Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the Plains; Heavy Snow in the Sierra and Northern Rockies

Gusty winds and warm, very dry conditions will lead to a Critical Risk of fire weather across much of the High Plains through Thursday. A Pacific storm system will bring strong winds and precipitation from the Pacific Northwest to the Northern Rockies, with heavy mountain snow in the Sierra-Nevada and northern Rockies. Heavy snow will continue in the northern Rockies on Thursday. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 11:22:35 am PDT

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A storm system will impact Northern and Central Nevada today, resulting in periods of precipitation. Snow levels will start at around 5,000 feet this morning, before rising to about 6,000 feet this afternoon. The majority of this precipitation will fall this morning.

Isolated thunderstorms are expected in Northern Elko County from 12 PM PDT this afternoon until 8 PM PDT this evening. A few of these thunderstorms could be strong. The primary thunderstorm hazards will be wind gusts near 45 mph and dangerous cloud to ground lightning strikes.

High temperatures throughout Northern and Central Nevada this afternoon will be around twenty degrees cooler than yesterday afternoon.

High temperatures throughout Northern and Central Nevada Thursday afternoon will be seven to nine degrees warmer than this afternoon. Maximum temperatures across Northern and Central Nevada Friday afternoon will be a couple of degrees above normal for this time of year.