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Hydrometeorological Discussion
National Weather Service / California Nevada RFC / Sacramento CA
830 AM PDT Wed Mar 11 2026

...POTENTIAL SHOWER ACTIVITY OVER FAR NORTH WITH WEAKENING SYSTEM 
CLIPPING THE REGION...
...ANOMALOUS RIDGE TO CONTINUE BUILDING THROUGH WEEKEND PRODUCING 
MORE DRY AND WARM WEATHER...

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

High pressure will continue to keep a majority of the forecast area 
dry throughout the six day window with the only chance for 
precipitation over northern Humboldt and Del Norte counties along 
with the southern Oregon Cascades as weakening systems clip the 
northern regions on Friday into Saturday. The ridge that is 
directing atmospheric river activity towards the Pacific Northwest 
will continue continue to build throughout the rest of the weekend 
placing a 2+ sigma 500-hPa height anomaly over northern and central 
California early next week. This will continue the dry weather 
streak and produce potentially record breaking afternoon high 
temperatures. 

Freezing levels are forecast to rise to above 14k feet by early next 
week, reaching above 16k feet over the southeastern deserts on 
Tuesday. Afternoon high temperatures in the highest elevations of 
the Sierra Nevada may reach 60F+ in the north and 50F+ in the 
southern High Sierra. 

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.