Author: Trudy Hibler

November 13, 2022 A fast moving rather compact upper low is racing through western Nevada at this hour. It’s impact is being felt here in the central valley, although minor. Temperatures on the average are 1 to 3 degrees warmer across most of the citrus belt, however Sanger and Navelencia each dipped down to 31…

November 12, 2022 Temperatures at midday are running between 1 and 3 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. Despite this, temperatures will remain below average. The balloon sounding earlier today above Oakland was 7,100 feet, illustrating the chilly air mass over California. There is also a weak warm air inversion above the valley floor which…

November 12, 2022 Currently, a ribbon of fog extends from near Visalia northward to Merced County. Most of the pea soup this morning is just to the west of Highway 99. Another batch of fog is situated near Avenal. The fog will burn off into hazy afternoon sunshine at most areas.   In the big…

November 11, 2022 At midday, there are high, thin clouds streaming over the vvalley from the west/southwest. These clouds are overrunning a cold high which covers most of the west and just off shore. Temperatures so far today are anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago in Madera and Merced Counties.…

Most of the fog this morning is from west of Bakersfield northward to just west of Highway 99 up to around Tipton with patchy fog elsewhere, mainly towards the center of the valley. That’s as of 4:00am. Otherwise, skies are mostly clear to partly cloudy this morning.   In the big picture, there is a…

November 10, 2022 Even though we’re a full 48 hours post storm system that brought such beneficial precipitation, we are still seeing upslope clouds against the north facing slopes of the Kern County mountains. It may be another day or so before that completely dissipates. The visible satellite imagery is absolutely gorgeous this afternoon. It…

November 10, 2022 Suddenly it feels a bit like winter this morning as our first locations to slide below freezing have done so. Both Exeter and Lindsay fell to 31 while Sanger hit 32 with most other locations between 33 and 37. Models this morning are sort of a hodge podge of weak features out…

November 9, 2022 The storm system which resulted in all that beautiful rain and mountain snow has moved northeastward into Montana. Behind the system is a rather robust northwest flow which will maintain below average temperatures through the upcoming weekend. A weak upper air disturbance will move out of the Gulf of Alaska Saturday then…

November 9, 2022 A few scattered showers remain over the valley floor but, by and large, the lion’s share of the activity has moved into the mountain areas. Once the daytime heating effect gets revved up, a few more showers could develop. But, for all practical purposes, this event is just about over. A brief…

November 8, 2022 Widespread precipitation is continuing in the south valley at this hour while further north the precipitation has broken into scattered showers. All this rain today was  just ahead of an occluded frontal system now draped across the eastern San Joaquin Valley. It will soon move into the Sierra Nevada. Precipitation has been…