October 21, 2017 Summary: Skies have cleared over central California other than some stubborn pockets of upslope clouds over portions of Kern County and a few high clouds embedded within a strong northwesterly flow aloft. In fact, the winds up at 18,000 feet are out of the northwest at roughly 70 MPH. This will result…
Author: Trudy Hibler
October 20, 2017 report
October 20, 2017 Summary: A cold front has moved rapidly down the valley during the predawn hours and is now approaching the Kern County mountains. Light showers have fallen along the frontal band itself, but are largely moving into the Sierra Nevada and the Tehachapi Mountains. Clearing is quickly occurring from Fresno County north and…
October 19, report
October 19, 2017 Summary: The first phase of a major pattern change is already underway over central California. As pressures fall over the west, pressure gradients tighten up, allowing the marine layer to rapidly deepen and surge inland. The marine layer itself was about 500 feet deep yesterday and this morning has jumped up to…
October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017 Summary: The backside of a weak upper level low is currently moving through central California. Doppler radar is picking up light precipitation over northern Kern County and parts of Tulare County, but most of this rain will evaporate before reaching the ground. This afternoon, clearing skies will take place as this little…
October 17, 2017 report
October 17, 2017 Summary: Satellite imagery is quite interesting this morning. A very weak upper low has developed around 350 miles southwest of Point Conception. Even though the system is very weak, it has picked up tropical moisture from a former tropical depression and is moving the moisture from west to east towards the central…
October 16, 2017 report
October 16, 2017 Summary: Upper level high pressure has taken complete control of our weather pattern. The high is centered over northern Mexico and bulges northward into northern California. A zonal flow will persist through Tuesday night which will result in tropical cloud cover from time to time, but even so it will remain mostly…
October 15, 2017 update
October 15, 2017 Summary: Short term, the combination of upper level high pressure building in from the west and the south and an off shore flow which is being created by a much colder air mass is causing the warming. Barometric pressure is also rising over the interior west and this is generating an off…
October 14, 2017 report
October 14, 2017 Summary: Upper level high pressure is just off shore and will begin to track eastward over California beginning today. Of more importance is a deep low pressure system which is currently barreling through Idaho and Utah. This is allowing surface high pressure to fill in behind the storm. This, in turn, will…
October 13, 2017
October 13, 2017 Summary: The coldest temperature as of 6:00am was 34 degrees north of Madera while Maricopa and Fowler chilled to 36. At least, that’s the coldest I could find. Most other ag locations were in the upper 30s to the lower 40s. we should see a repeat performance tonight because of continuing very…
October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017 Summary: Temperatures are anywhere from 5 to 8 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago. This is all being caused by low pressure which yesterday moved into the Pacific Northwest and has moved into the northern Rockies. Another low is digging from north to south into the Pacific Northwest. It will arrive late…