Carson City weather for Memorial Day weekend: Abundant sunshine, gradual warming
Gusty winds and a slight chance of showers arriving Friday will turn to abundant sunshine and a gradual warm up around the Carson City area and Lake Tahoe region through Memorial Day weekend and beyond, according to the National Weather Service.
A cold front is expected to pass through northern Nevada from Thursday night into Friday. While the chance for precipitation is very low, around 10 to 20 percent, thunderstorms are possible, according to the weather service, with the Reno and Lake Tahoe areas being on tail end of the front.
Gusty winds are likely Friday. Winds will kick up overnight as the front passes, with sustained winds 30 to 35 mph and gusts to 45 mph, forecasters say. The low front is short-lived, however, and is expected to be leaving the area by Friday night.
Onto the weekend, Saturday will feature a slight warm up with dry conditions, light winds, and minimal cloud cover. This could allow morning lows in a few outlying valleys across western Nevada to drop down into the low-mid 30s and Sierra valleys into the 20s. Make sure you bring enough warm gear for any overnight outdoor excursions.
Temperatures will be near normal on Sunday and then will quickly climb above normal for all of next week, forecasters say. Tuesday through the end of the week high temperatures are forecast to be 10 to 15 degrees above average with low to mid 90s in the valleys and low to mid 80s in the Sierra, according to the weather service. Thunderstorms may become more prevalent by the end of next week and into next weekend.
For the Memorial Day holiday weekend: Carson City, Carson Valley and Dayton areas can expect breezy conditions Friday, with mostly sunny skies and daytime highs in the low 70s. By Saturday the winds should have tapered down, with sunny skies with daytime highs expected to be in the low 70s. On Sunday, the warm up in weather begins with daytime highs in the upper 70s, and on Monday, daytime highs will be in the low to mid 80s.
For the Lake Tahoe Basin, it will be sunny and breezy on Friday with highs in the mid-50s. On Saturday, daytime highs will be in the low 60s. On Sunday, high temperatures will be in the upper 60s, and by Monday in the low to mid 70s.
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