July 2, 2019
Summary: Considering this is the first week in July, temperatures continue to be very comfortable. Most ag stations this morning are all the way down into the low to mid 50s. Sanger was reporting 51 degrees and Madera North all the way down to 49. Rather refreshing for this time of year.
The mild weather will continue for the remainder of the work week as low pressure is centered near Portland, Oregon this morning and will enhance a trough southward into northern and central California Wednesday and Thursday. This will keep a dry, westerly flow aloft going and will continue the decent onshore flow, allowing Pacific modified marine air to flow into the valley from time to time. This will keep temperatures marginally below average for this time of year.
That will slowly begin to change over the weekend as upper level high pressure now centered off the central Baja coast begins to expand slowly northward, cutting off the flow of marine air and moving warmer air in aloft. Readings over the weekend, especially Sunday, will push the century mark. Some models are suggesting a large high will develop over the Desert Southwest then a ridge will build from the high into the Pacific Northwest. If this occurs, hot weather would begin about the middle of next week with above average temperatures continuing through the following weekend. Some models do not show this occurring, so for now we’ll keep triple digits out of the forecast, although the new two week model is also spitting out hot weather projections for central California.
Forecast: Mostly clear skies through Friday. Mostly clear Saturday through Tuesday.
Short Term:
| Madera 92/55/90/54/91 | Reedley 93/55/91/56/92 | Dinuba 92/54/91/54/92 | |
| Porterville 93/55/91/55/92 | Lindsay 92/53/91/53/92 | Delano 93/57/91/57/92 | |
| Bakersfield 93/63/92/63/93 | Taft 94/67/92/64/93 | Arvin 94/58/93/58/93 | |
| Lamont 94/60/92/59/92 | Pixley 93/56/91/55/92 | Tulare 91/54/91/54/92 | |
| Woodlake 92/55/91/55/92 | Hanford 92/56/92/56/92 | Orosi 91/53/91/53/92 | |
Seven Day Forecast:
| Friday
Mostly clear 57/95 |
Saturday
Mostly clear 62/99 |
Sunday
Mostly clear 64/100 |
Monday
Mostly clear 61/98 |
Tuesday
Mostly clear 63/97 |
Two Week Outlook: July 9 through July 15: The trend the past couple of model runs is for dominant high pressure over the western one-third of the U.S. This will result in above average temperatures during this time frame with the usual dry conditions continuing.
July: July, of course, is typically hot and if this model has any credence, it will be hotter than average. With a dominant Four Corners high and a trough over the middle of the country, usual July dry conditions will prevail.
July, August, September: This model is indicating that the western U.S., including California, will experience above average temperatures overall during the mid to late summer period. Precipitation is expected to be near average, which, of course, is very little and there’s no reason to believe otherwise.
Winds: Winds will be mainly out of the northwest afternoons and evenings at 8 to 15 MPH with gusts to 25 MPH possible. Winds during the night and morning hours will be generally out of the northwest at 5 to 10 MPH with stronger gusts through Friday.
Rain: Expect dry conditions for the next 7 to 10 days.
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Afternoon Dew Points Today: Low to mid 40s. Kern: Low to mid 40s. Humidity values ranging from 15%/75% at Hanford. Bakersfield 15%/55%
Actual Humidity July 1, 2019: Delano, 75%/25% Porterville, 80%/17%
Percentage of Sunshine Today/Tomorrow: Visalia: Today: 100%, tomorrow 100% Bakersfield: Today: 100% Tomorrow: 100%
ET Rates Over the Past Seven Days: Stratford 2.07, Parlier 1.99, Blackwell 2.01, Arvin 2.06, Orange Cove 2.13, Porterville 1.96, Delano 1.95. Courtesy University of California *=estimate, NA=not available.
Seven Day Soil Temperatures: Stratford 74, Parlier 77, Blackwell 80, Lindcove, 75, Arvin, 77, Orange Cove 80, Porterville 86, Delano 81
Record Temperatures: 110/51. Average Temperatures: 96/64
Cooling Degree Days this Season: 628 +135
Courtesy of the NWS
Average temperature for July so far: 78.0 +0.0
Precipitation: Seasonal total/average/above or below average:
Since Oct 1, 2018 Fresno: 11.85 season. or +.54. Month to Date: .00 -.00
Since Oct 1, 2018, Bakersfield: 7.80, or +1.45. Month to Date: .00 +.00
Water year season is from October 1st through September.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Orange Cove, Parlier, Arvin, Shafter, Stratford, Lindcove, Porterville,
Hours at 45 or below 45.
Sunrise: 5:44 am Sunset: 8:22 pm. Hours of Daylight: 14:38
Yesterday’s Weather:
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 93 / 56 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 94 / 64 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 94 / 62 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 95 / 58 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DH1700 / 93 / 65 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1600 / 93 / 60 / 0.00 /
ATEC1 : Avenal 787 : DH1700 / 88 / 62 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1600 / 93 / 57 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1700 / 92 / 68 / 0.00 /
LOSC1 : Los Banos 120 : DH1600 / 92 / 59 / 0.00 /
Rainfall: Water year Oct 1st through September 30th
24hr Season % L.Y. % Ave. Ave. yearly total
STOCKTON 0.00 18.37 134 9.22 67 13.76 14.06
MODESTO 0.00 13.35 104 8.17 64 12.83 13.11
MERCED 0.00 13.27 109 7.06 58 12.19 12.50
MADERA 0.00 11.42 97 7.22 62 11.73 12.02
FRESNO 0.00 11.85 105 6.73 60 11.31 11.50
HANFORD 0.00 9.50 96 4.70 48 9.89 10.10
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 7.80 123 3.95 62 6.35 6.47
BISHOP 0.00 8.47 181 1.49 32 4.69 5.18
SALINAS 0.00 13.80 109 7.15 57 12.63 12.83
PASO ROBLES 0.00 14.88 120 9.62 77 12.45 12.78
SANTA MARIA 0.00 15.68 114 6.01 44 13.76 13.95
Next report: Wednesday, July 3