Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Goldfield, NV

DISCUSSION
through next weekend.

Approaching closed low is currently located over northern California with a broad southwesterly flow spread across our region. This closed low will drop southward across southern Nevada tomorrow bringing continued unsettled conditions and cooler temperatures. In the meantime, gusty winds are the main weather focus today, with widespread 35 to 45 mph gusts across the region this afternoon, and a few spots such as Desert Rock gusting over 50 mph. Winds will continue through this evening before gradually subsiding overnight.

Precipitation chances today continue to look dismal, as the Pacific moisture fetch in advance of the incoming low was quite shallow by the time it reached southern California, the California coastal ranges intercepted the brunt of the moisture.
Nonetheless, there remains a chance of some light showers in the higher terrain through this evening as this feature advances eastward. Better chances for showers will arrive tomorrow in association with the low itself, and cold temperatures aloft moving through. This will allow for some convectively generated showers to form under the low tomorrow, and instability may be sufficient for a few rumbles of thunder and graupel as well. Best chances will be north of I-40, and tend to favor the higher terrain.

Conditions will dry out Tuesday and Wednesday as transient high pressure begins to rebuild along the Pacific Coast. However, the reprieve is brief as another trough drops south out of the Pacific Northwest en route to the central Rockies Thursday. Guidance is still working to resolve the depth of this feature, but overall confidence is increasing that there will be some degree of wind impacts with this system as it drags a sharp cold front southward through the Great Basin Thursday, with gusty northerly winds lingering into Friday, especially along the Colorado River Valley. Temperatures will cool Friday with the frontal passage but will quickly rebound over the weekend with fair weather resuming.

AVIATION
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For the 00Z Forecast Package
Gusty southwesterly winds will continue through the forecast period, with gusts through tonight around 20-30KT diminishing briefly Monday morning before ramping up again Monday afternoon. At issuance, elevated showers are drifting across southern Nevada, and while most activity is expected to stay anchored to the terrain, there is a 10-15% chance that showers manage to move off of the terrain into the Valley, with a 5% chance of lightning strikes. Ceilings through tonight will generally hover around 10kft, with intermittent terrain obscuration expected. A greater chance for showers(around 20%) exists at the terminal Monday afternoon and early evening, accompanied by increased cloud cover and periodic ceilings around 6-8kft with any shower activity.
Thunderstorms cannot be ruled out, though expect greater chances for thunder to be focused over the higher terrain, especially north of the terminal.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast California
For the 00Z Forecast Package
A broken band of showers will continue moving east across the region through early evening., largely remaining focused across higher terrain. There have also been a few lightning strikes, with erratic gusty winds possible in the vicinity of any showers or storms. Overnight through Monday morning, dry conditions are expected. Winds will remain southwesterly for the duration for most locations, gusting to 20- 30KT through most of the period with intermittent lulls tonight into Monday morning. The primary exception is the northern Owens Valley/KBIH where winds will shift to the north early in the period before settling out of the northwest and diminishing overnight. Another round of showers and isolated thunderstorms is expected to move across the area Monday afternoon into Monday evening, with particular focus across the southern Great Basin and the higher terrain of southern Nevada. Ceilings will generally hover around 10-15kft, dropping to 6-8kft in shower activity.

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