Sparks, NV 89431 Weather

Washoe County2:44 AM PDT39.55°N, 119.76°W

Current conditions

Partly Cloudy
53°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like 53°
High 66°·Low 41° tonight
WindCalm
Humidity59%
Dew point39°
Pressure29.98 inHg
Cloud cover40%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset6:13 PM

Observed at DW5805 Reno · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind around 0 mph.

  • Wednesday

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. East wind 0 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Cloudy 48°
  2. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  3. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 44°
  4. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  5. 6 AM Mostly Cloudy 43°
  6. 7 AM Mostly Cloudy 41°
  7. 8 AM Mostly Cloudy 44°
  8. 9 AM Mostly Cloudy 48°
  9. 10 AM Mostly Cloudy 54°
  10. 11 AM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 57°15%
  11. 12 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 61°15%
  12. 1 PM Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 63°15%
  13. 2 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 64°47%
  14. 3 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 64°47%
  15. 4 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 65°47%
  16. 5 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 62°95%
  17. 6 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 61°95%
  18. 7 PM Showers And Thunderstorms 60°95%
  19. 8 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 57°63%
  20. 9 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 55°63%
  21. 10 PM Showers And Thunderstorms Likely 53°63%
  22. 11 PM Light Rain Likely 52°70%
  23. Thu12 AM Light Rain Likely 51°70%
  24. 1 AM Light Rain Likely 49°70%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy41°
  2. TodayOct 21 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Chance Showers And Thunderstorms95%41°66°
  3. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Light Rain82%38°58°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny27°58°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny31°60°
  6. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny33°64°
  7. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny34°64°
  8. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny63°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy44°64°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy43°65°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood
  • ThuGood
  • FriGood

Reno-Sparks, NV reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:16 AM
Sunset 6:13 PM
Daylight 10 h 56 min (−2 min 26 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 76% lit
Moonrise 3:53 PM Moonset 2:25 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low68° / 38°
Record high84° (2003)
Record low18° (1996)
Wettest0.24 in (1941)
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.31 in)

Reno Area, records since 1893. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in REV, issued 13 hrs ago

Key Messages

* Showers with embedded lightning will arrive this afternoon and evening along the Sierra and later today over Pershing and Churchill counties.

* A slow moving storm will bring widespread wetting rains and high elevation snow to the region Wednesday and Thursday.

* Cool but mainly dry Friday into the weekend. An unsettled pattern could bring a storm or two next week.

Aviation

* TODAY: VFR conditions prevail with light easterly/southeasterly winds. Isolated showers after 21z for Sierra terminals and 00z for western Nevada terminals may cause brief periods of terrain obscuration.

* WEDNESDAY->THURSDAY: Widespread rain brings periods of MVFR/IFR conditions and terrain obscurations. Thunderstorm chances peak at 25-30% for Wednesday, dropping to 15-20% for Thursday. HRICH

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