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KEY MESSAGES

- Light mountain showers and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening into early next week.

- Shower and isolated thunderstorm potential spreads into the foothills and into the northern Sacramento Valley for the weekend, highest potential Saturday for Shasta County.

- Light showers over the Sierra early to mid-week, south of Interstate 80.

- Temperatures trend cool for weekend, a little above normal mid to late next week.

..Saturday - Mid Next Week

The trough will merges with another trough over the weekend, bringing a better potential (15-35% chances) for showers for the mountains, foothills, and spreading into the northern Sacramento Valley. The highest chances are over northern and eastern Shasta County. Showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to be limited mainly to the mountains Monday. Snow amounts Saturday into early Monday are expected to be generally light, a dusting to several inches, highest over Lassen National Park and over the Sierra crest in far eastern Tuolumne County. Travel impacts should be limited, with slippery roads at times. Breezy south to southwest winds are expected for the weekend, gusting to 15 to 25 mph in the Valley and Delta, 30 to 40 mph in the mountains.

Lingering showers continue over the Sierra south of Interstate 80 Tuesday into Wednesday.

Gradual cooling is expected for the weekend. Highs will be in the 60s to 70s in the Valley and foothills, with cooler low to mid 40s to 50s for the higher elevations. Temperatures trend higher and more seasonable mid to late week, with 70s to around 80 in the Valley.

AVIATION

Areas of MVFR conditions possible in mountain showers or isolated thunderstorms this afternoon into early next week, extending into the northern Sacramento Valley and foothills this weekend. Elsewhere, VFR conditions expected next 24 hours. Surface winds remain under 12 kts through Saturday morning. Breezy southerly to southwesterly wind gusts after 18z Saturday, with gusts up to 15-20 kts in the Valley and up to 20-30 kts over the mountains.

STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.

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