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HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA
830 AM PST SAT JAN 10 2026
...DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE UNDER PERSISTENT
RIDGING AND HIGH PRESSURE...
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (SAT AM - FRI AM)
RIDGING AND HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THE FORECAST THROUGH
THE 6-DAY WINDOW, DIRECTING EPAC DISTURBANCES TO THE NORTH, AND
KEEPING THE FORECAST AREA DRY. NO GUIDANCE HAS ANY ACCUMULATING
PRECIPITATION ACROSS CALIFORNIA OR NEVADA THROUGHOUT THE 6-DAY
WINDOW AND BEYOND. ON TOP OF THE DRY FORECAST IN THE NEAR-TERM, THE
CPC IS ALSO INDICATING STRONG AGREEMENT (~50%) OF BELOW NORMAL
PRECIPITATION IN THE 8-14 DAY FORECAST FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
THROUGH 23 JANUARY. WHILE ANY SHIFT IN THE HIGH MAY OPEN THE DOOR
FOR SOME ACTIVITY TO MAKE IT'S WAY INTO THE FORECAST AREA IS
POSSIBLE, NO GUIDANCE SUGGESTS SUCH MOVEMENT UNTIL THE 23RD AT THE
EARLIEST.
WITH THE BUILDING RIDGE, FREEZING LEVELS ARE LIKELY TO RISE QUITE
SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK, PEAKING ABOVE 14K FEET BY MID-TO-
LATE WEEK OVER THE NORTH COAST AND INLAND TO DONNER PASS.
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
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