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FXUS65 KLKN 150559
AFDLKN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ELKO NV
959 PM PST WED JAN 14 2009

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER
PATTERN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND NEAR TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
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.UPDATE...DENSE FOG HAS SETTLED INTO THE VALLEYS OF HUMBOLDT
COUNTY AND NORTHERN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES THIS EVENING.
EXPECTING THIS DENSE FOG TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...SO THEREFORE HAVE ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL
10AM. NO OTHER UPDATES PLANNED AT THIS TIME.
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.AVIATION...DENSE FOG WILL PLAGUE KWMC THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY
MORNING...CREATING VLIFR CIGS/VSBYS UNTIL THEN. ELSEWHERE...PATCHY
FREEZING FOG IN THE VALLEYS IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
NORTHERN NV WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...VFR
CONDITIONS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED AT 221 PM /

SHORT TERM...HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER WEST COAST THROUGH THE
PERIOD FOR DRY CONDITIONS...LIGHT WINDS AND NEAR NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. WITH RIDGE FURTHER EAST SINCE YESTERDAY...SKIES WILL
REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR ALLOWING SURFACE INVERSIONS ALONG WITH AREAS
OF VALLEY MORNING FOG. FOG WILL BE LOCALLY DENSE.

LONG TERM...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD...WITH CLEAR SKIES AND WARMER THEN NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS
BEGINNING TO AFFECT THE SILVER STATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...BUT
THEY ARE DISAGREEMENT WITH THEIR SOLUTIONS...SO HAVE PUT SOME
INDICATION OF THIS IN THE POPS...BUT MAY GO EITHER HIGHER OR LOWER
OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...DEPENDING ON THE MODEL TRENDS.

AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME POSSIBLE IFR AND MAYBE SOME
LIFR CONDITIONS IN AREAS THAT DEVELOP MORNING FREEZING FOG.
EXPECTING THESE AREAS BO BE FOUND IN MAINLY NORTHERN NEVADA WITH A
FEW AREAS ALSO IN LANDER AND EUREKA COUNTIES.

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.LKN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM PST THURSDAY FOR NVZ030-036.

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