Author: Trudy Hibler

April 2, 2024 Summary  The center of circulation of an upper level high pressure system is centered just off the central coast this morning and continues to shift eastward over California. The result will be significant warming which will peak Wednesday as readings move into the lower 80s. already, an upper low is developing in…

April 1, 2024 Summary  This week will be divided into two distinctly different weather patterns. High pressure will build in from the eastern Pacific through Wednesday, resulting in mostly clear skies with a warming period. High temperatures Tuesday will push into the upper 70s. By Wednesday, warmest locations on the valley floor will eclipse the…

March 30, 2024 Summary  As of the time of this writing, showers were fairly widespread in Kern, Tulare, and parts of Fresno County. This is all due to a closed low located roughly 200 miles west of Monterey. This system will continue to pinwheel showers inland today and, with the daytime heating effect becoming stronger…

March 29, 2024 Summary  Currently, there is a low pressure system located about 400 miles off the northern California coast. This low is forecast to be just west of the Golden Gate by midday today. Light showers are possible today but the main event will arrive tonight as this will be a coastal hugger. The…

March 28, 2024 Summary  Showers likely today, mainly in the morning. mostly cloudy skies can be expected tonight through Friday. A rather strong low off the coast of the Pacific Northwest will close off, forming a closed low just off the northern California coast by Friday. By Saturday, the center of circulation will be just…

March 27, 2024 Summary  Today will be the warmest afternoon of the week as the backside of high pressure aloft moves overhead. To our north, a low center is off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and will develop a trough into northern and central California tonight. This trough will spread light precipitation over the…

March 26, 2024 Summary  Upper level high pressure is currently building eastward from the eastern Pacific  Ocean into the western US. A drier northwest flow is moving in aloft and will mix out the residual cloud cover left over from the weekend storm. As the high takes over, temperatures will warm accordingly and will rise…

March 25, 2024 Summary  The weekend’s storm which resulted in significant precipitation for the valley has finally moved on, leaving California in a dry northwesterly flow. High pressure over the eastern Pacific Ocean will temporarily move inland, resulting in dry weather through Wednesday. A weak wave of low pressure will move through Wednesday night and…

March 23, 2024 Summary  Most locations have recorded about a tenth of an inch or less as of   4:00am. The exceptions are Madera, Merced and Fresno which have recorded .18, .48 and .20, respectively. A large low pressure system is centered off the central Oregon coast with a  big trough of low pressure extending southward…

March 22, 2024 Summary  a rather robust low pressure system is located just off the coast of extreme northern California. Rain is spreading southward along the northern California coast. Precipitation will overspread the remainder of northern California today, arriving in central California tonight. Currently it appears rain will reach into the central valley tonight mainly…