After weeks of precipitation-heavy weather patterns, the skies over western Nevada County are expected to be relatively clear for the foreseeable future, weather officials said. A high-pressure system has settled over Northern California, causing the precipitation-laden storm systems to move north, said Craig Shoemaker, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Sacramento. A small weather system is expected to trundle through the region Thursday into Friday but will not contain much moisture, he said. Looking further ahead, the wet weather may resume early next Monday or Tuesday, but there is uncertainty whether anything will materialize, Shoemaker said. Cold weather will …