...ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...
...FINALLY A RETURN TO COOLER AND WETTER STARTING MONDAY...

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

A weak weather system moving across the northern tier of the country
has flattened the upr ridge that extends toward the region from west
Texas late this morning. This will result in slightly cooler
temperatures as compared to the past several days...but still remain
above normal for this time of year. Through the upcoming
weekend...the upr ridge will re-establish itself across the western
US with the last of this extended warm and dry weather through
Sunday. Afternoon high temperatures are expected to be anywhere from
plus 10- to plus 25-degF over seasonal normals with the highest
anomalies across the southeast CA deserts and eastern NV.

Finally by Monday...the upr ridge will weaken and shift downstream
of the area being replaced by lower heights and west to southwest
onshore flow. A round of disturbances will make their way across the
region with cooler and wetter conditions anticipated...especially
the northern half of the region. 26/12Z models are showing some
differences in terms of timing and strength of these disturbances
across the area...and thus confidence in exact details this far out
is not overly high.

Afternoon forecast changes compared to this morning were minimal
while incorporating the latest WPC QPF...showing a slight increase
of a few hundredths of an inch to 0.25-inch...mainly over the Sierra.

Please Note: This product may NOT be routinely updated.
Please refer to the following product issued by the CNRFC
www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/Daily-Briefing for a graphical summary of
weather and hydrologic conditions.