North Ops Daily Weather Discussion
Issued 0815 PST Thursday February 21, 2013
For use February 21st:
A huge high pressure
ridge dominates the northeastern Pacific, and it will do so for at least
another week. The ridge axis is far enough
offshore that weather systems coming over the high are able to clip
northeastern CA as they ride a path from west of Oregon southeast toward
Arizona. One of these systems will put some light precipitation near the OR
border in a warm front later today and tonight. Then the trailing cold front
will bring some showers farther south into the Geographic Area from late Friday
into early Saturday. Gradient winds for
most areas will still have a northeasterly component through early Friday, then turn southwesterly later on Friday. After a 3-4 day break with a couple more weather
systems barely brushing the far north state, a cool wet storm could arrive in
the early days of March.
J. Snook