Whitney, Nevada 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KVEF 261046
AFDVEF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
346 AM PDT Tue May 26 2026

.KEY MESSAGES...

* Gusty winds and cooler temperatures will spread across the
  region today.

* Light showers are expected across the southern Great Basin
  midweek as a low pressure system sits over central Nevada.

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.DISCUSSION...through the weekend.

Today through Friday.

A strong low pressure system will drop into the region from the
Pacific Northwest today. This system will bring cooler than normal
temperatures to the region with temperatures dropping around 7 to 15
degrees from today to tomorrow. Gusty southwesterly winds will
accompany this system with winds picking up later this morning as
this low pressure system and associated 30 to 50 knot 700 mb jet
move into the area. Elevated winds will linger across the region
into Thursday with southerly winds picking up across northern
Arizona tomorrow as the jet shifts overhead. Temperatures will
gradually increase during the second half of the week, returning to
near normal as we head into the weekend and the system clears out of
the area.

As the center of this low pressure system settles over the
southwestern Great Basin on Wednesday and Thursday, precipitation
chances will increase across Inyo County and the southern Great
Basin. Given the more inland trajectory of this system,
precipitation is expected to be light-to-moderate and favor areas of
higher terrain.

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.AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 06Z Forecast
Package...Southwesterly winds with speeds of around 10 knots and
gusts near 20 knots continue through tonight. Winds start to ramp
up after sunrise with gusts of around 25 knots before a push of
stronger southwesterly winds arrive by late morning with gusts in
excess of 30 knots. These winds should start to back off late
Tuesday night. FEW to SCT mid and high clouds pass through the
area with bases as low as 12 kft.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...For the 06Z Forecast Package...Expect an increase in
southwesterly winds areawide early tomorrow morning, intensifying
further in the late morning and afternoon. Peak gusts should be in
the 30 to 35 knot range in the Las Vegas Valley and Colorado River
Valley during the afternoon, decreasing to between 20 and 25 knots
on Tuesday night. Strong westerly winds persist at KDAG through most
of the TAF period, increasing to 35 to 40 knots in the afternoon. At
KBIH, downslope winds start to increase out of the west in the early
afternoon with gusts to around 30 knots, then intensify to between
35 and 40 knots out of the northwest to north in the late afternoon
and evening. FEW to SCT mid and high clouds pass through the area
with bases as low as 12 kft.

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

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$$

DISCUSSION...Stessman
AVIATION...Meltzer

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