January 20, 2024
Summary: Rainfall overnight was quite light. The heaviest amount as of 5:00am was .15 at Madera. Most locations have recorded less than .10. Currently, we’re under a moist southwest flow aloft. Embedded within this flow are waves of low pressure which will move on shore at times through Monday night. Each time this occurs, bands of showers will move across the valley. The strongest of these will move through Monday and Monday night. the freezing level has come down considerably from yesterday, but still stands at 7,600 feet according to the balloon sounding over Oakland a short time ago. Snow levels are no doubt down to around 7,000 feet this morning. precipitation will come to an end by late Monday night or early Tuesday as a ridge of high pressure moves in from the west. There is a slight chance of a few showers Wednesday due to a weak system moving into northern California. However, most of the valley will remain dry. The storm track is projected to affect roughly north of the growing area Thursday through Saturday. For the second day in a row, the GFS model is projecting wet weather around the second of February.
Forecast: Periods of rain through Monday night. partly cloudy Tuesday with areas of morning fog. Mostly cloudy Wednesday and Wednesday night with a slight chance of showers from Fresno north. Partly cloudy Thursday through Sunday with areas of night and morning fog and low clouds.
Short Term:
| Madera 65/51/63/49/60 | Reedley 66/52/62/49/61 | Dinuba 63/50/61/48/60 |
| Porterville 66/52/64/51/61 | Lindsay 65/49/64/48/61 | Delano 66/52/62/50/62 |
| Bakersfield 66/53/64/53/62 | Taft 62/53/62/53/59 | Arvin 66/52/62/51/60 |
| Lamont 65/52/63/51/61 | Pixley 65/49/64/49/60 | Tulare 63/49/63/48/60 |
| Woodlake 64/49/62/48/60 | Hanford 65/52/63/51/62 | Orosi 64/48/62/48/60 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Tuesday Am fog/partly cloudy 44/60 | Wednesday Patchy fog/mostly cloudy 43/61 | Thursday Am fog/partly cloudy 42/61 | Friday Am fog/partly cloudy 42/63 | Saturday Am fog/partly cloudy 43/64 |
Winds: winds will be mainly out of the southeast at 5 to 12 mph through Tuesday. locally stronger gusts are possible Monday and Tuesday.
Rain: Rainfall so far from the current event has been quite light, ranging from trace amounts in kern county to .15 in Madera. Doppler radar and satellite imagery indicate there is an abundant amount of showers off shore. These bands will run roughly west to east across California over the next 72 hours with periods of rain at times. The backside of the last impulse will move through late Monday or early Tuesday for the beginning of a dry pattern. a few light showers could affect Fresno County north on Wednesday and Wednesday night. however the rest of the growing area will remain dry and will remain dry through at least Sunday of next week. The new GFS model for the 27 through the 2 is indicating a possible renewal of a wet period.
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, .20, Parlier, .19, Arvin .35, Delano .26.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 53, Parlier 50, Arvin 56, Delano 50
Average Temperatures: 56/38, Record Temperatures: 72/24
Heating Degree Days Season. 1062 -321 varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno .1.75, Monthly .86
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 1.27, Monthly: .31
Average Temperature this Month 46.7 +.03 taken at NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Parlier, 645 Arvin, 569 Belridge, 558 Shafter, 611 Stratford, 606 Delano 636. Courtesy UC Davis
Sunrise, 7:08. Sunset, 5:12 hours of daylight, 10:02
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather:
MCE : Merced AP 153 : 62 / 54 / 0.23 /
MAE : Madera AP 253 : 65 / 52 / 0.15 /
FAT : Fresno AP 333 : 65 / 54 / 0.08 /
HJO : Hanford AP 242 : 65 / 54 / 0.02 /
NLC : Lemoore NAS 234 : 64 / 53 / 0.08 /
BFL : Bakersfield AP 496 : 63 / 51 / T /
VIS : Visalia AP 292 : 65 / 52 / T /
PTV : Porterville AP 442 : 66 / 51 / T /
Rainfall:
STOCKTON 0.00 5.04 82 15.47 251 6.16 13.45
MODESTO 0.00 5.47 100 13.42 246 5.45 12.27
MERCED 0.00 3.96 78 12.85 253 5.07 11.80
MADERA 0.00 2.77 62 4.59 102 4.48 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 1.74 38 9.20 200 4.61 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 1.98 57 6.80 194 3.50 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 1.27 48 3.99 151 2.65 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 0.61 29 8.57 406 2.11 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 0.41 59 0.39 56 0.70 2.20
SALINAS T 3.43 61 8.90 159 5.59 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.02 6.60 128 12.75 248 5.14 12.15
SANTA MARIA T 3.73 69 13.33 245 5.44 13.32