Author: Trudy Hibler

July 11, 2022 The same strong upper high which in some cases has resulted in record high temperatures over the Midwest has retrograded westward and now covers real estate from California to Arkansas and Missouri. Temperatures which yesterday were right around the century mark at most locations will be pushed into the 102 to 107…

July 9, 2022 Central California remains sandwiched between a trough of low pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest and a high center which is slowly drifting into the Four Corners region. The high will continue to expand slowly into California, setting up a multi day heat wave beginning Sunday as hotter locations reach…

July 8, 2022 On this day in 1905, it was 114 in Bakersfield and 115 in Fresno, the hottest day on record for Fresno. The upper 90s which we will experience the next few days will feel like an arctic blast in comparison. Low pressure is oriented from northeast to southwest from British Columbia to…

July 7, 2022 Central California remains sandwiched between a low center off the coast of British Columbia and a large upper high centered over Arkansas and Oklahoma which extends into the Desert Southwest. This is creating a dry, southwesterly flow aloft. The flow of marine air which has resulted in somewhat below average temperatures is…

July 6, 2022 A large upper high centered over Arkansas this morning governs the weather from the southeast US westward into the Desert Southwest while low pressure resides off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. We are close enough to the low for occasional bursts of shallow marine air to move into the valley, maintaining…

July 5, 2022 Upper level high pressure continues to be displaced farther east this morning and is now centered over Arkansas. A big low sits off the coast of the Pacific Northwest with a trough hanging southward into California. This is continuing somewhat below average temperatures for the first week of July. The high over…

A low center off the Washington coast continues to build a trough southward into northern and central California. Temperatures  yesterday finally dipped below the century mark at all locations. Currently, there is a 5.1 millibar difference in pressure between Salinas and Fresno which is plenty strong enough to tug modified marine air into the valley.…

July 1, 2022 Skies are clear over California this morning with the exception of remnants of a former tropical storm off the central coast. Occasional batches of clouds will drift across the valley from the southwest today. the overall pattern is slowly changing. Marine air is surging through the Delta this morning. Winds at Travis…

June 30, 2022 A weak trough of low pressure off the coast of the Pacific Northwest will strengthen over the next few days, resulting in a cooling trend. Readings will slowly come down each day, by this weekend they will have fallen below average. This will give us a nice summer respite from the heat.…

June 29, 2022 Strong upper level high pressure is slowly drifting eastward and will incrementally allow temperatures to drop. For today, however, triple digits will again be the order of the day as the marine layer along the coast remains shallow. For the  fourth day in a row, it’s pegged at 1,000 feet. The air…