The high temperature at Sacramento Executive Airport reached only 71 degrees. This broke the previous low maximum temperature record of 73 degrees set in 1985.
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The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
The high temperature at Sacramento Executive Airport reached only 71 degrees. This broke the previous low maximum temperature record of 73 degrees set in 1985.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sacramento, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 7, 8:30 PM PST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 930 PM PDT THU SEP 7 2006 .DISCUSSION... STRONG RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION AND RESULTED IN ANOTHER WARM DAY. THE RIDGE IS STILL FORECAST TO WEAKEN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE SHORT WAVE NOW BETWEEN 130W AND 140W MOVES THROUGH THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO COOL AND BRINGING LOCALLY BREEZY CONDITIONS TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. NOW APPEARS THE SYSTEM WILL LIFT OFF TO THE EAST BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL REBUILD RESULTING IN WARMER WEATHER ONCE AGAIN. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDS ALL ROUTES EXC FOR AREAS OF IFR CIGS AND MVFR VSBYS ALG THE COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARINE LAYER. LCL MVFR VSBYS PSBL OVER THE SIERNEV BTWN KSAC AND KRNO DUE TO WILDFIRE SOUTH OF KBLU. && .STO WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 515 AM PDT THU SEP 7 2006 CAZ013>019-063-064-066>069-081215- SHASTA LAKE AREA / NORTHERN SHASTA COUNTY- BURNEY BASIN / EASTERN SHASTA COUNTY-NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY-SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY- CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA-NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- MOUNTAINS SOUTHWESTERN SHASTA COUNTY TO NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY- CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- WESTERN PLUMAS COUNTY/LASSEN PARK- WEST SLOPE NORTHERN SIERRA NEVADA- 515 AM PDT THU SEP 7 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT (LOWER CASE): HTTP://WWW.WRH.NOAA.GOV/STO
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
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