491  
NGUS86 KRSA 141324  
HCMRSA  
 
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COORDINATION MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA-NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA  
625 AM PDT FRI AUG 14 2026  
   
..SHOWERS/T-STORMS MAINLY EASTERN NV TODAY  
   
..COOLER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES MODERATE INTO NEXT WEEK  
 
   
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (FRI AM - THU AM)  
 
AN ACTIVE DAY OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY  
IMPACTING THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SIERRA AND POINTS  
DOWNSTREAM ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE OF NV YESTERDAY. THIS WAS  
COURTESY OF A S/WV TROF MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL CA COAST YESTERDAY  
MORNING...REACHING THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SIERRA AND EVENTUALLY THE  
STATE OF NV DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THIS FEATURE HAS  
NOW EXITED THE AREA TO THE NORTHEAST...MAKING ITS WAY OVER EASTERN  
MT.  
 
GENERAL TROFFING CONTINUES TO RESIDE ALONG THE OR JUST OFF THE WEST  
COAST THIS MORNING WITH QUITE THE MARINE LAYER PUSH THROUGH THE  
SAC/SJ DELTA INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEY NEAR SACRAMENTO. A FEW SHOWERS  
STILL REMAIN FARTHER INLAND OVER NORTHEAST NV AND THE SOUTHEAST CA  
DESERTS AS ANOTHER WEAK RIPPLE IN THE FLOW MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.  
 
THIS AFTERNOON STILL PROMISES ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS PRIMARILY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NV AND POSSIBLE THE  
CREST OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN SIERRA WITH JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE AND  
INSTABILITY IN PLACE. THEN BY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...THE TROFFING  
ALONG THE WEST COAST WEAKENS WHILE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE DROPPING  
SOUTH ALONG 140W REBUILDS THE TROFFING FARTHER OFFSHORE BETWEEN 140W  
AND 130W. THIS WILL BRING DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW TO THE REGION WITH  
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PRECIP DIMINISHING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INTO  
THE FOLLOWING WEEK.  
 
TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOLER THAN NORMAL AND BOTTOM OUT EITHER TODAY  
OR TOMORROW ACROSS THE REGION WITH ANOMALIES RUNNING FROM MINUS 5-  
TO MINUS 20-DEGF. INTO NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE A BIT  
WITH THE TROFFING SHIFTING FARTHER OFFSHORE...BEING SLIGHTLY BELOW  
NORMAL FOR WESTERN AREAS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR EASTERN  
AREAS.  
 
FREEZING LEVELS ARE CURRENTLY FROM 13000- TO 14500-FEET ACROSS THE  
REGION AND WILL FLUCTUATE A LITTLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THEN BY NEXT  
WEEK...THESE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE INTO THE RANGE OF 16000- TO  
18000-FEET BY LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.  
 
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.  
 
QPF GRAPHICS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.CNRFC.NOAA.GOV/QPF.PHP  
 
*********************** CONTACT INFORMATION ************************  
 
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AFTER-HOURS CALLING SERVICE: 1 (800) 218-0858  
LEAVE NAME...OFFICE...AND PHONE NUMBER  
 
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