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Tracking Atmospheric River for California; Record Temperatures Further East

An atmospheric river will bring gusty to high winds, moderate to heavy rainfall, and potential flooding to California today through Saturday. Heavy snow will be possible over the Sierra Nevada mountains into Friday associated with this atmospheric river. East of these impacts dozens of record high maximum and high minimum temperatures may be broken or tied today and Friday. Read More >

BLUE MOUNTAINS (4,000 FT TO 6,000 FT)
 
 DATE                    THURSDAY 11/13/25                       FRIDAY 11/14/25                    
 TIME (LT)          04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04   07   10   13   16   19   22   01   04
                    4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   7A   10A  1P   4P   7P   10P  1A   4A   
 
 CLOUD COVER        OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   OV   BK   BK   BK   SC   SC   SC   BK
 CLOUD COVER (%)    90   75   75   85   95   95   90   90   75   75   60   65   60   50   45   50   60
 TEMPERATURE        46   46   49   51   49   48   46   44   42   40   42   46   43   40   40   39   39
 MAX/MIN TEMP                           52                  40                  46                  38
 WIND DIR            S    S    S    S    S    S   SW    W    W    W   SW    W    W   SW   SW   SW   SW
 WIND (MPH)         11   12   11   10   10   12   10    9    9    9    8    8    5    5    5    5    5
 WIND GUST (MPH)    29   29                  29   28   26                                             
 PRECIP PROB (%)    30   30   40   60   80   70   60   80   70   70   40   40   30   30   20   20   30
 PRECIP TYPE         R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R    R
 6 HOUR QPF                 0.01      0.04      0.06      0.05      0.03      0.03      0.00      0.00
 6 HOUR SNOW                 0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0       0.0
 6 HOUR ICE                 0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00      0.00
 SNOW LEVEL (KFT)  8.9  9.0  9.2  9.4  9.3  9.3  9.0  8.4  7.4  6.9  6.5  6.7  6.5  6.3  6.2  6.8  7.1
 
 

--- PRECIP TYPE CODES --- 
CODE   TYPE
 T     THUNDERSTORMS
 R     RAIN
 S     SNOW
 I     SLEET
 Z     FREEZING RAIN