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Hydrometeorological Discussion
National Weather Service / California-Nevada RFC / Sacramento CA
625 AM PDT Wed Sep 23 2026

...LIGHT PRECIP FOR THE N COAST AND CA/OR BORDER LATE THURS INTO 
FRI...
...ADDITIONAL LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE ON SUN FOR N NV AND SE CA...

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

Dry conditions across the region today as high pressure pushes into 
CA from offshore and an upper low approaches the PacNW from the Gulf 
of Alaska. This will result in a return of above normal temperatures 
for most areas today and tomorrow. Moisture over the Desert 
Southwest may bring a few showers and thunderstorms over se CA and 
srn NV today/tomorrow while the approaching trough and surface low 
generate showers over the north coast and CA/OR border late 
Thurs/Fri. This system will also usher in cooler air sending 
temperatures back down to near/below normal gradually from nw to se 
starting Friday. The trough then looks to swing through the PacNW 
the rest of Friday lifting northeastward into ID/MT by the evening. 
Another trough will then arrive on Sunday, this time digging into 
CA/NV into Monday. This will keep below normal temperatures around 
and potentially drop a few showers over NV, though the majority of 
the trough will be carrying drier air. The other thing to keep an 
eye on is Hurricane Polo. Models at the moment show moisture from 
the system moving into southern CA Sunday into Monday. Its exact 
trajectory will determine how far into CA that moisture pushes. It 
will also be competing with drier air from the western/southern ends 
of the trough. For now, it looks like only a few showers into se and 
far srn CA but will keep an eye on it. 


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