...MAINLY DRY WITH WELL ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK...

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

The weather story for the next 7 to 10 days will be the incoming
area of high pressure and resulting well above normal temperatures
expected across the region...and in some cases setting all-time
March record highs. The warm temperatures look to peak sometime
between Tuesday March 17 and Thursday March 19 as the area of high
pressure slides inland from along the California coast over the
interior of the Pacific Southwest. Afternoon high temperature
anomalies will most likely range from plus 15- to plus 30-degF over
seasonal normals.

In terms of precip...the only opportunity will be Friday into
Saturday as a moisture plume and cold front moving across the
Pacific Northwest begins to sag south with an approaching s/wv trof
to the west coast near the Canada/US border. Light precip is
possible over the Smith River basin and inland across the crest of
the southern Oregon Cascades with 0.10- to 0.50-inch
possible...greatest near Crater Lake. Otherwise...look for dry
conditions to persist across the region.

Freezing levels will start the period from 9000-feet over the far
north and 14500-feet south...and then really ramp up into next week.
By Tuesday...look for freezing levels of 14000- to 16500-feet across
the entire region.