Category: Forecast

January 14, 2021 Summary: Strong upper level high pressure is centered just off the central California coast this afternoon.  A ridge extends from this high northward through the Pacific Northwest and into British Columbia.  Temperatures on the valley floor at 1:00pm ranged from 60 at Fresno to 66 at Porterville.  The high will peak in…

January 14, 2021 Strong upper level high pressure is centered roughly 300 miles off the south/central California coast and is building a ridge northeastward into the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia.  The freezing level both above VAFB and above Oakland this morning has soared all the way up to 13,300 feet.  The temperature at Sandburg…

January 13, 2021 Summary:  Temperatures at 1:30 were quite uniform up an down the valley, ranging from 61 at Fresno to 63 at Avenal.  Outside of high, thin cirrus clouds, hazy sunshine is widespread this afternoon.  Strong upper level high pressure off the southern California coast is expanding eastward and northward.  It will build a…

January 13, 2021 The ground fog out there this morning is rather spotty, as expected.  As of last report, Hanford and Visalia were down to ¾ mile visibility with most other locations ranging from 1 to 4 miles.  Variable amounts of mid and high level clouds continue to stream over central California.  Satellite imagery indicates…

January 12, 2021 Summary:  Variable cloudiness continues to overrun high pressure which extends off shore from central California inland into the Great Basin.  Heavy amounts of unwanted precipitation continues to drench western Washington and Oregon with periods of showers affecting roughly the northern ¼ of California.  From Wednesday through Friday, that off shore high will…

January 12, 2021 A pineapple connection is moving from the equatorial waters north of Hawaii into the Pacific Northwest.  A powerful, slow moving storm will move through Washington and Oregon over the next 48 hours with copious amounts of precipitation from the Cascades westward.  Lighter precipitation will affect mainly the northern ¼ of California.  Doppler…

  January 11, 2021 Summary:  The areas of low clouds and fog from this morning have burned off except for one stubborn patch over northern Kings County.  Temperatures have warmed into the mid to upper 50s, except for Hanford which is reporting 49 under a stubborn patch of low clouds which will soon exit the…

January 11, 2021 The fog situation out there this morning isn’t really too bad, by valley standards.  At last report, Visalia was down to ¾ mile visibility, and Madera ¼.  Otherwise, visibilities are reasonably decent, if you consider 2 to 5 miles decent.   A ridge of upper level high pressure is pushing inland over…

January 10, 2021 The fog is not quite as widespread this  morning, especially in Kern County where the Santa Ana winds have mixed out the low clouds from portions of the south valley.  Further north, fog is widespread up the center of the valley but has been nudged away from the Sierra Nevada foothills by…

January 9, 2021 Summary: The low cloud deck is more persistent along the eastern and southern flanks of the valley this afternoon.  As a result, temperatures as of 1:30 are quite chilly with the exception of Lemoore where skies have opened up and the temperature is a toasty 57.  Readings are only in the upper…