the existing record. 

WARM MIN       WED, DEC 10  THU, DEC 11  FRI, DEC 12
               Record(Yr)   Record(Yr)   Record(Yr)

Las Vegas      52(1996)     50(2014)**   51(1995)**
Bishop         35(1984)     36(2016)     44(1956)
Needles        56(2017)     54(2014)     59(1995)
Daggett        50(1981)     53(2016)     51(1995)
Kingman        47(1937)     47(1981)     51(1934)
Desert Rock    51(1996)     47(1996)*    53(1995)
Death Valley   56(1970)**   58(1914)*    60(1914)

&&

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

&&

$$

DISCUSSION/CLIMATE...Planz
AVIATION...Phillipson

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