Author: Trudy Hibler

October 25, 2021 Last week, on paper, my thinking was that the current storm would be a record event.  Rain gauges north of Fresno County during the early morning hours were reporting rainfall rates of anywhere from .50 to 1.50 inches per hour.  Staggering amounts of rain has fallen over northern California, generally in the…

October 23, 2021 It is rare to see such a powerful Pacific storm affect our region this early in the season.  Fortunately, the drought has ensured that the water will be absorbed except for the possibility of poorly drained areas and the terrible burn scars on the Sierra Nevada.  A strong winter storm will stretch…

October 22, 2021 The latest Pacific storm has spread rain down to Merced County inland and is approaching Monterey along the coast.  Like its predecessors, the thrust of this storm  is more eastward than southward.  Showers will continue to spread south and could make it all the way to Kern County later this evening, but…

October 20, 2021   The active weather pattern continues over the eastern Pacific.  The latest storm to move inland is spreading a narrow band of showers from southwest to northeast through the Bay Area and up into the Sacramento Valley.  The main band of energy is not too impressive.  Showers will spread no further south…

October 20, 2021 The next weather system will spread showers into northern California tonight and early Thursday.  Light showers could  spread as far south as a Monterey/Merced/Yosemite line, but for now it appears the bulk of the San Joaquin Valley will remain dry. Models still show a very active pattern over the eastern Pacific.  We’re…

October 19, 2021 A  very active pattern remains over the eastern Pacific Ocean.  Yesterday’s system, which dropped just under .10 at most locations, has now raced eastward and is moving into Colorado.  Satellite imagery is clearly depicting a wide swath of cloud cover over the eastern Pacific which is now spreading into northern California.  Cloud…

Once again we apologize.  John had to be rushed to the ER again Friday morning.  Turns out that not only does he have pneumonia, but he also has a pocket of fluid outside the lung that has to be surgically drained.  We’ll keep you posted as further developments come up.      October 18, 2021…

October 14, 2021 California is sandwiched between two major features.  The first is a big  trough of low pressure covering the interior west.  The second is an equally big  high center over the California coast. The jet stream is fixed between these two features, creating a northwest flow aloft over California.  The air above the…

October 13, 2021 Here it is October 13 and 30s are pretty widespread on the valley floor.  As of 6:00am, McFarland had dipped to 31 and Lindsay and Exeter were each at 32.  Yes, it is rare to see frost, even local frost, this early in the season, but it’s not unheard of.  I wish…

October 12, 2021 A very intense low pressure system has now slid eastward and is centered over southwest Utah.  A narrow wedge of upper level high pressure runs from northeast to southwest across California then northeastward into the southern Rockies.  Behind that system is another weaker trough of low pressure which will  clip northern California…