Author: Trudy Hibler

January 29, 2024 Summary: Low clouds and fog were rapidly expanding through many areas of the central and south valley as of 5:00am. Elsewhere, fog was expanding over areas of Merced County. Upper level high pressure has shifted a bit further east this morning and is centered over western Nevada. The high will continueu to…

January 28, 2024 Summary: The center of circulation of an upper ridge of high pressure is just west of San Diego this morning. in another 24 hours, the center will be almost right overhead. This will drive temperatures into record territory Monday and possibly Tuesday. Even today, warmest locations in the south valley will eclipse…

January 27, 2024 Summary: upper-level high pressure is centered off the southern California coast this morning. the high is projected on models to build a ridge northward into the Pacific Northwest. High clouds will continue to overrun the top of the high over the next 24 hours. Most of the high clouds will leave Sunday…

January 26, 2024 Summary: Upper level high pressure is now in firm control of California’s weather. The center of the high is actually roughly 500 miles to the southwest of Los Angeles with a ridge extending northeastward into northern California and southern Oregon. The high will protect California from storminess through Monday. There are timing…

January 26, 2024 Summary: Variable amounts of high clouds are overrunning a ridge of high pressure currently over California. This slowed the radiational cooling process enough last night to keep the fog from becoming too widespread. Forecast models maintain the ridge over central California through early next week. A warm air inversion is developing above…

January 25, 2024 Summary: The bulk of the cloud cover from this morning low clouds and fog has lifted and moved into the south valley. Where skies clear this evening, and with dew points up into the low to mid 50s, dense fog and low clouds will form rather rapidly, becoming widespread by sunrise. A…

January 25, 2024 Summary: The valley is blanketed with a layer of low clouds. There are also pockets of ground fog. Both Lemoore and Hanford were reporting less than ¼ mile visibility. Other locations have a low overcast based between 1,100 and 1,600 feet. Today will begin a five to six day stretch of dry…

January 24, 2024 Summary: Light showers have already spread over the Coast Range and into the valley from the latest Pacific storm which is located just off shore. The trough of low pressure will cross northern and central California today with periods of generally light showers into the evening hours. Rainfall amounts from the current…

Summary: A considerable amount of clouds continues to blanket the valley as of midday. With dew points well into the low to mid 50s, fog will form in areas where the clouds have a tendency to break up. The next weather system is roughly 200 miles off the northern and central California coast. Like its…

January 23, 2024 Summary: low clouds stretch the entire length of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Valleys. The back side of the trough is clearing the Sierra Nevada. Even so, a few lingering showers are occurring over foothills of Tulare County. The low clouds and fog will be slow to burn off this morning. some sunshine is…