Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Lake Havasu City, AZ

SHORT TERM
through Tuesday night.

The stretch of above normal temperatures will be coming to an end early this week as the ridge of high pressure overhead is flattened and pushed east by a trough swinging into the Pacifiic Northwest and quickly across the northern Plains tonight and Sunday. A shortwave diving down the back side of the trough will push a swatch of considerable high clouds across our region leading to noticeably less sunshine Sunday. This shortwave will slide across eastern Nevada and Utah Monday and Monday night ushering in north winds and cooler temperatures across our region. Winds gusting 20-30 mph will be common Monday afternoon with gusts 35-45 mph focusing along the Colorado River Valley from Laughlin-Bullhead City to Lake Havasu Monday afternoon through at least Tuesday morning. The cold air will result in temps pulling back to near or slightly below normal which translates to highs in the mid to upper 50s across most desert zones by Tuesday. Low temperatures will be flirting with 32 degrees for parts of the Las Vegas Valley and Morongo Basin as early as Tuesday morning, but north winds could keep things mixed well enough to hold freezing temps off until Tueday night.

LONG TERM
Wednesday through next Saturday.

Model ensembles show a progressive pattern continuing the second half of the week with a ridge briefly moving overhead Wednesday followed by addtional troughs swinging across the Pacific Northwest and northern Great Basin. Ensemble clusters indicate a potential shift in the storm track toward central California which will lead to 20-30 percent chances of precip for the southern Sierra by Saturday. Temperatures will be a little slow to recover Wednesday through Saturday with highs only climbing a degree or two each day.

AVIATION
For Harry Reid...Light winds following typical, daily patterns expected throughout the weekend. Chance of seeing winds reach 10 knots is less than 10%. Clear skies today with scattered to broken high clouds moving in late tonight.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California...Outside of the Lower Colorado River Valley, light winds less than 10 knot are expected. Wind direction should follow typical, daily patterns. For KIFP and KEED, north breezes continue with gusts of 15-30 knots during the day, weakening after dark.
Clear skies across the region today, with high clouds moving in from the northwest tonight.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
Spotters are encouraged to report any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating procedures.