Author: John Hibler

January 25, 2021 The current very cold storm has dumped locally heavy rain on a few spots in the valley while other locations received just light amounts.  As of 6:00am, Fresno recorded .89 for the heaviest amount I could find.  Periods of showers with very low snow levels will continue, mainly this morning, tapering off…

January 24, 2021 A very cold low is rapidly advancing on central California.  The low itself has a rather odd shape as it essentially stretches from British Columbia to southern California.  The air mass with this system is extremely cold and, again, will bring snow down to the lower foothills late tonight and Monday.  A…

January 24, 2021 Yesterday’s storm system is now moving into southwest Arizona, leaving California under a narrow ridge of weak high pressure which will quickly break down this afternoon, allowing a very cold low pressure system to race southward.  Clouds are already increasing over northern California and will spread into central California later today.  The…

January 23, 2021 Summary: A few showers still linger in Kern County this afternoon while most of northern California has cleared out.  The center of the cold low is just west of Los Angeles and will swing into the Desert Southwest Sunday, allowing a temporary ridge of high pressure to fill in tonight and early…

January 23, 2021 The center of circulation of this first in a series of winter storms is moving into Kern County at this hour.  There are still some widely scattered showers over the valley floor which will be ending by late morning.  the showers and thunderstorms yesterday afternoon and last night resulted in a few…

January 22, 2021 Summary: Temperatures at this hour are running anywhere from 7 to 15 degrees lower than 24 hours ago.  Bands of showers are rotating around a cold low center which is currently located over the Bay Area.  Rainfall amounts thus far are generally just a few hundredths.  Over the next few hours, the…

January 22, 2021 The first in what will be a three storm series to move into central California will begin today.  The center of circulation of this first storm is just to the northwest of Ukiah at this hour. A few light showers have spread as far south as Merced County.  Light showers will spread…

January 21, 2021 Summary: The next low pressure system is a cold one and is just off  the Oregon coast this afternoon.  High clouds are already spreading over northern California and will advance over central California tonight.  this system is fairly moisture starved, but even so the chance of light showers will begin to increase…

January 21, 2021 The cut off low off of northern Baja is now shifting into northwest Mexico while the first in  a  series of cold weather systems drops southward from the Gulf of Alaska.  The first in the series has dropped to a position west of Washington and will move into north central California by…

January 20, 2021 Summary: All of the weather action today is over southern California where a cut off low located off the northern Baja coast is rotating showers and thunderstorms from the Coachella Valley southward.  Flash flooding is taking place in a few locations in the Imperial Valley.  The northern 2/3 of California is mostly…