Author: John Hibler

 March 11, 2021 Satellite imagery this afternoon looks like a thick bowl of clam chowder with heavy cloud cover over all of central California.  Those clouds are inhibiting the daytime heating process, thus so far the shower activity is widely scattered over the valley floor with numerous showers up and down the Sierra Nevada.  Showers…

March 11, 2021 After a very active day yesterday, one location near Exeter picked up .44 with small hail.  Rain fall amounts generally ranged from .25 to .50 at most locations.  Today will not be quite as active, however the center of circulation of the cold core low has drifted southward to a position just…

March 10, 2021 Numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms are rumbling through the valley this afternoon.  Hail is being reported in the Visalia area and in downtown Fresno.   In each case the diameter is  reported at being ¼ inch.  Showers and isolated thunderstorms will continue well into the late evening hours then will turn into scattered…

March 10, 2021 The first bands of precipitation have moved through the valley, running from west to east overnight.  The center of circulation of the cold core low is just northwest of the Bay Area at this  hour.  Rainfall amounts have generally ranged from as little as .05 to locally .25.  balloon soundings indicate a…

March 9, 2021 As of the time of this writing, rain and snow showers had spread down the Sierra Nevada as far south as Tulare county.  Numerous showers have spread over southern California.  The center of circulation of the cold core low is just west of Crescent City this afternoon.  The low will drift southward…

March 9, 2021 Doppler radar is already picking up on scattered showers as far south as Monterey along the coast.  Showers are already spreading into  much of northern California.  The center of circulation of the parent low is currently along the southern Oregon coast line.  The low will slowly drop southward right along the northern…

March 8, 2021 A very cold low continues to slowly drop southward off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.  Forecast models have not changed much on the timing or possible intensity of this storm.  As the center of circulation jogs southward along the southern California coast Tuesday, the first bands of showers will move in…

Illness hit the Hibler household hard.  We greatly appreciate your patience.   March 8, 2021 A relatively strong push of  northwest air has formed upslope clouds against the Sierra Nevada and Kern County mountains.  It will take a while for these clouds to finally burn off.   From there, we turn our attention to a…

 March 6, 2021 Considerable amounts of upslope clouds are banking up against the valley facing slopes of the Kern County mountains.  Currently, a northwest flow is moving down the valley.  From Fresno County north and along the west side, most locations are reporting winds out of the northwest in the 10 to 20 MPH range. …

March 6, 2021 A rapidly weakening cold front is moving down the valley at this hour.  There were a few sprinkles from Merced County north earlier, but they have since ended.  It’s possible that now that the front is moving through that upslope clouds will develop along the valley facing slopes of the Tehachapi Mountains…