Author: John Hibler

August 20, 2021 The flow of modified marine air into the valley has ended.  Winds at Pacheco Pass and through the Delta are  now light and variable while the marine layer has shrunk all the way back to 2,000 feet.  There continues to be an amazing amount of smoke in the air, most of it…

Because John’s been so incredibly sick, his oncologist is giving him a week’s break before the next chemo round.  John says it feels like a vacation.  After that, a PET scan will be ordered to determine the progress of the chemo.  Thank you for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers.   Trudy      …

It’s been three weeks since the last infusion of chemo, which means it’s time for another round, which will happen tomorrow morning.  With each round, John gets more and more sick.  His oncologist has added two more anti-nausea meds to his arsenal.  If price equals effectiveness, these should be pretty effective ?  Thank you for…

 August 16, 2021 Help is definitely on the way.  However, we have to get through today.  Today may very well turn out to be one of the hottest days of what has been a very  hot summer.  At the upper levels of the atmosphere, high pressure is directly over central California.  This will drive readings…

   August 14, 2021 Strong upper level high pressure covers Colorado and Wyoming on the east to California on the west.  The clockwise flow along the bottom side of the high maintains a weak southeast flow aloft over central California.  The bulk of the monsoonal moisture remains over Arizona with a weaker blend of moisture…

August 13, 2021 Looking at satellite imagery early this morning, there is one batch of cloud cover over western Nevada moving into San Bernardino and Inyo Counties.  Just off the central coast, there is another batch which is mainly debris clouds left over from former tropical storm Kevin.  Much of the state of Arizona remains…

August 12, 2021 A very hot air mass remains over the western US.  Sandberg at an elevation of 4,100 feet was reporting 77 degrees as of 6:00am.  Way up at Bear Peak in Tulare County at 8,200 feet the reading was 67 degrees.  Sixty seven degrees is generally the low at the valley floor at…

August 11, 2021 Explosive thunderstorms erupted over the southern California mountains yesterday.  A few locations reported as much as 2.5 inches of rain.  The leading edge of the monsoonal flow has now reached Kern County and is moving northwestward up the Sierra Nevada.  More and more mid and high level clouds will spread over the…

August 10, 2021 Occasionally, in the mid to late summer months, a massive high will develop with two or three different centers.  That is the case this morning where strong upper level high pressure stretches all the way from the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the southeast to off the California coast.  Another strong…

August 9, 2021 The visible   satellite image this morning is quite  telling.   A large mass  of smoke over northern California is literally choking out Nevada and Utah.  A shallow layer of smoke  is clearly depicted cover the entire San Joaquin and Sacramento Valleys.  The balloon sounding over Oakland this morning indicated a weak south/southwest flow…