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FBRHR board meetings are now held quarterly--
March, June, September, and December--
and are open to the public. Locations may vary,
but generally meetings are held at 6 p.m.
the third Thursday of the month in Reno.
Please see the calendar for specific information
about the place and time.
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Current Conditions, Weather Forecast, and Imagery
sunrise: 6:14 , sunset: 18:01 Area Forecast Discussion (glossary) FXUS65 KREV 132206 AFDREV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 206 PM PST SAT MAR 13 2010 .SHORT TERM... EXITING UPPER LOW HAS MOVED INTO ERN NV AND WILL CONTINUE PUSHING EAST THIS EVENING AS A RIDGE BEGINS BUILDING OVER THE WEST COAST. ENE WINDS OVER THE RGN SHOULD CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS GRADIENT LOOSENS AS WELL. WHILE LOW LVL CU WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE NRN CWA OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...THESE CLOUDS WILL NOT GREATLY ARREST FALLING TEMPS THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT LOWS SHOULD BE AT OR BELOW LAST NIGHTS READINGS MOST LOCATIONS. ERLY FLOW AND VERY DRY LOW LVL AIRMASS SHOULD LIMIT ANY CHANCE FOR FOG IN SIERRA VALLEYS TONIGHT. RIDGE BUILDS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH INCREASING TEMPS EACH DAY. HIGHS LIKELY TO REACH THE MID 60S IN THE VALLEYS BY MONDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS INCREASE AS WELL WITH MID SLOPES AND RIDGES WARMING FASTER SUNDAY NIGHT AS H700 TEMPS INCREASE. MID SLOPES LIKELY TO BE WARMER THAN VALLEYS AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT. BY TUESDAY THE SHORT RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN GENERAL AGREEMENT REGARDING OVERALL PATTERN AS RIDGE AXIS MOVES EAST AND ANOTHER LOW IN THE NE PAC MOVES TOWARD BC. THIS UPPER LOW AND ITS ATTENDANT SHORT WAVES TRY TO FLATTEN THE UPPER RIDGE AND INCREASE MID/UPPER LVL MSTR IN THE NRN CWA BY LATE TUESDAY. NAM IS A BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN GFS/ECMWF. WILL NOT MENTION ANY POPS FAR NRN CWA...JUST THE INCREASE IN CLOUDS. WILL ALSO MENTION AN INCREASE IN WINDS FOR TUESDAY AFTN/EVNG ACROSS THE NRN HALF...ESPECIALLY THE RIDGES AS H700 WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE. THIS SHOULD AID MIXING TUESDAY SO BUMPED TEMPS UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES AS WELL. TUESDAY SHOULD BE THE WARMEST DAY IN THE SHORT TERM. MLF .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... DECENT MODEL AGREEMENT WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE EXTENDED MODELS. A FEW DEGREES OF COOLING AND BREEZY CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. MODELS ARE INDICATING WEAK INSTABILITY AND THE GFS IS EVEN SHOWING A COUPLE HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF QPF ALONG THE MONO-MINERAL CONVERGENCE ZONE IN THE SOUTHERN SIERRA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. CONFIDENCE IS LOW THAT THERE WILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO GENERATE THUNDERSTORMS...AS THE ONLY MOISTURE SOURCE WILL BE THE MAINLY DRY FRONT...SO HAVE KEPT IT OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR NOW. CONFIDENCE BEGINS TO DECREASE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS THE ENSEMBLE SPREAD BECOMES LARGER. BOTH THE GFS AND THE ECMWF ARE INDICATING A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BACK INTO THE AREA...BUT THE RIDGE IS MORE AMPLIFIED IN THE GFS. HAVE FOLLOWED THE FORECAST CLOSER TO THE ECMWF WHICH HAS HAD BETTER CONSISTENCY. THE ONLY CHANGE THIS MADE TO THE FORECAST WAS TO INCREASE TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. DF .AVIATION... PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR BY THIS EVENING. DRY EASTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL LIKELY KEEP FOG OUT OF ALL TAF SITES. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO LIGHTEN THIS EVENING...WITH LIGHT SURFACE WINDS OVERNIGHT. DF .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. 2010 0313 0002 0007 0012 0017 0022 0027 0032 0037 0042 0047 0052 0057 0102 0107 0112 0117 0122 0127 0132 0137 0142 0147 0152 0157 0202 0207 0212 0217 0222 0227 0232 0237 0242 0247 0252 0257 0302 0307 0312 0317 0322 0327 0332 0337 0342 0347 0352 0357 0402 0407 0412 0417 0422 0427 0432 0437 0442 0447 0452 0457 0502 0507 0512 0517 0522 0527 0532 0537 0542 0547 0552 0557 0602 0607 0612 0617 0622 0627 0632 0637 0642 0647 0652 0657 0702 0707 0712 0717 0722 0727 0732 0737 0742 0747 0752 0757 0802 0807 0812 0817 0822 0827 0832 0837 0842 0847 0852 0857 0902 0907 0912 0917 0922 0927 0932 0937 0942 0947 0952 0957 1002 1007 1012 1017 1022 1027 1032 1037 1042 1047 1052 1057 1102 1107 1112 1117 1122 1127 1132 1137 1142 1147 1152 1157 1202 1212 1217 1222 1227 1232 1237 1242 1247 1252 1257 1302 1307 1312 1317 1322 1327 1332 1337 1342 1347 1352 1357 1402 1407 1412 1417 1422 1427 1432 1437 1442 1447 1452 1457 1502 1507 1512 1517 1522 1527 1532 1537 1542 1547 1552 1557 1602 1607 1612 1617 1622 1627 1632 2010 0313 1003131015 1003131030 1003131045 1003131100 1003131115 1003131130 1003131145 1003131200 1003131230 1003131900 1003131915 1003131930 1003132015 1003132030 1003132045 1003132100 1003132130 1003132200 1003132215 1003132230 1003132245 1003132300 1003132315 1003132330 1003132345
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