Find that parka - a chilly Labor Day in store for Northern Nevada

The snow level could drop to 7,000 feet as a cool Labor Day weekend provides a definite boundary between summer and autumn.

Lows in the 30s are predicted for Monday and Tuesday in the valleys of Western Nevada.

A storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service as thunderstorms passed east of Carson City Thursday afternoon.

The storm cell traveled north along the Carson-Lyon border, dropping hail and rain and setting off a small stream flood watch, which expired at 7 p.m.

Lightning strikes caused power bumps in Carson City, but there were no major power outages, according to Karl Walquist of Sierra Pacific Power Co.

"The strikes were occurring on a transmission line from the Fort Churchill generating plant, which goes to the Brunswick Substation," Walquist said.

Weather Service specialist Rudy Cruz predicted the weekend will be cool and breezy at times.

"Starting today, we're going for a chance of showers with southwest winds between 15 and 30 mph in the afternoon," he said. "Saturday will be the same."

The sun will return in time for Sunday and Monday with mostly sunny skies. But there will be a small chance of rain on Labor Day, he said.

Cooler temperatures, higher humidity and scattered showers have combined to make Nevada virtually free of wildfires.

A total of seven firefighters were at work Thursday in the state, all of them on the 2,600-acre Phillips Ranch fire 50 miles southeast of Ely.

It's officially only 25 percent contained, but heavy rain on Wednesday was helping the crew that's mopping up hot spots.

The Cherry fire 30 miles northwest of Ely is pretty much being ignored. Nobody is at the scene and there's been no report from that fire in a week. At last word, it had burned 8,000 acres and was 80 percent contained.

It's been burning off and on for seven weeks.

Continued cool temperatures with scattered showers are forecast into the weekend across northern Nevada.