276  
NGUS86 KRSA 011330  
HCMRSA  
 
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL COORDINATION MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE / CALIFORNIA-NEVADA RFC / SACRAMENTO CA  
630 AM PDT THU OCT 1 2026  
   
..ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD
 
 
   
METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (THU AM - WED AM)
 
 
A STRONG UPPER RIDGE CONTINUES TO DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE WEST  
COAST BRINGING WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS TO THE REGION. EXPECT  
TEMPERATURES TO GRADUALLY RISE THE REST OF THE WEEK AS THE RIDGE  
MOVES OVERHEAD. THIS WILL USHER IN DRY AIR AND INCREASE  
TEMPERATURES. EXPECTING WIDESPREAD TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES OF +5 TO  
+15 DEG F AND LOCALLY UP TO +20 DEG F WITH THESE PEAKING OVER THE  
WEEKEND. MODELS STILL HAVE A WEAK LOW APPROACHING INTO SUNDAY, BUT  
HAVE WEAKENED IT FURTHER INTO A SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH LATER  
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THIS MAKES SHOWERS LESS LIKELY, THOUGH STILL  
POSSIBLE. THE DET GFS IS STILL SHOWING A FEW SHOWERS AS ARE SOME OF  
THE ECMWF ENSEMBLE MEMBERS, HOWEVER, ELECTED TO KEEP THE OFFICIAL  
FORECAST DRY FOR NOW IN LINE WITH WPC AND THE NBM. ASIDE FROM THIS  
TROUGH, THE RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR SOME TIME.  
CPC OUTLOOKS CONTINUE TO SHOW STRONG CHANCES OF ABOVE NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID OCTOBER.  
 
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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AFTER-HOURS CALLING SERVICE: 1 (800) 218-0858  
LEAVE NAME...OFFICE...AND PHONE NUMBER  
 
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