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Western Region Headquarters Regional Operations Center

Salt Lake City, UT

National Weather Service

Prepared by: Claudia Bell801-524-7907

August 15, 20181:30 PM PDT

California OESWeekly Weather Threat Briefing

Day 1: Primary Hazards: Breezy winds with elevated fire weather concerns Nrn CA and thunderstorms parts of SoCal

Key Points08/16 – 08/22

Thursday-Friday• Breezy winds with elevated fire weather concerns Nrn CA• Scattered thunderstorms with locally heavy rain parts of SoCal

Saturday-Sunday• Near to above normal temperatures • Heat impacts to sensitive groups

Monday-Wednesday• Near to above normal temperatures • Heat impacts to sensitive groups• Scattered thunderstorms with locally heavy rain Mojave Desert

DAY/THREAT THU FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED

Fire Weather

Winds

Extreme Cold

Snow

Heavy Rain/Flash Flooding

River Flooding

Severe Weather

Heat

Tropical

California OES Impact Threat Matrix

High ThreatModerate Threat Slight ThreatNo Discernible Threat

August 16-22, 2018

Scattered thunderstorms

with locally heavy rain

Breezy winds with elevated fire weather

concerns

High ThreatModerate Threat Slight Threat

Days 1-2 Weather HazardsValid: 0800 Thu – 0800 Sat

Above normal temperatures with

heat impacts to sensitive groups

Days 3-4 Weather HazardsValid: 0800 Sat – 0800 Mon

High ThreatModerate Threat Slight Threat

High ThreatModerate Threat Slight Threat

Days 5-7 Weather HazardsValid: 0800 Mon – 0800 Thu

Scattered thunderstorms

with locally heavy rain

Above normal temperatures with

heat impacts to sensitive groups

Days 1-3 Precipitation Forecast

Friday SaturdayThursday

Less than .10 inch southeast on Thursday. Otherwise, dry.

High probability of above normal temperatures. Equalchances of above or below normal precipitation.

6-10 Day OutlookTemperature Precipitation

High probability of above normal temperatures. Equalchances of above or below normal precipitation.

8-14 Day Outlook

Temperature Precipitation

Information provided by:

National Weather Service Western Region Headquarters

Regional Operations Center Salt Lake City, UT

Phone:E-mail:Web:

(801) 524-7907wr.roc@noaa.govhttp://www.wrh.noaa.gov