...WARMING WITH DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH MONDAY...
...POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS SIERRA CREST ON TUESDAY...
...WEAK SYSTEM TRAVERSES THE NORTH ON WEDNESDAY...

.METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (FRI AM - THU AM)...

High pressure is currently centered to the southwest of CA and
extends north-northeast across the west coast into western Canada. A
weak disturbance moving through the southwest flow aloft over the
northeast Pacific is making its way toward the Pacific Northwest.
This will temporarily halt the building of the upr ridge across the
region as it moves inland today...but then on Saturday...look for
heights to continue to build across the west coast. Another weak
s/wv trof will make its way toward the Pacific Northwest on
Sunday...once again only briefly slowing down the building of the
upr ridge across the region. By Monday into Tuesday...the upr ridge
will slide inland and strengthen over the 4-Corners bringing a peak
to the upcoming above average temperatures...anywhere from plus 10-
to plus 25-degF over seasonal normals.

With the upr ridge downstream of the region...this will allow from
some moisture to advect northward on the upstream side of the upr
ridge. Models are hinting at the potential for some scattered
showers/t-storms at the Sierra crest on Tuesday. Then on
Wednesday...with the upr ridge sliding farther downstream across the
Rocky Mountain states and eventually the Great Plains states...a
s/wv trof moving toward the west coast may generate some scattered
light precip over the higher terrain of northern CA and northern NV.
Models not overly in concert at this point...so confidence is lower.
However...by the middle of next week...it is getting clearer that
the well above normal temperatures will wane.

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.