Bullhead City, Arizona 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS65 KVEF 111959
AFDVEF

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
100 PM PDT Fri Apr 11 2025

.SYNOPSIS...The high pressure ridge responsible for the well above
normal temperatures will shift east over the weekend bringing breezy
conditions along with a few degrees of cooling. Temperatures will
remain above normal through next week along with dry conditions.
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.SHORT TERM...through Sunday.

Record to near record high temperatures across the region today as
high pressure begins to shift east ahead of a weak shortwave trough
moves into the western US. This shortwave will help to enhance the
southwest winds this afternoon through Saturday with breezy to
locally windy conditions across the favored areas of San Bernardino,
Clark, and Mohave Counties where wind gusts between 20 and 30 mph
will be fairly common. There will also be a few locations in the
higher terrain where a few gusts up to 40 mph will occur. Not
anticipating a need for widespread wind-related headlines, but will
continue to pay close attention to the southern Owens Valley where
downslope west winds are possible across Highway 395 at and south of
Olancha for a brief period Saturday evening.

Otherwise, temperatures gradually drop by a couple of degrees each
day through the weekend, but still remain well-above normal with
widespread "Minor" Heat Risk.

.LONG TERM...Monday through Thursday.

Temperatures will continue to slowly cool early next week as a Rex
Block type pattern will set up over the region; however, above-normal
conditions are expected even though each day is a few degrees cooler
than the previous. Wednesday will be the "coldest" day of the
stretch and high temperatures will still be 8-10 degrees above
normal. With PWATs remaining below-normal and general upper level
height rises remaining in place over the region, it should remain
dry through the period. Increased south to southwest breezes will be
possible as the two upper level systems battle it out. Nothing
currently shows a set up that would result in high impact winds,
which matches probabilities for strong wind gusts which are minor to
none. There is a low chance for minor impacts due to wind gusts
over 40 MPH at times, but any impacts would be isolated to wind
prone areas. While there is uncertainty in the overall weather
details as models struggle to resolve the Rex Block pattern and how
it may evolve, the is some confidence that the weather will not be
significantly impactful weather next week.
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.AVIATION...For Harry Reid...For the 18Z Forecast Package...Light
and variable winds will pick up and swing to the southeast later
this afternoon and gradually shift more southerly and increase to
around 10 knots. Winds will become more southwesterly early this
evening with gusts to around 20 knots. The winds will weaken
slightly overnight before increasing again toward sunrise.
Generally SCT-BKN clouds AOB FL150.

For the rest of southern Nevada, northwest Arizona and southeast
California...For the 18Z Forecast Package...Winds in the Las Vegas
Valley will pick up and swing to the south this afternoon. Winds
will increase and become more southwesterly with 15 to 25 knot wind
gusts during the evening and into the overnight hours. Winds in the
Owens Valley will follow typical diurnal directional trends with
breezier up-valley (southeasterly) winds this afternoon. Winds in
the Colorado River Valley will pick up and swing to the south-
southwest later this morning/early this afternoon. 15 to 20 knot
wind gusts are expected at IFP this afternoon and early this
evening. Northwest winds at DAG will become more westerly and
stronger by late afternoon and continue overnight.
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.CLIMATE...Numerous climate locations have a forecast high
temperatures within 3 degrees of the daily record.

The table below shows the daily record maximum temperature and the
year the record was last set. An asterisk (*) denotes which records
are in jeopardy (within 3 degrees of the forecast).

MAX            FRI, APR 11
               Record (Yr)

Las Vegas      93 (2023)*
Bishop         86 (2018)*
Needles        102 (1936)*
Daggett        93 (2014)*
Kingman        96 (1936)
Desert Rock    87 (2014)*
Death Valley   108 (1989)
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.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...Spotters are encouraged to report
any significant weather or impacts according to standard operating
procedures.
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SHORT TERM...Gorelow
LONG TERM...Nickerson
AVIATION...Czyzyk
CLIMATE...Meltzer

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