Author: Trudy Hibler

December 7, 2021 Thank you! We just got off the phone with John’s oncologist and John is essentially cancer free at this point. The doctor said he does have some concerns about a couple of lymph nodes by the lung, but he doesn’t recommend any additional treatment at this point. John will have to have…

A weak trough of low pressure moved through central California overnight and is now in southern California where light showers are occurring. The low cloud deck remains locked onto the valley floor in spite of the trough passage. The only location reporting relatively clear skies is Bakersfield. Porterville, Fresno, and Madera are each reporting a…

December 6, 2021pm Most of the valley continues to be locked under a low overcast, as of 1:00pm. Mid to upper 40s are widespread with the exception of Bakersfield and Lemoore which are reporting 50 degrees. The pot is beginning to stir, however, as the low overcast is mixing out over Kern County. This clearing…

December 6, 2021 Yesterday was one of a handful of days in recent years where the fog did not clear at any location. High temperatures were generally in the mid to upper 40s with a few locations sneaking into the low 50s. the fog is off the deck this morning with Porterville, Lemoore, and Madera…

December 5, 2021 The fog is off the deck in most locations. A couple of examples are Bakersfield, where the ceiling is 200 feet with a visibility of one mile, Porterville is reporting one-mile visibility with drizzle falling, the ceiling is 300  feet at Visalia with ½ mile visibility, Lemoore is reporting a ceiling of…

December 4, 2021 Low clouds and fog, which gained a firm foothold in the lower Sacramento and northern San Joaquin Valleys the past few mornings spread southward overnight. They have now reached the base of the Tehachapi Mountains. Every location between Delano and Sacramento is reporting ¼ mile visibility or less. Since the fog developed…

December 4, 2021 There is quite a bit of fog north of Visalia. In fact, Visalia, Madera, and Merced were all reporting a visibility of ¼ mile or less. Ground fog is also widespread over the northern San Joaquin/lower Sacramento Valley. There is a weak upper low off the southern California coast. It’s a dry…

December 2, 2021 Strong upper level  high pressure extends from the eastern  Pacific across California to a second high over the Great Basin. At the surface, high pressure remains centered over Utah, generating a weak off shore flow. There are two  low centers. One us just off the southern California coast while the second is…

December 1, 2021 Temperatures will be pushing record values today and Thursday. A strong ridge of upper level high pressure covers the eastern Pacific and extends through California and into the Great Basin. The balloon sounding over both Oakland and Vandenberg indicated an easterly flow from ground level through 30,000 feet. A rather stiff pressure…

November 30, 2021 The valley remains locked under a zone of upper-level high pressure stretching from the eastern Pacific Ocean eastward across California and into the Great Basin. At the surface, high pressure is centered over southern Idaho, maintaining an off shore flow. The current altimeter reading at Boise, Idaho is 30.36 inches of mercury…