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KEY MESSAGES

- Dry weather with near normal temperatures today and Tuesday, with chances for AM low clouds in the Valley after 4 AM.

- Light showers and thunderstorms over the northern Sac Valley, foothills, and mountains on Wednesday.

- Gusty north to east winds Thursday-Saturday, with above-normal temperatures Friday through the weekend.

..Thursday to Sunday

Dry conditions return on Thursday as a trough drops down and deepens into the Great Basin. This will lead to gusty north to east winds developing Thursday through Saturday, with the strongest winds on Friday. NBM probabilities of wind gusts greater than 40 mph sit around 50-70% on Friday west of I-5 in the Sacramento Valley and over the mountains. Probabilities for gusts greater than 30 mph are 60-80% on Thursday and Saturday.

Warmer weather is expected during this period as well, with above-normal high temperatures Friday into the weekend.

AVIATION

Lingering low ceilings will bring patchy MVFR to the Valley until around 22z-23z. Otherwise, generally VFR conditions next 24 hours. The exception will be areas of MVFR/IFR conditions from mist and low ceilings in the Valley 12z-16z Tuesday, mainly across the southern Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys. Surface winds generally less than 12 kts next 24 hours. Light precipitation will gradually spread across portions of the northern Sacramento Valley and adjacent terrain after 06z-12z Wednesday.

STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.

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