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Nice Warm-Up Coming
Mar 12, 2010; 2:00 PM ET
Looking ahead to next week, the weather event that sticks out will be the big warm-up in California and other places in the Southwest. A big ridge building aloft will help bring about the warming and it will really feel like spring is about here. Depending on where you are, the warmest weather will occur at different times between early and midweek. For Arizona, Utah and central and eastern Nevada, the warmest weather will not occur before Wednesday and Thursday. However, in parts of central and Southern California, the warmest weather comes Monday through Tuesday, lingering in spots Wednesday.
Below are some of the warmest temperatures I expect during this period.
Redding-75
Sacramento-73
San Francisco-67
Fresno-74
Los Angeles-83
San Diego-80
Palm Springs-90
Las Vegas-78
Flagstaff-60
Phoenix-85
Tucson-82
Reno-70
Elko-60
Salt Lake City-61
Certainly in Southern California and the desert Southwest it will be time to break out the shorts.
More Ken Clark
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Current Western Snow Depth
Feb 8, 2012; 1:15 PM ET
The greatest departures below normal remain in California to Utah and parts of Colorado.
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A Short Period of Wet Weather For California
Feb 6, 2012; 1:19 PM ET
A storm in the Eastern Pacific puts an end to another extended rain free period in California.
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So Very, Very Cold In Alaska For January with Impressive Records
Feb 1, 2012; 1:33 PM ET
The month of January has gone down as one of the coldest on record for portions of Alaska.
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Another Long Period of Little to No Precipitation
Jan 30, 2012; 12:33 PM ET
the screaming message is the same from Washington State to California and Arizona. Below to much below normal precipitation for at least the next 10-days.
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Reversal of Fortunes for Lake Mead
Jan 27, 2012; 1:21 PM ET
Due to the lack of snow and rain this Winter over the watershed, projections now are for a 13-foot drop in the lake level in the next year
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Moderately Strong Santa Ana Wind Coming
Jan 26, 2012; 2:06 PM ET
The strongest winds will wait until Friday night and Saturday morning.
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Hope You Enjoyed the Rain and Snow; Changes Coming
Jan 23, 2012; 1:33 PM ET
Once this storm moves through the storm track drastically moves north tomorrow through the rest of the work week
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Details on California Rain Storm(s)
Jan 19, 2012; 1:31 PM ET
The next storm will be a stronger storm with much more upper-level support farther south.
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Heavy Snowstorm East of Cascades as Well
Jan 17, 2012; 1:30 PM ET
This is setting up a classic heavy snow scenario on the east slopes of the Cascades
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Northwest Lowland Snowstorm Could Be Huge
Jan 16, 2012; 1:37 PM ET
Its going to be a rough week trying to go through the Cascade passes this week but it could be quite hazardous in the lowlands of western Washington and northwest Oregon as well.
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Big Snow for the Coastal Northwest?
Jan 14, 2012; 2:08 PM ET
But eyes turn toward a potentially big snow threat for somewhere in western Washington Tuesday night and Wednesday.
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Colder Northwest Weekend with Low-Elevation Snow
Jan 13, 2012; 1:07 PM ET
Once the front is through colder air moves in and causes snow levels to drop to very low levels in western Washington and Oregon
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The Good News, The Bad News
Jan 12, 2012; 2:14 PM ET
I hate to beat a dead horse, so to speak, but the snow less, rain less weather pattern looks like it continues into much of next week for the Southwest.
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Latest Sierra Snow Analysis is Ugly/Pattern Change?
Jan 10, 2012; 1:28 PM ET
Average snow pack is down to 14 percent of normal, from 19 percent last week.
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Another Week of Bad Rain and Snow News
Jan 9, 2012; 1:15 PM ET
Does this new week bring any hope? Absolutely not.
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Ken ClarkKen Clark's Western U.S. weather blog tackles daily weather events with commentary from one of the most experienced and trusted Western U.S. weather experts.
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