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649 FXUS65 KVEF 182249 AFDVEF Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Las Vegas NV 349 PM PDT Sun Oct 18 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... * Clearing skies and cool conditions for most areas today but non- impactful rain is possible again Monday morning for Mohave Co. * A stronger system will bring increased precipitation chances and gusty winds to the region the middle to end of the week. && .DISCUSSION...Through next weekend. The lingering showers from the early morning are eroding along with most of the cloud cover, leading to clearing skies for the mid to late afternoon and mostly clear skies overnight. This will allow for slightly warmer afternoon temperatures with highs in the upper 70s and low 80s for most of the region (Death Valley will still peak in the low 90s). The clearing skies will allow for good cooling overnight with most lows falling into the 60s (70s for Death Valley). Cloud cover returns to the western portions of the CWA into afternoon Monday with a few more non-impactful showers possible. These rain chances look to mostly stick to Mohave Co and dissipate into the night. The next rain system will not be as meek. A trough approaches the area into the mid week with initial showers and light snow chances (for the highest peaks) arriving at the Sierra Nevada early Tuesday. Chances for rain on this initial push look good, but there wont be much in the way of rainfall mounts until the trough digs deeper into southern California and pulls more moisture from the Pacific on Wednesday. The orientation of that moisture and the trough itself will offer widespread chances for rain Wednesday and Thursday before exiting on Friday. Models continue to entertain some snow accumulations above 9000 ft, but the moisture fails to line up with the colder air behind the trough, limiting snow amounts. Rain for the lower elevations looks light to moderate for most of Wednesday with a wave of moderate to locally increased rain rates possible late Wednesday into Thursday morning. Rainfall accumulations look fairly manageable with most areas seeing 0.10" to 0.50" and higher peaks approaching 0.75" by the time the rain exits on early Friday. Winds will be more of a factor Wednesday afternoon with 40 mph gusts possible, but easing that night and not really returning for Thursday. Temperatures will cool into the weekend with highs peaking around 70 for most areas, and Death Valley peaking in the low 80s. && .AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 00Z Forecast Package...Winds follow typical daily directional patterns with speeds under 8 knots. Mid and high level clouds will gradually decrease in coverage this afternoon and evening with bases at or above 10kft. For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...For the 00Z Forecast Package...Winds generally follow typical daily directional patterns with some periods of variability. Speeds remain under 8 knots for most locations. At KBIH, southerly winds increase to around 10 knots with moderate gusts tomorrow afternoon. Mid and high cloud cover will decrease and move east today and tonight with bases at or above 10kft. && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures. && $$ DISCUSSION...Murdock AVIATION...Meltzer For more forecast information...see us on our webpage: https://weather.gov/lasvegas or follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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