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Hydrometeorological Discussion
National Weather Service / California Nevada RFC / Sacramento CA
1220 PM PDT Thu Mar 12 2026

...MAINLY DRY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK...

.METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (THU PM - WED AM)...

The weather story for the next 7 to 10 days will be the incoming 
area of high pressure and resulting well above normal temperatures 
expected across the region...and in some cases setting all-time 
March record highs. The warm temperatures look to peak sometime 
between Tuesday March 17 and Thursday March 19 as the area of high 
pressure slides inland from along the California coast over the 
interior of the Pacific Southwest. Afternoon high temperature 
anomalies will most likely range from plus 15- to plus 30-degF over 
seasonal normals. 

In terms of precip...the only opportunity will be Friday into 
Saturday as a moisture plume and cold front moving across the 
Pacific Northwest begins to sag south with an approaching s/wv trof 
to the west coast near the Canada/US border. Light precip is 
possible over the Smith River basin and inland across the crest of 
the southern Oregon Cascades with 0.10- to 0.50-inch 
possible...greatest near Crater Lake. Otherwise...look for dry 
conditions to persist across the region. 

Freezing levels will start the period from 9000-feet over the far 
north and 14500-feet south...and then really ramp up into next week. 
By Tuesday...look for freezing levels of 14000- to 16500-feet across 
the entire region.