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KEY MESSAGES

* Warming trend through the weekend with periods of gusty ridgetop winds and light showers near the southern Oregon border.

* Mild and dry into next week with signals for precipitation by next weekend.

DISCUSSION

A chilly morning to wake up to, make sure you are bundled if you are heading outdoors this morning! Temperatures will trend warmer as the week turns into the weekend. Today's high will achieve near average temperatures, with above average temperatures for the weekend. Western Nevada valleys will see 60s while Sierra valleys will see upper 50s to low 60s.

While we will largely stay in a warming and drying pattern, there will be a breakdown in the ridging pattern to our north. That will allow for some light showers to filter in over northern Washoe, Modoc and Lassen counties. Amounts will be light, with only a few hundredths to a tenth of an inch of liquid equivalent accumulation. Precipitation types will vary, with colder night allowing for some snowflakes to mix in to the rain showers. This northern position for a frontal passage will also bring gusty winds to ridgetops, with gusts to 50 mph possible on Saturday.

Beyond the weekend, dry weather reemerges as the dominant pattern. While The ridge sticks around, guidance hints at shortwaves infiltrating the northern periphery of the ridge, which could deliver a showery pattern by the end of the next work week. Details are still elusive, and as such confidence remains lower. HRICH

AVIATION

VFR conditions today for all terminals, which will last through Friday. HRICH

REV Watches/Warnings/Advisories

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