January 5, 2022
Temperatures this morning are anywhere from 5 to 16 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago while dew points are up 5 to 15 degrees. All this is due to an influx of moist air which began surging down the valley yesterday afternoon and last night. The result was the formation of a low cloud deck. The base of the overcast is rather ragged. It ranges from 3900 feet at Bakersfield to just 200 feet at Madera. With the injection of low level moisture, frost will not be a problem for at least the next week and possibly longer.
In the big picture, a large high is centered off the central coast and is building to the north and east. We’re going to go ahead and take any chance of rain out of the forecast for Friday as the high will bump the next weather system too far to the north to have much of an impact here.
Over the weekend, a very large high will center over the Four Corners region with a mammoth ridge building far to the north in northwest Canada. This will ensure arctic air masses will slide east of the Rockies while the western states enjoy very dry and stable weather. With a strong warm air inversion, the pattern will be ripe for extensive fog and low clouds om the valley floor with mostly clear skies and well above average temperatures over the mountain areas.
Forecast: Low overcast this morning, partial afternoon clearing. Areas of low clouds and fog this afternoon and Thursday with partial afternoon clearing. Variable cloudiness Thursday night and Friday night with areas of night and morning fog and low clouds. From Saturday through Wednesday expect widespread night and morning low clouds and fog with clearing in some areas in the afternoon.
Short Term:
| Madera 53/39/54/40/54 | Reedley 55/38/53/39/53 | Dinuba 52/38/54/39/54 |
| Porterville 55/39/55/37/54 | Lindsay 55/36/55/38/5y | Delano 54/39/54/40/54 |
| Bakersfield 56/42/57/42/55 | Taft 55/44/55/45/55 | Arvin 53/40/54./40/51 |
| Lamont 53/40/54//41/54 | Pixley 53/38/54/39/54 | Tulare 53/38/53/39/52 |
| Woodlake 53/38/54/38/54 | Hanford 54/39/54/39/53 | Orosi 53/38/54/38/54 |
Seven Forecast:
| Saturday
AM fog/PM sun 41//52 |
Sunday
AM fog/PM sun 39/54 |
Monday
AM fog/PM sun 37/54 |
Tuesday
AM fog/PM sun 36/54 |
Wednesday
AM fog/PM sun 36/53 |
Two Week Outlook: January 11 through January 17: This model has reverted to a dry forecast with above average temperatures.
January: This model doesn’t really indicate a trend that would favor above or below precipitation. The active storm track in the Pacific Northwest will continue. Both temperatures and precipitation should be close to seasonal averages.
January, February, March: The trend of below average temperatures of late continues on the 90 day forecast which indicates temperatures will be slightly below average. Below average precipitation is anticipated over the Desert Southwest and the southern half of California with near average precipitation from Fresno County north.
Wind Discussion: Winds will be generally at or less than 6 MPH with periods of near calm conditions through Thursday.
Rain: Expect dry weather for the next 7 to possibly 10 d
Frost: All locations will be above freezing tonight and each night for the next week and quite possibly longer. It’s possible if the fog and low clods don’t take over, lows could drop into the lower 30s.
Actual Humidity Range Yesterday: Delano, 96%/50% Porterville, 100%/81%. Dew points: Low to mid 40s. Kern: Low to mid 40s.
Percentage of Sunshine Today/Tomorrow: Visalia: Today: 40%, tomorrow 80%. Bakersfield: Today: 60%/. Tomorrow, 50%.
ET Rates Over the Past Seven Days:. Stratford .27, Parlier .23, Arvin .26, Orange Cove .NA, Porterville .24, Delano .23. Courtesy University of California *=estimate, NA=not available.
Seven Day Soil Temperatures: Stratford, 52, Parlier 48, Arvin, .51, Orange Cove 51, Porterville 47, Delano 42. *=data missing.
Average Temperatures: 54/36. Record Temperatures: 71/22
Heating Degree Days This Season. 1021 -65 Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno, 5.21 or +1.77. Monthly .00 -.22
Precipitation for Bakersfield, Season, 3.55 or +1.54. Month to date .00 -.12
Average Temperature this month: 42.7, -3.3 Taken NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: NA
Sunrise. 7:12, Sunset, 4:57, hours of daylight, 9:44
Yesterday’s Weather:
Id Name Elev Temp Temp Pcpn Depth
MCE : Merced AP 153 : 56 / 39 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera AP 253 : 57 / 37 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno AP 333 : 57 / 38 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford AP 242 : 57 / M / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore NAS 234 : 57 / 34 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield AP 496 : 58 / 40 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia AP 292 : 57 / 34 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville AP 442 : M / M / 0.00 /
- Rainfall Stats: 24h season % l year % ave. ave. year
STOCKTON 0.00 8.21 173 1.94 41 4.74 13.45
MODESTO 0.00 8.15 200 1.54 38 4.07 12.27
MERCED 0.00 5.79 153 2.28 60 3.79 11.80
MADERA 0.00 M M 0.77 23 3.38 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 5.21 151 1.42 41 3.44 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 4.60 176 0.67 26 2.62 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 3.55 177 0.74 37 2.01 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 4.50 313 0.21 15 1.44 4.84
SALINAS 0.00 6.11 145 0.95 23 4.21 12.58
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