Due to an early morning medical appointment, tomorrow morning’s report will be later than usual. Thanks for your understanding. March 20, 2018 Summary: Doppler radar along the southern and central California coasts is lit up with precipitation moving inland along the immediate coast and about 100 miles off the southern California coast. One finger…
Author: John Hibler
March 20, 2018/report
March 20, 2018 Summary: Get ready, here it comes. The dynamics of this upcoming event and the water content of tropical moisture moving in from the southwest is the highest you’ll see every five to ten years. The overall pattern is for a powerful low pressure system still about 800 miles to the west of…
March 19, 2018/pm report
March 19, 2018 Summary: The leading edge of the cloud deck ahead of a massive mid Pacific storm is already approaching the central coast. It will overspread the region beginning this evening. Satellite imagery this afternoon appears to show a developing atmospheric river of air well off the southern California coast which will begin to…
March 19, 2018/report
March 19, 2018 Summary: We have roughly another 36 hours of dry weather before the strongest Pacific storm of this season begins pounding central California. The low which is quite massive is located about 800 miles to our west. Basically, it just hasn’t moved much over the past couple of days. It will begin to…
March 18, 2018/report
March 18, 2018 Summary: The only real cloud cover left from yesterday’s storm passage is some upslope clouds banking up against the valley facing slopes of the Kern County mountains and these will mix out later this morning. A weak ridge is now moving overhead and will maintain dry weather through Monday night. There is…
March 17, 2018/pm report
March 17, 2018 Summary: Numerous showers have developed over the Coast Range during the past few hours and are now spilling into the west side of the San Joaquin Valley from northwest Kern County to western Merced County. These showers will slowly track across the valley for the remainder of the afternoon and at least…
March 17, 2018/report
March 17, 2018 Summary: Currently, the valley is pretty much shower free. However, a secondary disturbance is beginning to make its move inland. In fact, radar is showing a batch of showers from about San Jose on the north to Salinas on the south. This batch will be moving into the valley later this morning. …
March 16, 2018/pm report
March 16, 2018 Summary: Showers are widespread over Madera and Fresno Counties with showers trying to move over the Coast Range and into the south valley. Isolated thunderstorms are already breaking out in Fresno and Madera Counties. No doubt, with progressively colder air moving in overhead, more cells will develop as the afternoon wears on.…
March 16, 2018/repot
March 16, 2018 Summary: Doppler radar is showing light shower activity over Madera County and showers are trying to traverse the Coast Range into western Fresno County. However, a rain shadow has developed. The center of circulation of a cold low pressure system is now off the northwest California coast. A cold front will be…
March 15, 2018/pm report
March 15, 2018 Summary: We are ending up with a cool but sunny spring day as we are currently sandwiched between the exiting storm system and a low pressure system which has already spread light showers as far south as a Monterey/Merced line. Showers will continue to spread slowly southward during the course of the…