Some snow was still clinging to Jobs Peak on Thursday afternoon.
Riders on the Carson Valley Days carnival roller coaster won’t experience anything like what’s going on with temperatures over the next few days.
Friday is forecast to hit 95 degrees, the warmest temperature so far in 2022, and only 3 degrees off the record of 98 set in 1955.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory through 8 p.m. Friday as a result.
Warm temperatures will send what’s left of the snow in the Sierra down into streams, though it’s unlikely they’ll rise much as a result.
Saturday’s high is expected to hit 92 degrees, before Mother Nature hits the down button, with Monday’s high forecast to drop to 76 degrees.
The low pressure could bring breezy conditions and maybe a little rain. Temperatures will recover quickly next week.
As of Thursday, Minden has seen only .76 inches of moisture during all of 2022. The average during the same time is 5.48 inches.
Drought conditions have prompted a disaster declaration for Douglas County and Carson City according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Small nonfarm businesses in five Nevada counties and neighboring counties in California are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans.
Small nonfarm businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private nonprofit organizations of any size may qualify for Economic Injury Disaster Loans of up to $2 million to help meet financial obligations and operating expenses which could have been met had the disaster not occurred.
