Gerlach weather: 61.4°F 37.5% at 6:53am May 17 refresh 7-Day Forecast for 12 miles northeast of Gerlach: Today: Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a west wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to between 15 and 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a north wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to between 10 and 15 mph. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. North wind between 5 and 10 mph. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind between 5 and 10 mph. Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. April 30 1:17pm: Black Rock Playa conditions: dry 2012-04-27: lots of wind and sun 2012-04-26: rained 0.36" in Gerlach 2012-04-18: rained 0.02" in Gerlach eve 2012-04-11: rained 0.16" in Gerlach AM 2012-04-03: ... is the playa is drivable? "Yes, playa is fine. Unsure if there is anything in the Quinn, but I doubt it. ", "cautionary note that this may not be true in all parts of the playa" 2012-03-16: Hard rain on the playa overnight. Four vehicles reported stuck on the edge of the playa near Trego. Use extreme caution! Best idea: Don't go on the playa unless you see somebody else both go out and return! Or for the brave, walk out and turn a shovel full of dirt and see how far down it is wet. Avoid playa edges. Weather for 3/31 is mixed rain & snow showers so plan accordingly! 2012-02-01: Soldier Meadow road reported to be freshly graded between the Mormon Dan playa access and somewhere north of Soldier Meadow Ranch See the daily infrared satellite picture - on the playas shades of blue indicate moisture, bright blue indicates water or snow See also: Gerlach Nevada climate summary High Rock Canyon is open for hiking but closed to vehicle traffic, will reopen mid-May. Gerlach webcam Playa satellite imagery viewer (2x daily) Gerlach Monthly Climate Summary 1/1948 thru 4/2007 BM Gerlach: station: temp, wind, barometer, DW1623 Bryan Dongray's Weather at Gerlach Weather Underground: Gerlach National Weather Service: Gerlach, Vya, Truckee NWS cont.: KRGX radar, winds aloft, soaring, 48hr University of Utah MesoWest: Surface Weather Map Road Conditions: Nevada (map), CalTrans, Oregon Clear Sky Chart: BlackRock Satellite: visible, infrared, watervapor, westpac Earthquake: UNR helicorder, NBE; USGS map Sunrise/Sunset: pdf, NOAA Solar Calculator Washoe County SAR: recent searches Stefan's SF Outward Weather Dashboard Lightning: WWLL, StrikeStar, Vaisala, Browns Valley TREX: Wadsworth NV blogs: powdiction regional snow analysis: Great Basin wind: hint.fm/wind, NWS, weather.com

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 Area Forecast Discussion (glossary)
 
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 AFDREV
 
 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
 322 AM PDT THU MAY 17 2012
 
 .SHORT TERM...
 HIGH CLOUD COVERAGE CONTINUES TO INCREASE AHEAD OF TROF
 APPROACHING THE CA COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASED
 MOISTURE TO NERN CA AND FAR NWRN NV BY MID-LATE MORNING, AND
 ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH SOME INSTBY IS EXPECTED
 THE PRESENCE OF WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER COULD LIMIT TSTM FORMATION
 THRU MOST OF THIS AFTN. THE BEST TSTM POTENTIAL MAY END UP
 OCCURRING AFT 00Z ALONG THE LEADING EDGE OF THE COLD FRONT AS
 FORCING BECOMES MORE FOCUSED IN AREAS FROM SRN LASSEN TO PYRAMID
 LAKE SOUTHWARD TO NEAR I-80. IF THESE STORMS ARE ABLE TO DEVELOP,
 GUST FRONT AND OUTFLOW INTERACTIONS COULD TRIGGER ADDITIONAL CELLS A
 LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH THAN INDICATED BY THE MODEL QPF FIELDS, SO
 HAVE EXTENDED THE POSSIBILITY OF TSTMS INTO THE TAHOE BASIN AND
 FAR WRN NV DOWN TO NEAR HWY 50.
 
 THE OTHER MAIN IMPACT TODAY WILL BE GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTN-EVE
 AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT, AND ALSO DUE TO GUST FRONTS AHEAD OF
 CONVECTIVE CELLS. WIND GUSTS OF 40-45 MPH COULD PRODUCE LOCAL
 AREAS OF BLOWING DUST IN PORTIONS OF W-CNTRL NV AND ERN MONO
 COUNTY WHICH HAVE NOT RECEIVED MUCH RAIN DURING THE PAST WEEK. THE
 FAR NORTH EDGE OF THIS BLOWING DUST AREA IS MERGED WITH MENTION OF
 SHOWERS AND TSTMS WHERE GUST FRONTS COULD KICK UP SOME DUST BEFORE
 THE RAIN CORES ARRIVE. IN MOST AREAS SOUTH OF I-80, HUMIDITY WILL
 BE QUITE LOW RESULTING IN FIRE WEATHER IMPACTS WHICH WILL BE
 DISCUSSED FURTHER IN THE FIRE WEATHER SECTION BELOW.
 
