...LIGHT PRECIP FAR NW CA AND SW OR LATE SAT INTO SUN...
...FOLLOW UP SYSTEM IMPACTS SIMILAR AREAS ON MON...

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

The southern piece of a splitting trof is meandering from the Great
Basin to the Desert Southwest this morning with precip remaining
downstream of the area across AZ and NM today. At the same time...a
positively tilted upr ridge is beginning to stretch from off the CA
coast northeast toward the interior of the Pacific Northwest and
northern Rockies. This is expected to bring dry conditions to the
region today and much of tomorrow until a s/wv trof moves toward the
Pacific Northwest later Saturday dragging a cold front across the
region and clipping the far northwest corner of CA up toward the
crest of the southern OR Cascades. Best totals will be over the
Smith River basin with amounts close to 0.33-inch...with amounts
near or less than 0.25-inch elsewhere.

Models are now showing an elongated s/wv trof making its way toward
the west coast on Monday with the opportunity for some light precip
developing along the north coast from about Cape Mendocino
northward. This system will quickly move across the area...bringing
precip totals of 0.25- to 0.50-inch over the Smith River basin but
quickly dropping off south closer to Cape Mendocino and inland over
the crest of the southern OR Cascades with amounts near or less than
0.10-inch.

Beyond this system...relatively strong high pressure will build over
the interior of the western US while a broad trof digs over the
eastern Pacific primarily along 140W before slowly making its way
toward the west coast and showing signs of splitting. This looks to
delay the onset of any widespread precip across the
region...possibly waiting until the weekend...at least.

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.