Category: Forecast

December 11, 2020 Summary: As of 1:30pm, Doppler radar had indicated light rain had moved as far south as the Bay Area.  Through Monday, we will be under an  entirely different weather pattern which will favor precipitation for central California, especially north of Kern County.  Actually, Kern County could even pick up a few hundredths…

December 11, 2020 This morning was one of the coldest morning’s so far, north of Kern County, which is discussed in the frost section.  However, the good news is that this 18 day stream of subfreezing weather is now over.  Finally, we have an onshore flow as the winds aloft have become northwesterly. The eastern…

December 10, 2020 Summary: The pattern is quickly undergoing a change for the better.  Tonight will be the last night of this long string of frost nights.  The colder locations have been at or below freezing for 18 days in a row, which is quite an amazing stint.  One low pressure system is quickly moving…

December 10, 2020 The low pressure system which yesterday at this time was off the northern Baja, California coastline has now moved east/northeast into southern Arizona.  This system is being nudged eastward by a fast moving system which will move through the Pacific Northwest today and into the Great Basin Friday.  As this system slides…

December 9, 2020 Summary: The closed low off the northwest Baja coastline is beginning to make its move eastward into the northern Baja peninsula.  In the meantime, a trough of low pressure is moving into the Pacific Northwest and will dive into the Great Basin by late Thursday.  In and out cloud cover tonight should…

December 9, 2020 The closed low just off the northern Baja coastline continues to spread mid and high level clouds over central and southern California.  To our north, a trough of low pressure is approaching the coast of the Pacific Northwest which will kick the Baja system eastward into the Desert Southwest Thursday.  The trough…

December 8, 2020 The main feature out there this morning is a closed low centered roughly 300 miles to the west of the northern Baja coastline.  The cloud canopy from this system is as far north as Kern County and is spreading slowly northward.  This may affect temperatures in portions of the south valley this…

Summary: The center of circulation of the upper low which crossed over the south valley earlier today is now west of the Channel Islands off the southern California coast.  All the cloud cover from this system has now moved into southern California and off shore.  As the low crossed the Sierra Nevada this morning, some…

The center of circulation of a closed low appears to be right over the south valley at this hour.  Doppler radar is depicting some light showers over the Kern County mountains and the Tulare County portion of the southern Sierra Nevada.  The low will continue to move to the southwest to a position off the…

December 6, 2020 Summary: A low pressure system is currently tracking south/southwest and is currently located over northwest Nevada.  By sunrise tomorrow, this system will be almost directly overhead.  Some models are actually indicating a chance for sprinkles over the high elevations of the Sierra Monday and Monday night, but nothing measurable is expected on…