...MAINLY DRY INTO NEXT WEEK...
...ONLY PRECIP OPPORTUNITY ALONG THE IMMEDIATE NORTH COAST ON SUN...

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

The s/wv trof from later Tuesday into Wednesday has quickly moved
well downstream of the area...now crossing the central Plains. In
its wake...a positively tilted upr ridge is now building across the
western US and extending well into western Canada. This will divert
the next moisture plume advecting from the lower latitudes near
Hawaii to Vancouver Island...keeping precip well north of the area
on Thursday. A s/wv trof making its way through this upr ridge will
briefly flatten the feature as it crosses southern BC on
Friday...pushing the moisture down across the Pacific Northwest. It
is still looking like precip will remain north of the area reaching
the central/southern OR coast.

For the upcoming weekend...the upr ridge will re-establish itself
just a touch inland as compared to today...which will allow a s/wv
trof rotating around an upr low making its way from the central
Pacific toward the Gulf of Alaska to cross the Pacific Northwest and
clip far northwest CA on Sunday. This will bring some rather light
precip to the immediate coast from about Point Arena northward to
the CA/OR border with a few hundredths of an inch for most locations
to 0.10- to 0.25-inch over the King Range and 0.25- to 0.33-inch for
the Smith River basin. Otherwise...the region will remain dry.

For next week...the upr ridge along the west coast will once again
pump up and extend into western Canada. This will bring another week
of mainly dry conditions. Also...looking at the CPC 8-to-14 Day
Outlook for Feb 5-11...look for a slightly higher likelihood (40- to
50-percent) of below normal precip across the entire west coast. The
month of February is definitely not looking promising to turn the
tide on this prolonged drier below normal precip stretch.

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.