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KEY MESSAGES

- Generally light rain and high elevation mountain snow showers forecast through early Friday morning. Isolated thunderstorms this afternoon, mainly from I-80 southward.

- Brief break Friday morning ahead of a stronger system that will bring moderate to heavy precipitation, gusty winds, and thunderstorm chances late Friday and into the weekend.

- Unsettled weather pattern continues into next week.

..Tuesday through Mid-Week

Long range guidance looks to continue the feed of moisture and instability into the region mid next week bringing further precipitation and mountain snow.

AVIATION

Light rain showers forecast for Valley TAF sites today, with visibilities fluctuating between 2SM and 6SM. Surface wind gusts generally below 15 knots through the day for Valley TAF sites, wind gusts up to 30 knots in the higher elevations. Low ceilings in combination with -RA and BR will keep most TAF sites in MVFR to IFR conditions today. Snow levels above 7500 feet through 00z Friday; then falling to around 6500 feet by 12z Friday.

STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

Wind Advisory from 10 PM Friday to 4 AM PST Sunday for Central Sacramento Valley-Northeast Foothills/Sacramento Valley-Northern Sacramento Valley.

Winter Storm Warning from 10 PM Friday to 4 PM PST Monday for West Slope Northern Sierra Nevada-Western Plumas County/Lassen Park.

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