May 26, 2023 am
Summary: The valley remains flooded with marine air which continues to occasionally surge inland due to a moderate onshore flow and a trough of low pressure stretching from the Pacific Northwest to southern California. The low clouds along the coast show up nicely on satellite imagery, moving through the Delta and into the extreme northern San Joaquin Valley and southern Sacramento Valley. It was only 72 at Los Banos yesterday and 79 at Taft. Both locations are near gaps and passes in the Coast Range. Most other locations wound up in the low 80s. Slow warming will occur over the weekend as the trough moves inland. However, a second low will drop southward from the Pacific Northwest and into northern California by Sunday evening. It will be almost directly overhead Monday. the only weather associated with this feature will be scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms each day over the higher elevations of the Sierra Nevada and to maintain near average temperatures next week, possibly slightly below. The eastern Pacific high will continue to be suppressed west of the western US.
Forecast: Mostly clear skies through Monday night. Mostly clear skies will continue Tuesday through Friday.
Temperatures:
| Madera
81/54/87/56/88 |
Reedley
84/53/87/54/87 |
Dinuba
82/53/87/56/87 |
| Porterville
83/55/87/57/87 |
Lindsay
83/54/87/56/87 |
Delano
83/56/88/57/88 |
| Bakersfield
83/59/86/60/87 |
Taft
80/60/86/62/86 |
Arvin
84/57/88/58/87 |
| Lamont
85/57/89/58/88 |
Pixley
83/54/88/56//88 |
Tulare
82/54/87/55/87 |
| Woodlake
83/54/86/56/87 |
Hanford
83/56/88/58/87 |
Orosi
82/53/87/56/87 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Monday
Mostly clear 55/88 |
Tuesday
Mostly clear 54/85 |
Wednesday
Mostly clear 54/83 |
Thursday
Mostly clear 54/84 |
Friday
Mostly clear 54/86 |
Two Week Outlook: June 3 through June 8 This model shows a weak but broad trough of low pressure along the west coast. Typically, this is a dry pattern in early June, allowing modified marine air to move inland from time to time. Temperatures will remain marginally below average with dry conditions continuing.
May: This model continues trends during the month of May that we saw in April. Pressures will be lower than average along the west coast, resulting in the chance of above average rainfall and below average temperatures
May, June, July: This model doesn’t really move the needle either way for temperatures and rainfall over the next three months. being that we’re heading into the hot, dry season, it means little anyway.
Wind Discussion: Winds will be mainly out of the northwest at around 8 to 15 mph during the afternoon through the late evening hours with locally stronger gusts through Monday. Winds during the later night and morning hours will be generally out of the northwest at no more than 7 mph with periods of near calm conditions.
Rain Discussion: Expect dry weather for the next week to 10 days.
Mid afternoon dew points: Low to mid 50s. Kern: Upper 40s to the lower 50s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, 1.95, Parlier, 1.79, Arvin 1.97, Delano 1.81.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 68, Parlier 75, Arvin 77, Delano 82 *=data missing.
Average Temperatures: 86/57 Record Temperatures: 103/40
Cooling Degree Days This Season. 216 +61 Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno 17.83, Monthly .35
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 9.74, Monthly: T
Average Temperature this Month 69.7. +1.3 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 5:44, sunset, 8:09. hours of daylight, 14:24
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather: H L R
MCE : Merced 153 : DH1700 / 79 / 54 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 82 / 50 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 82 / 55 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 82 / 52 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 83 / 51 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DH1700 / 81 / 55 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1700 / 81 / 52 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1700 / 80 / 50 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1654 / 79 / 55 / 0.00 /
LOSC1 : Los Banos 120 : DH1600 / 72 / 52 / 0.00 /
STOCKTON 0.00 23.21 176 9.75 74 13.18 13.45
MODESTO 0.00 19.71 165 8.99 75 11.95 12.27
MERCED 0.00 20.84 180 7.44 64 11.55 11.80
MADERA 0.00 11.62 111 2.10 20 10.51 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 17.83 168 6.29 59 10.59 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 14.56 183 6.34 80 7.94 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 9.89 159 5.40 87 6.23 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 13.66 317 4.75 110 4.31 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 1.08 62 M M 1.75 2.20
SALINAS 0.00 13.88 112 7.31 59 12.37 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.00 20.88 175 8.70 73 11.92 12.15
SANTA MARIA 0.00 23.47 179 7.79 59 13.11 13.32
Next report: May 27 am
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