Author: Trudy Hibler

January 16, 2024 Summary: Every location from Merced to Bakersfield is reporting a visibility of ½ mile or less. satellite imagery indicates the entire valley is socked by fog and low clouds. A weather system is also bearing down on the northern California coast. This system will move through central California tonight and early Wednesday.…

John is not feeling well today and will not be in the office. We hope he’ll be on his feet tomorrow.

January 14, 2024 Summary: A secondary disturbance followed yesterday’s trough of low pressure, resulting in a few light showers during the predawn hours. Measurable rain over the past few hours has been generally less than .10. the exception is Merced which recorded .11. A ridge of upper level high pressure will begin building into California…

January 13, 2024 Summary: The noon surface observations for Madera southward to Porterville all indicated light showers as confirmed by doppler radar out of Hanford. The parent low for this system is moving into Oregon while the cold frontal system is moving through the valley at this hour. The air mass behind this system is…

January 13, 2024 Summary: The latest Pacific storm is located off the southern Oregon/northwest California border. The low and its associated frontal system will move through the valley this afternoon and eventually. The air mass associated with this storm is milder so snow levels along the Sierra Nevada will rise by this evening to around…

January 11, 2024 Summary: Central California remains on the eastern flank of upper level high pressure off the central California coast. That puts us under a northwesterly flow aloft, maintaining slightly below average temperatures. The high will begin to give way Saturday to a weak weather system currently off the coast of the Pacific Northwest.…

January 12, 2024 Summary: Upper level high pressure is located roughly 600 miles to the southwest of the southern California coast. The northern flank of the high is as far north as the Pacific Northwest and also extends inland over California. High clouds are overrunning the top of the high and will be visible from…

January 11, 2024 Summary: Temperatures at midday were in the upper 40s t o the lower 50s up and down the line. Dew points are generally in the low to mid 30s. With mostly clear skies tonight, strong radiational cooling will commence with widespread subfreezing weather. The freezing level taken earlier today was just 4,500…

January 11, 2024 Summary:  The latest Pacific cold front moved down the valley overnight. Rainfall amounts were generally between .10 and .25 north of Kern County and generally less than .10 over Kern County. The front had moved into southern California and will move rapidly eastward, allowing upper level high pressure to begin to build…

January 10, 2024 Summary:  As of the time of this writing, precipitation had spread as far south as Ukiah and the northern Sacramento Valley inland. This precipitation is along and ahead of a pacific cold front. This front and trough will move through the valley tonight and early Thursday. Rain could spread into Merced County…