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KEY MESSAGES

* Dry conditions will persist through the weekend as high pressure remains overhead.

* A slow, gradual warming trend into this weekend will bring above average temperatures by Saturday.

* A weak system on Sunday may bring breezy winds to NE CA and N NV, with high pressure moving back in Monday.

DISCUSSION

Continued cloud cover for most of our CWA today from a shortwave trough in the NW off the coast. They'll hang around through Sunday, eventually flushing out Sunday night. You may also see quite a bit of haziness around Reno today from the inversion. That haziness may continue into the weekend, but the winds on Sunday will eventually mix everything out.

Since high pressure has taken over now, we'll stay dry and warm through the weekend. Temperatures increase to near 60 in lower valleys and pushing 55 in Sierra valleys by Saturday, about 10 degrees above average. Mornings will still be pretty chilly, with low temps this weekend around 30-35 degrees for lower valleys and 25- 30 degrees for Sierra valleys.

There looks to be another shortwave trough passing through this Sunday, but most of the CAMs have us on the southern end of the front. The models have really backed off lately on the precip and even the breezy winds, too. We may get some gusts up to 10-20 mph Sunday afternoon in far eastern Modoc County, Surprise Valley, out of this system. After Sunday, high pressure settles in again and we dry out, warm up, and valley inversions could once again come back.

-Justin

AVIATION

VFR conditions and light winds continue through Saturday. Haze will linger around KRNO and possibly KTRK and CXP through this weekend. Mid-high level clouds will also stay over our area through Sunday afternoon.

-Justin

REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories

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