January 18, 2024
Summary: Widespread fog is again the main weather challenge this morning. as of 5:30 this morning, every location from Porterville on the south to Merced on the north was reporting visibilities between one-quarter and three-quarters of a mile. Bakersfield was the only exception with a visibility of five miles. Bakersfield reported a low cloud deck based at 600 feet. A temporary ridge of upper level high pressure will dominate our weather through Friday morning. clouds will begin to thicken and lower on Friday, leading to a chance of rain as far south as Fresno by sunset Friday. Low pressure will park in the Gulf of Alaska while a moist east to west flow sets up in the eastern Pacific. This will spread precipitation over central California Friday night. a series of impulses within this flow will result in periods of rain Saturday through Monday night. models continue to indicate the strongest of these will arrive Monday. This will be our best chance at significant precipitation for a while as models are suggesting a dry pattern during the last week in January. In fact, this morning’s two week model, which encompasses the 25 through the 31 is indicating a dry pattern with warming temperatures.
Forecast: Areas of fog and low clouds this morning. otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy through tonight. Increasing clouds Thursday night and Friday morning with a chance of showers by sunset Friday. Showers likely Friday night, especially after morning. showers at times Saturday through Monday night, becoming partly cloudy Tuesday through Thursday with night and morning fog and low clouds.
Short Term:
| Madera 60/44/66/44/64 | Reedley 61/43/65/46/64 | Dinuba 60/42/65/46/63 |
| Porterville 60/43/66/47/63 | Lindsay60//43/66/46/63 | Delano 61/44/66/48/62 |
| Bakersfield 60/46/67/50/63 | Taft 60/51/63/53/60 | Arvin 62/45/66/49/64 |
| Lamont/61/47/66/44/64 | Pixley 61/44/66/48/63 | Tulare 59/42/64/47/63q |
| Woodlake 59/44/66/49/63 | Hanford 61/46/66/49/62 | Orosi 61/42/65/48/64 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Sunday Showers likely 48/62 | Monday Rain likely 48/62 | Tuesday AM fog/partly cloudy 43/62 | Wednesday AM fog/PM sun 45/62 | Thursday AM fog/PM sun 45/62 |
Winds: Winds will be generally at or less than 6 mph and variable in nature through Sunday.
Rain: Dry weather will continue at least through most of the day Friday. The chance of showers will begin to increase by sunset Friday, spreading over the entire district Friday night. The showery weather will continue through Monday night. rainfall amounts from Friday night through Monday night will range between one-quarter to one-half inch over the valley portion of Kern County to possibly as much as an inch an a half to two winches in Merced County. The east side of the valley from roughly Porterville through eastern Fresno County potentially could pickup one inch to an inch and a half. The west side of Fresno County and most of k
Kings County will pick up anywhere from one half inch to one inch during this period. Dry weather will return Tuesday with a slight chance of showers Fresno northward on Wednesday. After Wednesday, we may see dry weather for the remainder of the month. In fact, the two week outlook from the 25 through the 31 is indicating dry weather with above average temperatures.
Frost: Expect above freezing temperatures for at least the next 7 days.
Mid afternoon dew points: Low to mid 30s. Kern: Upper 20s to the lower 30s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, .24, Parlier, .21, Arvin .36, Delano .28.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 52, Parlier 49, Arvin 55, Delano 48
Average Temperatures: 55/38, Record Temperatures: 70/23
Heating Degree Days Season. 1040 -310 varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno .1.74, Monthly .85
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 1.27, Monthly: .31
Average Temperature this Month 45.8 -0.4 taken at NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Parlier, 641 Arvin, 564 Belridge, 556 Shafter, 607 Stratford, 597 Delano 633. Courtesy UC Davis
Sunrise, 7:09. Sunset, 5:10 hours of daylight, 9:56
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather:
MCE : Merced AP 153 : 61 / 39 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera AP 253 : 63 / 42 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno AP 333 : 62 / 48 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford AP 242 : 61 / 44 / 0.03 /
NLC : Lemoore NAS 234 : 59 / 38 / 0.02 /
BFL : Bakersfield AP 496 : 59 / 44 / 0.06 /
VIS : Visalia AP 292 : 60 / 45 / 0.01 /
PTV : Porterville AP 442 : 61 / 46 / T /
Rainfall:
STOCKTON 0.02 5.04 84 15.26 255 5.99 13.45
MODESTO 0.01 5.47 104 13.29 252 5.28 12.27
MERCED 0.05 3.96 81 12.71 259 4.91 11.80
MADERA 0.10 2.77 64 4.59 106 4.34 10.79
FRESNO 0.06 1.74 39 9.15 204 4.48 10.99
HANFORD 0.07 1.98 58 6.77 199 3.41 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.07 1.27 49 3.99 155 2.57 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 0.61 30 8.57 420 2.04 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 0.41 61 0.39 58 0.67 2.20
SALINAS 0.02 3.43 63 8.80 162 5.42 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.08 6.58 132 12.70 256 4.97 12.15
SANTA MARIA T 3.73 71 13.27 252 5.27 13.32