Updates
  • Out/pneumonia Pardon the interruption again, folks. John had been coughing more and more frequently lately. Difficult breathing yesterday resulted in an ambulance ride to the local…
  • May 8, 2024 report May 8, 2024 Summary  High pressure aloft is  located 500 miles off the northern California coast. Low pressure is centered over Wyoming and the Dakotas…
  • May 6, 2024 report May 6, 2024 Summary  An elongated trough of low pressure extends from the Gulf of Alaska to the Pacific Northwest while high pressure is setting…
  • May 4, 2024 report May 4, 2024 Summary  A low pressure center is off the coast of the Pacific Northwest this morning. This low will move southwestward into northern…
  • May 2, 2024 report May 2, 2024 Summary  upper level high pressure is upwelling ahead of a low pressure system located in the northeast Pacific. This will drive temperatures…

October 13, 2022 report

October 13, 2022 For the third day in a row, the northern limit of the circulation patten from a weak cut off low is just west of San Diego. The northern limit of this system’s cloud cover is over Kern County where some mid and high level clouds are visible. High pressure a lot wraps…

October 10, 2022 report

October 10, 2022 Satellite imagery depicts mid and high level clouds over the Kern County mountains, the Sierra Nevada, and over parts of the valley. This is from a weak upper air disturbance which has developed just west of San Francisco. models show this system morphing into a cut off low off the  central coast…