June 21, 2023
Summary: Another chilly morning, considering the season. One of the Porterville locations is down to 45 as is Strathmore. Most locations range between 47 and 51. The air aloft is quite cool for this time of year. The balloon sounding above Oakland pegged the freezing level at just 9,500 feet. An elongated trough of low pressure stretches from central Canada southwestward to central California. With a robust onshore flow, modified marine air continues to surge into the valley from time to time. This will ensure daytime highs in the low to mid 80s. a secondary low will develop just west of the Bay Area Thursday then will move inland Friday and Saturday. Models show the trough finally weakening during the second half of the weekend and into early next week,, allowing for a slow warming trend beginning Sunday. Models show somewhat of a weakness over the US for much of next week which will keep temperatures in the low to mid 90s. but for now, reasonable temperatures will continue for the next week.
Forecast: Mostly clear and mild through Saturday. Mostly clear Saturday night through Wednesday with a slow warming trend.
Temperatures:
| Madera
85/49/83/49/82 |
Reedley
86/50/84/50/82 |
Dinuba
83/48/83/49/83 |
| Porterville
86/48/84/49/83 |
Lindsay
85/47/83/49/82 |
Delano
86/50/84/50/83 |
| Bakersfield
86/59/85/56/82 |
Taft
83/58/81/52/80 |
Arvin
86/55/83/54/83 |
| Lamont
86/55/83/53/82 |
Pixley
85/51/85/50/83 |
Tulare
83/48/83/49/82 |
| Woodlake
84/49/83/49/82 |
Hanford
85/50/83/50/83 |
Orosi
83/48/83/49/82 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Saturday
Mostly clear 57/88 |
Sunday
Mostly clear 59/89 |
Monday
Mostly clear 61/91 |
Tuesday
Mostly clear 63/91 |
Wednesday
Mostly clear 63/92 |
Two Week Outlook: June 28 through July 4 This model indicates a blanket of overall high pressure will dominate the pattern through the 4th of July weekend, resulting in above average temperatures and the typically dry conditions.
June: Of course, this time of year, 30 and 90 day outlooks are virtually useless as they’re essentially the same every year. Basically, light all day and hot and dark all night and warm. Essentially for June, near average temperatures and dry.
June, July, August: The 90 day summary outlook is the same this year as it is every year. Generally dry with somewhat above average temperatures. The monsoon season hasn’t begun yet, so we’ll start taking that more seriously down the road.
Wind Discussion: There will be periods of winds out of the west/northwest at 10 to 20 mph at times with stronger gusts possible through Saturday, mainly in the later afternoon through early evening hours. Winds Sunday will be mainly out of the northwest at 8 to 15 mph.
Rain Discussion: Expect dry conditions for at least the next week.
Mid afternoon dew points: Mid to upper 30s. Kern: Low to mid 30s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, 2.05, Parlier, 1.93, Arvin 2.07, Delano 1.83.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 69, Parlier 78, Arvin 81, Delano 85 *=data missing.
Average Temperatures: 93/62 Record Temperatures: 110/50
Cooling Degree Days This Season. 455 +61 Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno 17.83, Monthly .T
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 10.26, Monthly: .37
Average Temperature this Month 75.0 +0.3 taken at NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Parlier 1306, Arvin 1115, Belridge 1204, Shafter 1230, Stratford 1277, Delano 1273, Porterville 1245 courtesy UC Davis
Sunrise 5:40, sunset, 8:21. hours of daylight, 14:41
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather: H L R
MCE : Merced 153 : DH1700 / 77 / 53 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 79 / 55 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 79 / 57 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 81 / 59 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 82 / 52 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DHM / 82 / 61 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1700 / 80 / 59 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1700 / 81 / 57 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1647 / 80 / 63 / 0.00 /
LOSC1 : Los Banos 120 : DH1600 / 83 / 55 / 0.00 /
Rainfall stats: seas % L.Y % ave. s.a.
STOCKTON 0.00 23.21 174 9.81 74 13.34 13.45
MODESTO 0.00 19.71 162 8.99 74 12.17 12.27
MERCED 0.00 20.84 178 7.44 63 11.74 11.80
MADERA 0.00 11.62 108 2.10 20 10.74 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 17.83 164 6.29 58 10.88 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 14.58 181 6.34 79 8.06 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 10.26 163 5.40 86 6.30 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 14.39 325 4.75 107 4.43 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 1.21 68 M M 1.78 2.20
SALINAS 0.00 13.95 112 7.31 59 12.48 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.00 20.89 174 8.70 73 11.99 12.15
SANTA MARIA 0.00 23.83 181 7.79 59 13.19 13.32
Next report: June 22 am
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