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Board meetings
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: 6:11 , sunset: 18:03 Area Forecast Discussion (glossary) FXUS65 KREV 150954 AFDREV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 250 AM PDT MON MAR 15 2010 .SHORT TERM... UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO PUSH INTO THE GREAT BASIN...WITH SOME EXTREMELY DRY AIR ALOFT. SLIDE MOUNTAIN DEW POINT STILL SITTING AROUND -35F. TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE...EVEN AT 32 DEGREES AT THE TOP OF SLIDE...THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS ONLY 3-4 PERCENT. EXPECTING 700MB TEMPS TO INCREASE TODAY TO 2-3C...WITH HIGH TEMPS HITTING THE LOW 60S TODAY ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEYS AND LOW 50S IN THE SIERRA VALLEYS. SHOULD SEE SEVERAL DEGREES WARMER ON TUESDAY...AS WE GET INCREASED SOUTHWEST FLOW. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL PASS TO THE NORTH OF OUR AREA ON TUESDAY...MOVING INTO THE PAC NW BY TUES NIGHT. THIS WILL HELP TO FLATTEN OUT THE RIDGE AND INCREASE THE SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW ALOFT. MODELS HAVE INDICATED SOME MEAGER INSTABILITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL RUNS..LIFTED INDEX 0 TO -1C. COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ON WED AFTN...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND DRY BOUNDARY LAYER...MAY NOT SEE MUCH MORE THAN VIRGA. EVEN THE SREF IS STARTING TO HINT AT THE WED CONVECTION. DID BUMP UP POPS AND ADD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE FORECAST FOR TAHOE AND MONO. IF THIS WAS APRIL...WOULD BE THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THOSE LIFTED INDICES...BUT FOR NOW WILL THUNDER OUT OF THE FORECAST. HOON .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... FEW CHANGES. SHORTWAVE STILL PROGGED TO BE PASSING SWD THRU THE GREAT BASIN WITH MODELS CONTG TO INDICATE ENOUGH INSTBY AND LGT QPF SIGNATURES TO WARRANT THE SLGT CHC OF SHOWERS MAINLY SRN/ERN ZNS. ACTIVITY MAY BEGIN AS FAR NORTH AS ERN PERSHING/CHURCHILL COUNTIES IN THE MRNG BUT QUICKLY MOVE TO SRN COUNTIES OF MONO/MINERAL AS DRY NLY FLOW ON SYSTEMS BACK SIDE PUSHES INSTBY SWD. OTHERWISE MUCH DRIER AIR PUSHING ACRS RGN THU NGT-FRI WITH AMS UNLIKELY TO RECOVER MUCH OVR THE WEEKEND. JUST AS DEWPOINTS SHOW SOME SLIGHT MODERATION SAT NGT...A DRY SWLY FLOW SETS UP AHD OF NEXT PAC TROF ON SUN. MODELS CONT TO SHOW TROF LATE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE ECMWF WAS A BIT SLOWER WITH MAIN SYST PASSAGE NOW LATE SUN NGT-MON WHICH WAS IN LINE WITH THE DETERMINISTIC GFS. ALTHOUGH THE GFS WAS A BIT FLATTER AND NORTH WITH TRACK. THE CANADIAN WAS CLOSER TO THE ECMWF TNGT. BOTTOM LINE...ANOTHER DAY OR TWO IS GOING TO BE NEEDED TO BETTER PINPOINT IMPACTS AND TIMING. FCST WL CONT TO REFLECT LOW POPS ACRS THE NORTH BEGINNING SUN NGT WITH INCRG WINDS SUN AFTN-SUN NGT. TEMPS WL REMAIN ABV NORMAL WITH 50S SIERRA TO 60S LWR VLYS COMMON. HOHMANN .AVIATION... VFR CONDS ALL SITES. NO ISSUES. HOHMANN .REV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NV...NONE. CA...NONE. 2010 0315 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 2010 0315 1003150700 1003150715 1003150730 1003150745 1003151015 1003151030 1003151045 1003151100 1003151115 1003151130 1003151145 1003151200 1003151230 1003151245
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