Hydrometeorological Discussion National Weather Service / California Nevada RFC / Sacramento CA 700 AM PDT Fri Apr 26 2024 ...BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP MOVES THROUGH TODAY... .METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (FRI AM - THU AM)... Today will be the most active day in terms of precip production into much of next week as a couple disturbances move through overall troffing along the west coast this morning...before exiting the region to the east tomorrow across the 4-Corners region. Best precip looks to fall over the CA/OR border region and then down the length of the Sierra and points east over much of NV...where totals in the range of 0.25- to 0.50-inch are expected. Freezing levels will be from 5000-feet northwest to about 8000-feet southeast as the cooler airmass moves through today...before starting to rebound tomorrow as the system moves downstream. Flow becomes generally westerly this weekend...lasting into next week with high pressure to the southwest of the region around 30N/140W...while the storm track moves across the northern Pacific between 45N and 50N taking disturbances toward the Pacific Northwest and BC. Below normal temperatures today and tomorrow will fluctuate closer to normal into next week. |