The trend of well above average high temperatures, dry weather, and sunny skies will persist across northern California for the rest of this week. High pressure off the coast and to our east are dominating the southwest, and keeping the storm track well to our north. Gusty north and northeast winds have been observed across our region overnight, and the downslope winds have left some areas of our region much warmer than 24 hours ago. Redding is still in the mid 60's at 5am, while the remainder of the valley have temperatures in the 40s to lower 50's. Foothill areas are ranging from the upper 40's to lower 60's to start your Wednesday. Mountain areas are mostly starting out in the 20's to 30's this morning. The strongest gusts overnight have been in the Feather River Canyon, where the Jarbo Gap weather station has reported gusts up to 59mph, and sustained winds out of the northeast to 39mph. Most of our region will have winds diminishing early today, and only out of the north to 10mph by this afternoon. Some fog will also be possible for the start of your Wednesday in the Northern Mountains, and areas of the valley from Butte and Glenn Counties to the south. High temperatures are projected to top out in the upper 60's to upper 70's in the valley, mid 60's to lower 70's in the foothills, mid 50's to mid 60's in the Sierra and Cascades, and in the upper 60's to lower 70's in the northern Mountains this afternoon.

High pressure will continue to be the dominant feature in our weather pattern as we head through the end of this week and this weekend, but our temperatures will start to trend down by a few degrees on Thursday. Valley areas can still expect high temperatures in the upper 60's to lower 70's on Thursday, and then mid 60's to lower 70's from Friday through this weekend. Foothill areas will have high temperatures in the upper 50's to mid 60's on Thursday, and will then trend down towards the mid 50's to lower 60's this weekend. Mountain aresa will have highs in the 50's to mid 60's on Thursday, and then 50's to lower 60's from Friday through this weekend. We'll be staying sunny through Saturday, but clouds will start to increase across northern California on Sunday as a decent low pressure area tracks towards the Pacific Northwest. That system will track south towards northern California on Monday, and will bring a very decent drop in temperatures, and the potential for light showers back to northern California from mid day Monday through early in the day on Tuesday. Valley temperatures will mostly top out in the lower 60's on Monday, while foothill and mountain areas end up in the 40's to mid 50's. High pressure is then projected to rebuild across northern California Tuesday afternoon and result in a rebound in temperatures for Tuesday and Wednesday. Valley areas will end up back in the mid 60's those days, while foothill and mountain areas top out in the 50's to lower 60's. Longer range models are hinting at a slight chance for showers returning for the latter half of next week, but confidence on that potential for wet weather has been dropping over the last few model runs.