January 21, 2023
Skies are mostly clear at this noon hour with temperatures rising into the lower 50s. upper level high pressure continues to build over the eastern Pacific Ocean and roughly the western 1/4 of the US. The squeeze play between the off shore high and a low center over the Desert Southwest keeps the flow aloft in a northerly direction. By Sunday, a second weather system will follow the first into the Great Basin, reinforcing the current northly flow, meaning temperatures will remain marginally below average. Readings will rise into the low to mid 50s during the afternoon and the low to mid 30s for overnight lows. Isolated pockets will be in the upper 20s. by midweek, a mammoth high will cover the eastern Pacific and the western ¼ of the US. This will allow temperatures to moderate some as readings move into the mid to upper 50s from midweek through next weekend. Medium range models continue to indicate the possibility of an unsettled pattern the first day or two of February. In the meantime, our biggest challenge will involve fog and low clouds along with pockets of frost in scattered locations.
Forecast: Mostly clear skies through Tuesday with areas of night and morning fog and low clouds. Mostly clear skies will continue Tuesday night through Saturday with areas of night and morning areas of fog and low clouds.
Temperatures:
| Madera 31/52/31/51 | Reedley 32/52/31/52 | Dinuba 30/51/30/52 |
| Porterville 30/52/30/53 | Lindsay 29/51/30/52 | Delano 31/53/32/54 |
| Bakersfield 35/50/35/52 | Taft 36/51/36/52 | Arvin 33/52/33/54 |
| Lamont 34/53/33/54 | Pixley 31/53/31/54 | Tulare 29/52/30/52 |
| Woodlake 31/51/31/53 | Hanford 32/53/32/54 | Orosi 30/51/31/53 |
Wind Discussion: Winds will be generally at or less than 7 mph late mornings and afternoons and variable in nature. winds during the night and morning hours will be light with extended periods of near calm conditions through Tuesday.
Rain: Expect dry weather for the next week to possibly ten days.
Frost: we are currently settling into a very stable pattern, one which will result in areas of frost through next week, anyway. Low to mid 30s will be widespread each night with the coldest locations dipping down to 27 to 28 degrees. Most locations, however, will chill down to 29 to 33 with hillsides remaining above freezing. The inversion the next few nights will be fairly strong with temperatures at 34 feet anywhere from 4 to 8 degrees warmer at most locations. Fog continues to be the main wild card in the forecast. I do expect it to become more widespread as the nights go by. Whether it locks into a full fledged fog routine is rather doubtful. However, it is certainly it will become widespread enough to affect areas away from the Sierra Nevada foothills. The bottom line is, widespread low to mid 30s will prevail with colder locations in the upper 20s through the middle of next week. we’ll simply have to watch the fog and try to outguess its behavior. There is no pattern on the horizon which would throw us into a critical situation for the foreseeable future.
Lows Tonight:
| Terra Bella
31 |
Porterville
31 |
Ivanhoe
30 |
Woodlake
31 |
| Strathmore
31 |
McFarland
30 |
Ducor
32 |
Tea Pot Dome
31 |
| Lindsay
30 |
Exeter
30 |
Famoso
31 |
Madera
31 |
| Belridge
30 |
Delano
31 |
North Bakersfield
32 |
Orosi
30 |
| Orange Cove
31 |
Lindcove
30 |
Lindcove Hillside
af |
Sanger River Bottom
28 |
| Root creek
3- |
Venice Hill
31 |
Rosedale
32 |
Jasmine
32 |
| Arvin
Af |
Lamont
Af |
Plainview
31 |
Mettler
32 |
| Edison
Af |
Maricopa
32 |
Holland Creek
31 |
Tivy Valley
af |
| Kite Road South
31 |
Kite Road North
af |
AF=Above Freezing
Next report: January 22 morning
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