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CNRFC Daily Briefing
Last issued: Thu Apr 24, 2025 at 08:24 AM PST (updated daily by 10 AM Pacific Time).
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Summary:
  • An area of low pressure will impact the region later today through Sunday with the best chances of precip across northern/central CA and the northern half of NV. Chances of thunderstorms in the afternoons/evenings as well.
    • Amounts will range from 0.10" to 1.50" with the best totals over the northern CA higher terrain.
  • Temperatures will crash by the end of the week to well below normal for this time of year with many locations bottoming out either Saturday or Sunday with anomalies of -10F to -25F.
  • High pressure builds in offshore early next week allowing temperatures to rebound and conditions to dry out for most areas.
  • Runoff in most snow-driven basins is expected to taper off over the next few days with increases expected again next week. Most other locations should remain steady or continue receding.
  • Sprague River @ Beatty (Oregon) is expected to remain near or above action stage for the next several days.
  • The Sacramento River at Rio Vista may briefly reach monitor stage early next week at high-high tide.
Confidence: Medium

Staffing Level: Normal

Detailed Hydrometeorological Discussion: www.cnrfc.noaa.gov/discussion

River Guidance Points Forecast Above Specified Stage Definitions  (Select NWS ID for Specified Graphical RVF)
NWS ID River / CreekGage / StationAction/
Monitor
Minor
Flood
Moderate
Flood
Major
Flood
Latest Observed
Stage / Flow
Latest Observed
Date / Time
Max Forecast
Stage / Flow
BTYO3 SPRAGUE BEATTY 7.58.511.012.07.67 / 1,52004/25 03:15 AM PDT8.36 / 1,922
RVBC1 SACRAMENTO RIO VISTA 7.411.920.421.4Missing / MissingMissing7.70 / NA

** NOTE **  Stage is presented in "Feet" while Flow (Storage at CLKC1) is presented in "cfs" ("Acre-Feet").