Author: Trudy Hibler

November 25, 2017 Summary:  The usual suspect locations are now reporting dense fog.  Visalia, Hanford, and Merced are now down to a quarter mile or less with other valley locations generally between one and two miles.  Above the fog and haze are mid and high level clouds overrunning upper level high pressure which is currently…

November 24, 2017 Summary: Visibilities this afternoon are not all that bad, considering the time of year, with most locations reporting a visibility of between 4 and 7 miles.  As of the time of this writing, most locations were moving into the lower 70s with many locations, by the time the day is over, no…

November 24, 2017 Summary:  There is a great deal of fog north of Kern County this morning.  Fresno, Hanford, and Visalia are each reporting a visibility down to ¾ of a mile while Porterville and Bakersfield are down to 2 miles visibility.  Where it isn’t foggy, it is very hazy as a warm air inversion…

Summary: North of Kern County, there are again pockets of dense fog this Thanksgiving morning.  As of the time of this writing, Hanford was down to one-half mile visibility with both Merced and Madera reporting one-quarter of a mile visibility.  Hazy conditions are being reported elsewhere.  Satellite imagery shows a swath of mid and high…

Summary: There is plenty of sunshine out there this afternoon, however it is filtered by the haze in the air.  Visibility all the way from Kern County to Madera County is running 4 to 5 miles with the exception of Porterville which is all the way up to 6 miles.  High clouds are beginning to…

November 22, 2017 Summary:  There is a great deal of fog and low clouds from Fresno County northward, basically up the central and west side of the valley.  The fog is more patchy further south due to an off shore flow which is affecting southern California.  Dew points are slightly lower in Tulare County and…

November 21, 2017 Summary: A winter style warm air inversion is setting up over the valley floor.  The only difference is that there is not quite enough moisture available at ground level to create a full fledged fog regime.  Nevertheless, areas of fog and low clouds will again form towards the center of the valley,…

November 21, 2017 Summary:  A strong upper high center remains over the southwest of San Diego this morning.  The main storm track runs from southwest to northeast into the Pacific Northwest with clouds moving into northern California and with high clouds moving over central California, as well.  These clouds are simply overrunning the high and…

November 20, 2017 Summary: Temperatures this afternoon are running anywhere from one to six degrees warmer than 24 hours ago.  The freezing level is up at 12,800 feet, meaning the air aloft is also quite warm.  California is essentially cut in half with heavy cloud cover from Fresno north and generally clear skies to the…

November 20, 2017 Summary:  there is considerably less fog this morning due to a stream of mid and high level clouds which are caught up in a west/southwesterly flow aloft ahead of a weakening cold front which is now moving into northern California.  Doppler radar indicates there is quite a bit of shower activity over…