Thank you once again for your patience. John has been receiving some very powerful chemotherapy and it knocks him on his butt. After his next round on July 28, the oncologist will be scheduling another scan to see how the tumor is progressing. If it’s responding as hoped, we’ll stay the course. However, if there has been little change we’ll seek out another opinion.
Again, we appreciate your patience as well as your prayers.
July 16, 2021
Over the next 20 to 24 hours, a very dry southwesterly flow aloft will continue. We are starting off the day generally 2 to 5 degrees cooler than yesterday due to a shallow intrusion of marine air. From Madera northward yesterday, all locations were in double digits and from Fresno southward, readings were right around the century mark. Barometers remain low enough over the interior to tug modified marine air into the valley. That flow will be shut off, though, beginning Saturday. Winds through Pacheco Pass are currently sustained out of the west or southwest at 17 MPH.
Strong upper level high pressure over the Four Corners region is projected on models to expand further west, turning the southwest flow into a southerly flow beginning Saturday afternoon.
Hurricane Felicia looks rather ominous on satellite imagery, but will simply chug towards the west, having no impact on California. With a developing southerly flow Saturday afternoon, the clockwise flow around our old buddy the Four Corners high will begin to pump monsoon moisture in from the south. The chance of mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms will begin to increase over the mountains and deserts of southern California and the Sierra Nevada. Occasionally, a stray shower or thunderstorm will be sustained over the valley floor. We can’t rule this out this time around. The greatest risk will be from Sunday into Monday.
With pressures aloft rising, another round of triple digits can be expected starting Saturday and lasting through next week.
Forecast: Mostly clear today and tonight with occasional high clouds. Mostly clear Saturday morning. becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Variable cloudiness Saturday night through Sunday night. there will be a slight chance of sprinkles or even isolated showers and thunderstorms mainly Sunday through Monday. Mostly clear and hot Monday night through Wednesday night. mostly clear to occasionally partly cloudy Thursday through Friday and continued hot.
Temperatures: Highs today will range from 97 to 100. Lows tonight north of Kern County will cool into the low to mid 60s. Highs Saturday and Sunday will range between 100 and 105. Lows Saturday night will cool into the mid to upper 60s north of Kern County and the mid to upper 70s in Kern County.
Full report: July 17/am