Author: Trudy Hibler

August 14, 2023 Summary  There are three main features that will  govern our weather through Thursday. The first is a weak upper low parked southwest of Vandenburg which is continuing to result in a southeast flow above central California. This is dragging up remnants of former tropical storm Eugene and monsoonal moisture from the desert…

August 12, 2023 Summary  There was measurable rain on the valley floor yesterday morning. Both Hanford and Lemoore suffered through a deluge of .01. We do generally have some measurable rain during July and August, so this is no big surprise. The weak upper low has drifted slightly towards the west off the central coast.…

August 11, 2023 Summary  Remnants of tropical storm Eugene continue to wrap around a weak upper low hugging the central coast. This has added enough convection to the atmosphere to sustain isolated showers and thunderstorms even over the valley floor. I was watching doppler radar yesterday evening when a few isolated cells worked their way…

August 10, 2023 Summary  The remnants of Eugene have spread as far north as Fresno County. Doppler radar is depicting sprinkles or light showers over Kern County at this hour. They’ll work their way north over the course of the day. Even though raindrops are reaching the south valley floor, nothing measurable is anticipated at…

August 9, 2023 Summary A weak trough of low pressure extends from off the coast of the Pacific Northwest southward to off the central California coast. In the meantime, remnants of tropical storm Eugene have spread as far north as Tulare County in the form of mid and high level clouds. A weak upper low…

August 8, 2023 Summary The leftovers of tropical storm Eugene are moving northward along the northern and central Baja peninsula. Really, all that’s left of Eugene is a large area of cloud cover which will begin to affect central California by Wednesday afternoon. Models also show a weak upper level low off the central coast…

August 6, 2023 Summary Upper level high pressure stretches from Texas to California this morning. A bubble of warm,  subsiding air is currently above California. The latest sounding above Vandenburg AFB indicated a freezing level all the way up to 17, 300 feet while the marine layer has been crushed down to 1,000 feet. Temperatures…

August 5, 2023 Summary Even by the standards of August, this is a very quiet weather pattern. a flat zone of upper level high pressure stretches from Texas to southern California. Central California is on the far northwest flank of the high, putting us under a dry southwest flow aloft. With slowly increasing pressure over…

August 4, 2023 Summary Our weather for the next week or so will be governed by two main features. The first is a weak trough of low pressure extending from the Pacific Northwest southwestward to off the California coast. The second is upper level high pressure which is currently centered over Texas. Over the last…

August 3, 2023 Summary It’s a rather refreshing morning out there as temperatures were only in the mid 50s to low 60s as of 5:00am. A strong push of marine air over the past 24 hours lowered temperatures into the upper 80s to the lower 90s  yesterday which is the coolest we’ve seen in more…