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KEY MESSAGES

* Dry weather prevails through early next week with above average daytime temperatures and typical chilly nights.

* Light winds and valley inversions will keep hazy skies and air quality reductions this week, with patchy freezing fog in some Sierra valleys.

* Sierra ridges can expect periodic breezy to gusty east winds through Friday, mainly during the night and morning hours.

DISCUSSION

The current weather regime will continue through the foreseeable future, forecast-wise (7 days) with dry conditions and warming temps. With high pressure building over the PacNW, this will allow for wide temperature swings (25+ degrees) between overnight lows and afternoon highs, light winds, valley inversions, and mostly clear skies.

But with weather, we know there are some exceptions. These will include freezing fog for fog-prone Sierra valleys such as the Martis valley and around Mono Lake. Visibilities may drop below a quarter mile at times, most likely in the morning hours, before the sun rises. This may produce slick roads, and even some depositing snow around Mono Lake, specifically. With those aformentioned valley inversions, any areas that are remotely close to water (a lake, a stream, agricultural areas, etc.) may see localized fog/freezing fog in the mornings.

An additional exception will be gusty east winds along Sierra ridges. Wind gusts may reach up to 45 mph at time and may produce impacts for air travel and backcountry recreation. However, the main time frame for these winds will be in the late afternoon hours through early morning.

-Giralte

AVIATION

VFR conditions expected for all terminals through the rest of the week with light winds. The only exception will be KTRK where patchy FZFG may develop each night between 06Z-18Z. Increased east winds (up to 45 kts) along ridgetops may produce localized LLWS over the Sierra.

-Giralte

REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories

NV...None. CA...None.