Author: Trudy Hibler

April 18, 2022 Temperatures will warm to near 80 this afternoon at most locations as a weak ridge of upper level high pressure moves through. The air aloft has warmed considerably over the weekend, raising the freezing level to 11,200 feet. The next low pressure system will move from west to east across the Pacific…

April 16, 2022 As of the time of this writing, light showers had spread as far south as northern Tulare County along the east side of the valley. A rain shadow is evident along the west side as the moist air mass descends on the lee side of the coast range. The weather system currently…

April 15, 2022 Skies are clear this morning with the exception of Kern County where upsloping against the north facing slopes of the Tehachapis has formed a cloud deck. The base of the overcast above Meadows Field was right at 6,000 feet. These clouds will mix out later today as drier air moves in aloft.…

April 14, 2022 Low pressure remains anchored over and off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. The jet stream is flanked under that low, creating a fast west to east flow over northern and central California. Disturbances continue to ride that jet into northern and central California from time to time. The latest of these…

April 13, 2022 Temperatures as of 1:00pm are generally in the mid to upper 50s and will end up in the low to mid 60s before the day is done. Dew points have recovered this afternoon into the low to mid 30s. Yesterday at this time, it was breezy with dew points in the mid…

April 13, 2022 Temperatures last night were all over the place. Readings ranged from the upper 20s at Lindcove to the lower 40s in some Kern County locations. A large scale low stretches from the Dakotas westward through the Pacific Northwest to another low center off the Washington coast. The flow aloft is generally out…

April 12, 2022 Steep differences in pressure continue over central California this afternoon. The altimeter reading as of 1:00pm in San Francisco was 30.24 inches of mercury while at Salt Lake City the current reading is 29.85. Couple this with a 150 knot jet stream and the result is high winds over the Sierra Nevada…

April 12, 2022 All the energy from yesterday’s weather system has moved into the interior west. We are now under a cold, northwest flow wrapping around the main area of low pressure which this morning is centered over northern Wyoming. The freezing level has dropped all the way down to 4,400 feet. Yesterday at this…

April 11, 2022 Light showers have spread down the Sierra Nevada as far south as northern Tulare County. Doppler radar is picking up on a few light showers at this hour over western Fresno County. These showers are along a cold front moving into the south valley at this hour. The parent low is centered…

April 11, 2022 A complex weather pattern is setting up over the western US. A cold low is dropping southward into Oregon and northern California. A cold front is currently moving through the northern part of the state and has spread showers as far south as Madera County. Showers will continue to spread southward ahead…