January 30, 2021 A weak zone of upper level high pressure covers the southern 2/3 of California and off shore. Cloudiness is streaking into the northern half of California, spreading as far south as Fresno County. Even so, the weather will be fairly pleasant until Monday. The next weather maker will come in the…
Author: John Hibler
January 29, 2021/update
January 29, 2021 Summary: Heavy rain is currently pounding southern California but will come to an end down there during the late evening hours. This, in some ways historic, storm is all but over for central California. It its wake are tremendous amounts of new snow which have buried the Sierra Nevada. Anywhere from 5…
January 29, 2021/report
January 29, 2021 Some of the amazing rain totals from this storm are detailed below in the rainfall summary. The rain has now tapered off into scattered showers. The main cold core low will move through central and southern California today, bringing with it the possibility of thunderstorms. The balloon soundings above both Vandenberg AFB…
January 28, 2021/update
January 28, 2021 Summary: The atmospheric river of air continues to train over the exact same real estate it has for the past two days, racking up impressive amounts of precipitation in Kings, Fresno, and Madera Counties with puny amounts in Kern County and eastern Tulare County. More rainfall totals are detailed below. As…
January 28, 2021/report
January 28, 2021 The atmospheric river of air has not budged over the past 36 hours. It has been coming ashore from Ventura County northward through Monterey County, sweeping northeastward across the San Joaquin Valley with relentless rain, mostly light to moderate. From Kings County northeastward through Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa Counties. As expected, Kern…
January 27, 2021/update
January 27, 2021 Summary: An atmospheric river of air and a 170 MPH jet stream sweeping inland from southwest to northeast across central California. There are locations in the mountains above San Simeon which have recorded more than 7 inches of rain just today. The south valley, mainly in Kern County, has been under the…
January 27, 2021/report
January 27, 2021 Heavy rain is training through central California from south of San Francisco on the north down to about Vandenberg on the south. In the meantime, strong winds are buffeting parts of the west side of the valley and adjacent coastal mountains with gusts in the range of 50 to 60 MPH. the…
January 26, 2021/update
January 26, 2021 Summary: Rain is rapidly spreading over northern California. At this hour, light precipitation had spread as far south as Monterey. The parent low continues to intensify off the Oregon coast and will be centered roughly 200 miles west of Crescent City by early Wednesday morning. models continue to indicate very strong differences…
January 26, 2021/report
January 26, 2021 A storm of a magnitude only seen once every two to three years is approaching the Oregon coast this morning. this already impressive system will continue to intensify and will park off the Oregon/northern California coast tonight through Thursday. Already, satellite imagery is depicting a swath of moisture digging further south out…
January 25, 2021/pm update
January 25, 2021 Summary: It is quite cold out there this afternoon with most locations as of 1:00pm reporting temperatures only in the mid to upper 40s. at the 2,000 foot elevation, temperatures are only in the mid 30s at this hour. Showers are still occurring over the south valley but will end over…