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Forecast

May 27, 2022/report

Temperatures today will drop by a good 10 to 13 degrees  over  yesterday’s readings. The upper  high responsible for  the short lived heat wave is now moving into the middle of the country while a trough of low pressure extends from British Columbia down into northern and central California. Roughly an 8 millibar difference in pressure now exists between San Francisco and Las Vegas. This moderate on shore flow is allowing modified marine air to push down the valley. At last report, Pacheco Pass had winds out of the west sustained at 31 mph. the freezing level above Oakland this morning has dropped to 12,700 feet which isn’t horribly low, but does illustrate the cooler air moving in aloft. The trough will be reinforced Sunday as a new low moves into the Pacific Northwest, clipping northern California. The trough will begin to fill Tuesday and Wednesday then will be displaced by a new ridge of high pressure Thursday and into the coming weekend with temperatures moving back into the 90s next Thursday and Friday.

 

Forecast: Partly cloudy today and tonight. Mostly clear Saturday through Monday with a cooling trend. Mostly clear Monday night through Friday. Much warmer Thursday and Friday.

 

Short Term:        

Madera 87/55/84/55/81 Reedley 89/57/83/53/80 Dinuba 88/55/83/53/80
Porterville 88/55/83/53/80 Lindsay 87/53/83/53/81 Delano 90/57/84/54/80
Bakersfield 88/63/86/59/80 Taft 87/63/84/58/79 Arvin 90/58/83/55/81
Lamont 89/59/83/55/80 Pixley 89/58/83/53/81 Tulare 87/53/85/52/81
Woodlake 88/56/85/51/82 Hanford 89/58/83/53/81 Orosi 87/55/83/53/81

 

Seven Day Forecast

Monday

Mostly clear

48/82

Tuesday

Mostly clear

50/83

Wednesday

Mostly clear

54/88

Thursday

Mostly clear

57/96

Friday

Mostly clear

59/97

 

Two Week Outlook:  June 3 through June 9: This model is showing a flat zone of upper level high pressure extending from the eastern Pacific eastward into California resulting in near average temperatures with dry conditions continuing.

 

May:  This model shows a dominant high stretching from Texas to southern California, resulting in somewhat above average temperatures for the month. It also gives an equal chance of above or below normal precipitation.

 

May, June, July: This model shows an early season high over the Four Corners region of the desert southwest, stretching westward to California, causing temperatures as we head into summer to be marginally above average. Since this is the dry season, the chances of precipitation will be very low

 

Wind Discussion: There will be periods of winds out of the northwest at 10 to 20 mph at time through Monday with stronger gusts, mainly along the west side but locally elsewhere.

 

Rain:  Expect dry conditions for at least the next 7 to 10 days.

 

Frost:  All locations will be above freezing tonight and each night for the foreseeable future.

Actual Humidity Range Yesterday: Delano, 56%/20%  Porterville, 62%/24%. Midafternoon dew points:  Low to mid 50s  Low to mid 50s.

Percentage of Sunshine Today/Tomorrow: Visalia: Today: 100%, tomorrow 60%.  Bakersfield: Today: 100%/. Tomorrow, 70%.

ET Rates Over the Past Seven Days: Stratford 2,25, Parlier 1.91, Arvin 2.18, Orange Cove 2.12, Porterville 1.92, Delano 1.90. Courtesy University of California *=estimate, NA=not available

Seven Day Soil Temperatures: Stratford, 64, Parlier 72, Arvin, 74, Orange Cove 76, Porterville 81, Delano NA. *=data missing.

Average Temperatures: 86/57.  Record Temperatures: 105/46

Cooling Degree Days This Season.  201 +32. Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS

courtesy of the NWS

Precipitation:  Seasonal total for Fresno,  6.29 or -4.32.  Monthly  .01 -.36

Precipitation for Bakersfield,  Season, 5.40 or  -.83.  Monthly,  .T -.22

Average Temperature this month: 69.3. +0.6 Taken NWS Hanford.

Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.

Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Orange Cove, Parlier,  Arvin, Belridge, 1016, Shafter,  Stratford, Delano, Porterville.  Courtesy UC Davis 

Sunrise. 5:43, Sunset, 8:10, hours of daylight, 14.26

Yesterday’s Weather:

MCE   : Merced AP        153 :  95 /  59 /  0.00 /

MAE   : Madera AP        253 :  97 /  57 /  0.00 /

FAT   : Fresno AP        333 : 100 /  63 /  0.00 /

HJO   : Hanford AP       242 : 100 /  62 /  0.00 /

NLC   : Lemoore NAS      234 : 100 /  58 /  0.00 /

BFL   : Bakersfield AP   496 : 100 /  63 /  0.00 /

VIS   : Visalia AP       292 :  99 /  61 /  0.00 /

PTV   : Porterville AP   442 : 100 /  59 /  0.00 /

 

Rainfall:                                                   24h            Seas            %          LY              %             Ave             365

  1. STOCKTON 00    9.75    74    7.88    60    13.19    13.45
  2. MODESTO 00    8.99    75    7.12    59    11.97    12.27
  3. MERCED 00    7.44    64    7.00    61    11.57    11.80
  4. MADERA             00       M     M    1.56    15    10.52    10.79
  5. FRESNO 00    6.29    59    6.59    62    10.61    10.99
  6. HANFORD 00    6.34    80    4.29    54     7.95     8.13
  7. BAKERSFIELD 00    5.40    87    2.77    44     6.23     6.36
  8. BISHOP 00    4.75   110    1.62    38     4.32     4.84
  9. SALINAS 00    7.31    59    5.75    46    12.38    12.58
  10. PASO ROBLES 00 8.70    73    6.74    56    11.93    12.15
  11. SANTA MARIA 00 7.79    59    6.87    52    13.12    13.32

Next report: May 28

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