 THE TROF AND ITS ASSOCIATED DYNAMICS WILL MOVE QUICKLY EAST
 OVERNIGHT THRU EARLY FRI MORNING WITH MOST AREAS DRYING OUT EXCEPT
 FOR A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE W-CNTRL NV BASIN. 
 
 DRY AND STABLE CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
 NW FLOW ALOFT FRIDAY TRANSITIONS INTO A FLAT RIDGE BUILDING INTO
 ERN CA-WRN NV. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT BOTH DAYS WITH AREAS OF CIRRUS
 MOVING ACROSS THE REGION, AND FLAT LATE AFTN CUMULUS MAINLY NEAR
 THE SIERRA. 
 
 TEMP GRADIENTS TODAY WILL BE TIGHT AS TEMPS IN THE NRN SIERRA
 DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON WHILE THE HWY 95 CORRIDOR IN W-CNTRL NV
 COULD APPROACH 90 DEGREES. ON FRIDAY, HIGHS WILL BE 5-10 DEGREES
 COOLER ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION, EXCEPT UP TO 15 DEGREES COOLER
 FOR W-CNTRL NV AS MOST LOWER ELEVATIONS WILL TOP OUT IN THE LOWER-
 MID 70S. HIGHS WILL BE 5-10 DEGREES WARMER ON SATURDAY AS THE
 RIDGE BUILDS IN. MJD
 
 .LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
 
 NO MAJOR CHANGES AGAIN IN THE LONG TERM FORECAST. UPPER RIDGE 
 REMAINS IN PLACE OVER THE GREAT BASIN THROUGH SUNDAY, AS A TROUGH 
 MOVES INTO THE WEST COAST FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. LATEST GFS RUNS ARE 
 COMING IN DEEPER WITH THE TROUGH INTO THE THE GREAT BASIN, WHICH 
 MATCHES UP BETTER WITH THE ECMWF AND GEM. THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE IS 
 THE GFS PUSHES THE TROUGH OUT QUICKLY WITH RIDGING BUILDING BACK 
 INTO THE WEST COAST BY MIDWEEK. THE 00Z EC/GEM KEEP THE TROUGH OVER 
 THE WEST THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THESE DIFFERENCES 
 LEAD TO BELOW NORMAL CONFIDENCE PAST MONDAY.
 
 TEMPERATURES SUNDAY WILL BE AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR LATE 
 MAY, HITTING THE UPPER 80S IN WESTERN NEVADA AND 70S IN THE SIERRA. 
 KEPT IN THE CHANCES OF SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY, DUE TO 
 FORCING FROM THE INCOMING TROUGH. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL OFF TO 
 START NEXT WEEK. DEPENDING ON IF THE GFS OR EC/GEM SOLUTION, THE 
 COOLER AIR MAY HANG AROUND THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK OR WE COULD 
 BOUNCE BACK INTO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES.  HOON
 
 
 .AVIATION...
 
 COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN CA/NV TODAY, WITH W-SW WINDS 
 GUSTING TO 30-35KT. RIDGE WINDS OF 65KT WILL CREATE SOME LOW LEVEL 
 TURBULENCE DOWNSTREAM OF THE SIERRA.
 
 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE 
 EXPECTED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE 
 EVENING. THESE AREN`T EXPECTED TO AFFECT KRNO, ALTHOUGH 
 INBOUND/OUTBOUND FLIGHTS COULD BE IMPACTED.  HOON
 
 
 .FIRE WEATHER...
 
 A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION 
 BY THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL 
 GUST UP TO 45 MPH. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH VERY DRY CONDITIONS SOUTH 
 OF INTERSTATE 80 TO CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS 
 AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 
 
 RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 273, 450, 453, AND 
 459. PLEASE SEE THE PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. NORTH OF 
 INTERSTATE 80, MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE REGION WILL INCREASE THE 
 HUMIDITY, BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY.
 
 SCATTERED SHOWERS WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF 
 HIGHWAY 50 CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE TROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND 
 EVENING. THESE ISOLATED STORMS COULD START A FEW NEW FIRES TODAY, 
 ESPECIALLY IN THE DRIER AIRMASS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 IN 
 WEST-CENTRAL NEVADA. ANY NEW FIRES FROM LIGHTNING STRIKES HAVE 
 POTENTIAL TO GROW QUICKLY WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS. 
 DF/HOON
 
 
 
 .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 NV...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING 
      NVZ450-453.
 
      LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS 
      EVENING FOR PYRAMID LAKE IN NVZ004.
 
      LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR 
      LAKE TAHOE IN NVZ002.
 
      RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING 
      NVZ459.
 
 CA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING BELOW 
      8500 FEET FOR CAZ273.
 
      LAKE WIND ADVISORY FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 PM PDT THIS EVENING FOR 
      LAKE TAHOE IN CAZ072.