January 22, 2024 Summary: A number of showers continue to move from west to east through the valley this morning. This will be a very active weather day as the main body of low pressure moves across California. High resolution model information indicates anywhere from a half to three quarters of an inch is possible…
Author: Trudy Hibler
January 21, 2024 report
January 21, 2024 Summary: A moist, westerly flow continues to move across the Pacific and over California. Embedded within this flow are waves of low pressure, the latest of which will move in this morning with widespread shower activity, Rainfall amounts have ranged between .15 and .35 with the exception of Merced which has tallied…
January 20, 2024 report
January 20, 2024 Summary: Rainfall overnight was quite light. The heaviest amount as of 5:00am was .15 at Madera. Most locations have recorded less than .10. Currently, we’re under a moist southwest flow aloft. Embedded within this flow are waves of low pressure which will move on shore at times through Monday night. Each time…
January 19, 2024 afternoon report
January 19, 2024 Summary: The first band of light showers is moving over the coast range just to the west of Merced. Radar is also showing some light showers down into San Luis Obispo County, but the bulk of this is rain evaporating before it hits the ground. The deeper moisture with this system is…
January 19, 2024 report
January 19, 2024 Summary: Abundant cloud cover is streaming over central California ahead of two off shore Pacific storms. The first system is the weaker of the two and will begin to spread precipitation over the valley possibly as early as sunset tonight from Fresno County north. The second system will arrive Sunday and precipitation…
January 18, 2024 afternoon report
January 18, 2024 Summary: A great deal of cloud cover blankets the valley at midday. The lower level clouds are left over from this morning’s ground fog while clouds at a higher level are streaming in from the eastern Pacific. These clouds are well in advance of a series of disturbances which will move over…
January 18, 2024
January 18, 2024 Summary: Widespread fog is again the main weather challenge this morning. as of 5:30 this morning, every location from Porterville on the south to Merced on the north was reporting visibilities between one-quarter and three-quarters of a mile. Bakersfield was the only exception with a visibility of five miles. Bakersfield reported a…
January 17, 2024 afternoon report
January 17, 2024 Summary: Variable cloudiness is prevalent over the valley at midday. Just about all the shower activity there was this morning is now south and east of the region. Soundings are indicating pressures are rising over California, maintaining dry weather through Friday. It appears we have one more bout of active weather which…
January 17, 2024 report
Mid afternoon dew points: Low to mid 30s. Kern: Upper 20s to the lower 30s. ET for the past seven days: Stratford, .28, Parlier, .22, Arvin .35, Delano .30. Soil temperatures: Stratford 52, Parlier 49, Arvin 54, Delano 47 Average Temperatures: 55/38, Record Temperatures: 74/20 Heating Degree Days Season. 1028 -301 varies widely from…
January 16, 2023 afternoon report
January 16, 2024 Summary: A thick layer of fog and low clouds is hanging off the deck. The visibility of most locations has improved to about 2 miles. The base of the overcast at Bakersfield was just 600 feet, 300 feet at Porterville and Visalia and 500 feet at Fresno. A weak low center is…