June 29, 2022
Strong upper level high pressure is slowly drifting eastward and will incrementally allow temperatures to drop. For today, however, triple digits will again be the order of the day as the marine layer along the coast remains shallow. For the fourth day in a row, it’s pegged at 1,000 feet. The air aloft continues to be very summer like. The temperature at 4:00am at Sandberg at an elevation of 4,100 feet was 72 degrees. You have to go all the way up to 16,100 feet to find the freezing level. Again, though, the pattern is changing as a trough of low pressure just west of the Washington coast will extend southward into northern California over the weekend. The marine layer will respond accordingly and will move down the valley Friday through Sunday, eventually lowering temperatures to below average over the weekend and into the first three days of next week. by Wednesday, the high will again migrate towards the Four Corners region with California on the far western flank of the high. This will allow temperatures to rise to above average again by later next week.
Forecast: Clear and hot through Thursday. Clear skies Thursday night through Wednesday with a slow cooling trend.
Short Term:
| Madera 102/62/98/59/95 | Reedley 103/61/100/57/97 | Dinuba 101/60/98/56/96 |
| Porterville 103/62/100/58/97 | Lindsay 102/59/99/56/97 | Delano 103/63/100/60/96 |
| Bakersfield 103/75/100/68/96 | Taft 102/75/99/67/95 | Arvin 103/70/101/67/96 |
| Lamont 102/70/99/67/96 | Pixley 103/62/100/58/97 | Tulare 101/61/98/56/96 |
| Woodlake 101/60/100/57/95 | Hanford 103/61/100/57/97 | Orosi 101/59/99/56/97 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Saturday
Mostly clear 57/96 |
Sunday
Mostly clear 55/92 |
Monday
Mostly clear 54/89 |
Tuesday
Mostly clear 56/88 |
Wednesday
Mostly clear 58/91 |
Two Week Outlook: July 5 through July 11 This model is indicating a trough of low pressure will be more dominant over the eastern Pacific and the western US. A west to southwest flow aloft will be dominant, maintaining dry weather with below average temperatures.
June: This model shows a high center over New Mexico and Texas extending into California for marginally above average temperatures for the month with the usual dry conditions prevailing.
June, July, August: This model is hinting at a possible active monsoon season this year once we get into July and August. It’s possible we could see more than the usual amount of afternoon and evening thunderstorms over the Sierra Nevada but the valley will be typically dry with above average temperatures.
Wind Discussion: Winds during the afternoons and evenings will be generally out of the northwest at 8 to 15 mph today. Winds tonight will be generally less than 8 mph and variable in nature. Winds Thursday through Saturday will be generally out of the northwest at 10 to 15 mph with possible gusts to 25 mph, especially along the west side but locally elsewhere.
Rain: Expect dry conditions for 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, 65%/16% Porterville, 68%/17%. Midafternoon dew points: Mid to upper 40s.. Kern: Upper Mid to upper 40s.. Percentage of Sunshine Today/Tomorrow: Visalia: Today: 100%, tomorrow 100%. Bakersfield: Today : 100%/. Tomorrow, 100%.
ET Rates Over the Past Seven Days: Stratford 2.40, Parlier 2.08 Arvin 2.27, Orange Cove 2.32, Porterville 2.12, Delano 1.97. Courtesy University of California *=estimate, NA=noavailable.
Seven day average soil temperatures: Stratford 71, Parlier 78, Arvin 78, Orange Cove 82, Porterville 88, Delano 84.
Average Temperatures: 95/64. Record Temperatures: 110/49
Cooling Degree Days This Season. 608 +97. Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno, 6.29 or -4.62. Monthly .T -.24
Precipitation for Bakersfield, Season, 5.41 or -.90. Monthly, .01 -.04
Average Temperature this month: 78.2 +2.4 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, 8:22, hours of daylight, 14.39
Yesterday’s Weather:
MCE : Merced 153 : DH1700 / 102 / 64 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 104 / 62 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 104 / 74 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 103 / 66 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 104 / 63 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DH1700 / 102 / 76 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1700 / 102 / 63 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1700 / 102 / 66 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1652 / 101 / 79 / 0.00 /
LOSC1 : Los Banos 120 : DH1600 / 101 / M / 0.00 /
Rainfall: 24h Seas % LY % Ave 365
- STOCKTON 00 9.81 73 7.88 59 13.36 13.45
- MODESTO 00 8.99 74 7.12 58 12.20 12.27
- MERCED 00 7.44 63 7.00 60 11.75 11.80
- MADERA 00 M M M M 10.75 10.79
- FRESNO 00 6.29 58 6.59 60 10.91 10.99
- HANFORD 00 6.34 79 4.29 53 8.07 8.13
- BAKERSFIELD 00 5.41 86 2.77 44 6.31 6.36
- BISHOP 00 4.75 106 1.62 36 4.47 4.84
- SALINAS 00 7.31 59 5.75 46 12.49 12.58
- PASO ROBLES 00 8.70 73 6.74 56 12.00 12.15
- SANTA MARIA 00 7.79 59 6.87 52 13.21 13.32
Next report: June 30
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