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        Thursday March 18, 2010 issued 5:30am     by Forecaster Tom Cushman
Text Box: HIGHLIGHTS:  Sunny, warm today. North winds gusting up to 25 mph during the late afternoon, early evening before easing overnight. Sunny, warmer Friday with light north winds. Still warm Saturday,  Cooler Sunday → Monday.
Text Box: Short Term Weather Discussion:    A weak upper level disturbance, tracking southward down the backside of resilient West Coast ridge, will bring minor cooling to the North State aloft today while more importantly bringing about a short lived upsurge in north winds during the afternoon and evening hours. North winds of 10-25 mph (and perhaps a little stronger) should be noted for roughly a 4-6 hour period before backing off overnight. Sunny and a lot less windy weather will resume Friday as robust ridging aloft and relaxing offshore circulation allows many valley locations to have temperatures crest the 80F mark in the afternoon.
SHORT TERM FORECAST SPECIFICS
Weather Temps Dew Pts POP Amounts Winds
TODAY (am) Sunny 72-77 40-45 0% none NW-N 5-10
(pm) 30-40 NW-N 10-25
TONIGHT (eve) Clear 45-55 25-35 0% none NW-N 15-25
(late) NW-N 10-15
FRIDAY (am) Sunny 77-82 30-40 0% none NW-N 5-15
(pm) NW-N 5-10
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CLIMATE SUMMARY                    
17 March 2010 Rainfall ETo Today's  
      Max/Min 24hr Sea(7/1) % normal Daily Past week normals Today's Records & Year  
Red Bluff 79/46 0.00 19.27 99% 0.12 0.79 65/44 83 (1960), 30 (1945)
Artois 78/45 0.00 18.84 -- -- -- -- ---
Chico State Farm 77/46 0.00 20.32 93% 0.12 0.74 66/41 83 (1928), 29 (1943)
Dunnigan Hills n/a n/a 16.72 -- 0.13 0.72 -- ---
Marysville 77/51 0.00 15.05 81% 0.12 0.72 67/45 82 (2004), 32 (1980)
Sacramento 75/52 0.00 17.02 113% 0.13 0.71 65/44 82 (2004), 32 (1980)
Avg Max: 77°F Range: (73 - 81)  Warmest: Willows     Avg Min: 49°F Range: (44 - 55)  Coldest: Willows         
Sacramento Valley AMOS Network
Daily Meteorological Summary
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Temperature Avg Avg WIND Precipitation   Solar
Max Min Ave DewPt RH Avg Gust Gust 24hr 7/1 to date Rad  ETo
        ºF ºF ºF ºF %   mph mph Dir   in.  in.   cal/cm2 in.
     East Valley                                
Chico WWG     76.5 46.7 59.8 42.5 57 1.7 8.1 NNW 0.00 22.97 ----- -----
Chico State Farm 76.5 45.7 59.8 44.3 61 2.2 8.3 N 0.00 20.32 485 0.13
Chico WTP 77.0 46.2 59.8 43.6 61 2.0 12.1 S 0.00 19.53 ----- -----
Durham 76.3 47.0 58.4 ----- 66 2.3 14.7 N 0.00 18.11 ----- -----
Butte College 75.1 44.8 59.2 43.4 59 1.6 6.1 S 0.00 20.63 422 0.11
Oroville 75.1 49.6 61.6 42.7 51 2.1 9.2 NE ----- ----- ----- -----
Biggs 75.8 47.7 60.0 47.1 66 2.8 9.9 N 0.00 16.02 ----- -----
Gridley 77.0 44.8 58.4 45.1 66 1.3 8.0 WNW 0.00 16.43 450 0.12
North Yuba 76.7 50.7 60.9 48.9 68 2.6 8.6 NNW 0.00 15.41 ----- -----
Wheatland 75.9 49.5 59.1 49.7 76 1.7 7.5 N ----- ----- ----- -----
Lincoln-North 75.5 46.7 57.9 ----- 70 3.3 9.1 ENE 0.00 ----- ----- -----
Lincoln 74.6 46.5 58.3 49.3 75 1.8 7.0 NNE ----- ----- ----- -----
Natomas 73.3 49.8 59.2 51.0 76 2.4 9.4 N 0.00 16.54 ----- -----
Sacramento SE   77.2 52.1 63.2 44.2 55 2.4 9.4 S 0.00 15.12 398 0.11
     West Valley                                
Orland Buttes   78.2 45.8 49.7 81 1.9 15.5 NNE 0.00 20.78 0 0.15
Orland East not available
Artois 77.8 45.0 59.5 44.5 64 5.3 17.3 N 0.00 18.84 ----- -----
Artois South 78.1 46.4 59.5 43.9 63 3.6 17.2 NNW ----- ----- 436 0.12
Willows 80.9 44.0 59.0 ----- ----- 5.4 15.0 N 0.00 18.15 ----- -----
Willows-West 78.1 45.6 61.3 43.7 57 3.4 14.7 E  0.00 17.41 460 0.13
Codora not available
Maxwell 76.3 47.7 62.3 47.0 61 3.5 14.9 NW 0.00 18.19 ----- -----
Maxwell SW 78.1 45.7 60.0 46.8 66 0.7 9.6 N 0.00 16.04 ----- -----
Arbuckle 74.3 48.0 60.7 48.0 67 3.1 12.2 NW ----- ----- ----- -----
Arbuckle-South not available
Kirkville 74.3 51.0 60.6 48.8 68 6.4 18.9 NNW ----- ----- ----- -----
Knights Landing 76.5 52.4 61.9 46.1 60 3.5 16.3 NNW 0.00 14.97 397 0.11
Dunnigan Hills not available
Dunnigan Hills-South 75.0 47.2 59.0 47.3 69 3.6 15.3 N 0.00 16.69 461 0.13
Esparto-North 77.5 47.1 60.1 47.6 68 1.3 10.0 N 0.00 ----- 447 0.12
Esparto not available
Woodland 74.8 51.9 61.6 46.0 60 1.4 17.5 NNW 0.00 15.28 345 0.13
Madison 77.4 54.8 63.1 47.0 59 3.3 9.5 W 0.00 13.10 473 0.13
Dixon-West     76.6 48.7 60.2 49.9 72 2.1 10.5 N 0.00 17.97 417 0.12
     Delta                                  
Yolo Bypass 81.6 48.1 59.7 ----- ----- 4.7 18.7 NNW ----- ----- ----- -----
Clarksburg not available
Walnut Grove not available
     Butte & foothills                              
Sutter Buttes   69.2 51.9 60.6 ----- ----- 9.8 35.3 N ----- ----- ----- -----
Cohasset 65.9 52.6 59.1 ----- ----- 5.4 16.9 NW 0.00 47.93 ----- -----